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Douglas Aarniokoski

Known for Directing

Douglas Aarniokoski (born August 25, 1965) is an American television director and producer. He is well known for his work on the CBS series Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Short Treks, Star Trek: Picard, Criminal Minds, S.W.A.T., and the CW superhero drama Arrow. He has also worked on FOX's supernatural series Sleepy Hollow. Aarniokoski got his start as a production assistant on Turner & Hooch and as a personal assistant to Tom Cruise on his 1990 film Days of Thunder. He then worked on the 1992 horror feature Doctor Mordrid as the first assistant director. He went on to serve as assistant director on several other films such as From Dusk till Dawn, Living Out Loud, The Faculty, and Spy Kids. Later he began serving as a second unit director for features such as The Medallion, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and Resident Evil: Extinction. His directorial debut was with the 2000 action film Highlander: Endgame. His other credits include Animals and The Day. He co-wrote and directed the 2013 horror Nurse 3D. Aarniokoski has directed 8 installments of the CBS series Criminal Minds since 2011, while directing two episodes of The CW's Green Arrow origin series Arrow and one of its sister series, The Flash. During the first season of the FOX series Sleepy Hollow, Aarniokoski directed the 7th episode, "The Midnight Ride." In winter 2014, he joined as supervising producer and main director on the show. He has since directed the second-season episodes "Go Where I Send Thee...", "And the Abyss Gazes Back," "Kali Yuga," and "Awakening.". In 2015, he joined the new CBS series Limitless as supervising producer and director. The show will be run by former Sleepy Hollow co-worker Mark Goffman. Description above from the Wikipedia article Douglas Aarniokoski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

August 25, 1965 (age 61)

Birthplace

Berkeley, California, USA

Filmography

36 films, 24 shows

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TMDB2.6

Nurse 3-D

2013 · 1h 24m · US

Abby Russell, a beautiful, dedicated nurse with a sinister side, has a secret life in which she targets and punishes dishonest men.

TMDB2.5

The Day

2011 · 1h 25m · US

Open war against humanity rages. For five survivors – lost and on the run – the pursuit is relentless, the bullets are dwindling and the battle is everywhere. This is a 24-hour look into their lives.

TMDB1.9

Animals

2008 · 1h 28m · US

Syd Jarrett is an unsuspecting, down-and-out man in a washed-up hick town who gets pulled into a sub-culture of blood-hungry creatures. He encounters Vic, a renegade whose animal instincts are stronger than his human ones. As things begin to get even worse, Jarrett realizes that his best chance for happiness, and survival, lies in his true love for Jane.

TMDB4.0

The Safe Side: Internet Safety

2006 · 29m

Safe Side Superchick comes to the rescue of children as the creators of Baby Einstein bring a new wave of educational films to families. Safe Side Superchick entertains and educates adolescents about "Safe Side Adults". The Safe Side is an entertaining way to teach kids about the dangers of strangers and kidnappings.

The Safe Side - Stranger Safety

2005 · 36m

Julie Clark and John Walsh have created The Safe Side to give kids a super-fun way to learn important safety information, and to provide parents with simple and engaging ways to discuss this subject with their children. This Emmy-Award-winning, laugh-out-loud show teaches kids how to avoid dangerous situations with people they DON'T KNOW and those they KINDA KNOW. Full of important HOT TIPS that are presented with humor, STRANGER SAFETY will empower your child to make super-smart decisions. Perfect for elementary school-aged kids!

TMDB3.0

The Safe Side: Stranger Safety

2005 · 42m · US

This award-winning, laugh-out-loud video teaches kids how to avoid dangerous situations with people they “don’t know” and those they “kinda know.” Full of important hot tips that are presented with humor, Stranger Safety will empower your child to make super-smart decisions. Perfect for elementary school-aged kids!

TMDB2.4

Highlander: Endgame

2000 · 1h 27m · UK

Immortals Connor and Duncan Macleod join forces against a man from Connor's distant past in the highlands of Scotland, Kell, an immensely powerful immortal who leads an army of equally powerful and deadly immortal swordsmen and assassins. No immortal alive has been able to defeat Kell yet, and neither Connor nor Duncan are skilled enough themselves to take him on and live. The two of them eventually come to one inevitable conclusion; one of them must die so that the combined power of both the Highlanders can bring down Kell for good. There can be only one... the question is, who will it be?