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Other names
  
Felix Alcala

Years active
  
1984–present


Name
  
Felix Alcala

Role
  
Film director

Born
  
March 7, 1951 (age 73) (
1951-03-07
)
Bakersfield, California, U.S.

Occupation
  
Film director, television director and cinematographer

Awards
  
ALMA Award for Outstanding Director of a Television Drama or Comedy

Nominations
  
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

Movies
  
Fire Down Below, Battlestar Galactica: Razor, Justice League of America, The Taking of Pelham One Two, Seduced and Betrayed

Similar People
  
Edward Allen Bernero, Michael Taylor, Edward James Olmos, Jeb Stuart, Brad Hunt

Fire Down Below (1997) Movie Review


Félix Enríquez Alcalá (sometimes credited as Felix Alcala) (born March 7, 1951 in Bakersfield, California) is an American film and television director.

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Career

Alcalá's first major break came in 1991 when he was hired by Lynn Marie Latham and Bernard Lechowick to direct an episode of ABC's short lived drama series Homefront. Since then he has guest directed on a vast number of series including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, ER, Dollhouse and House. In 1997, Alcalá made his theatrical film directing debut with the film Fire Down Below, starring Steven Seagal.

In 2007, Alcalá was nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards for directing the Battlestar Galactica episode (Exodus, Part II)

Selected directing credits

  • Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman – 1 episode, 1994
  • NYPD Blue – 1 episode, 1994
  • ER – 12 episodes, 1994–2007
  • Sliders – 1 episode, 1995
  • Space: Above and Beyond – 2 episodes, 1995
  • Fire Down Below – theatrical film
  • Justice League of America – movie, 1997
  • Brimstone – 5 episodes, 1998–1999
  • Third Watch – 17 episodes (consultant), 1999–2004
  • John Doe – 1 episode, 2002
  • Taken – 1 episode, 2002
  • The Guardian – 2 episodes, 2003
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – 1 episode, 2003
  • CSI: Miami – 1 episode, 2004
  • The Shield – 2 episodes, 2003–2004
  • Jonny Zero – 2 episodes, 2005
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit – 1 episode, 2005
  • The Unit (2006)
  • House M.D. – 1 episode, 2006
  • Battlestar Galactica – 2 episodes, 2006
  • Battlestar Galactica: Razor – TV movie
  • Criminal Minds – 18 episodes, 2005-2016
  • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – 1 episode, 2008
  • Dollhouse – 2 episodes, 2009
  • Breaking Bad – 1 episode, 2009
  • The Good Wife – 5 episodes, 2010–2011
  • Stargate Universe – 1 episode, 2010
  • Castle – 1 episode, 2010
  • Covert Affairs – 5 episodes, 2010–2012
  • Southland – 2 episodes, 2010–2011
  • NYC 22 – 1 episode, 2012
  • Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders – 1 episode, 2016
  • References

    Félix Enríquez Alcalá Wikipedia