Ralph Hemecker

Ralph W. Hemecker is an American director, writer, and producer. He directed episodes of the drama series Once Upon a Time and The Flash.

Career

In 2000, Hemecker founded Mythic Films, a full service feature film, TV and commercial production company.^[1] After directing Witchblade, Hemecker served as the showrunner, writer, and producer for the subsequent television series, which aired from 2000 to 2002.^[1]

Hemecker has directed episodes of Renegade, Dead at 21, Millennium, Numb3rs, V, Blue Bloods, and Nikita.^[2] He directed 21 episodes of the ABC fantasy/drama series Once Upon a Time.

In 2014, he joined as a recurring director on The CW superhero series The Flash. He directed the first-season episode, "Tricksters", in which Mark Hamill reprised the role of the titular supervillain. He also directed the second season crossover episode with Arrow, "Legends of Today". In the third season, Hemecker returned to direct the second episode of the season, "Paradox".^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Television credits

Year	Show	Season	Episode title	Episode	Credit
1991	Silk Stalkings	1	"S.O.B."	3	Director
			"Men Seeking Women"	6
1992			"The Brotherhood"	9
			"Blo-Dri"	10
			"Powder Burn"	20
		2	"Good Time Charlie"	2
1993			"Irreconcilable Differences"	11
			"Was It Good for You Too?"	14
		3	"Love Never Dies"	7
1994		4	"Red Flag"	7
1992	Renegade	1	"Renegade"	1	Director
			"Final Judgment"	3
			"Payback"	8
1993			"Fighting Cage, Part 1"	21
		2	"Wheel Man"	9
1994			"Once Burned, Twice Chey"	18
			"Murderer's Row, Part 1"	20
			"Murderer's Row, Part 2"	21
		3	"Escape"	3
			"Black Wind"	5
1995			"Den of Thieves"	12
1994	Dead at 21	1	"Dead at 21"	1	Director
			"Brain Salad"	2
			"Shock the Monkey"	4
			"Hotel California"	11
			"In Through the Out Door: Part 1"	12
			"In Through the Out Door: Part 2"	13
1995	Vanishing Son	1	"Runaway Hearts"	7	Director
			"Win, Place or Dead"	10
1996	Kindred: The Embraced	1	"Romeo and Juliet"	4	Director
			"Cabin in the Woods"	8
1996	Millennium	1	"The Well-Worn Lock"	8	Director
1997		2	"The Curse of Frank Black"	6
1998		3	"Exegesis"	2
1997	Roar	1	Pilot	1	Director
1998	The X-Files	5	Schizogeny	9	Director
2001	Witchblade	1	"Parallax"	1	Director; Story; Teleplay
			"Conundrum"	2	Story
			"Diplopia"	3
			"Sacrifice"	4
			"Legion"	5
			"Maelstrom"	6
			"Periculum"	7
			"Thanatopis"	8
			"Apprehension"	9
			"Convergence"	10	Story; Teleplay
			"Transcendence"	11
2002		2	"Emergence"	1	Writer
			"Destiny"	2	Teleplay
			"Parabolic"	10	Writer
			"Ubique"	12
2007	Numb3rs	4	"Thirteen"	4	Director
2008		5	"The Decoy Effect"	2
2009			"12:01 AM"	18
		6	"Hydra"	5
			"Con Job"	9
2010			"And the Winner Is…"	14
2010	Ghost Whisperer	5	"Dead to Me"	14	Director
	The Vampire Diaries	2	"The Sacrifice"	10	Director
2010	Blue Bloods	1	"Samaritan"	2	Director
			"Officer Down"	4
2011			"Silver Star"	17
		2	"Critical Condition"	3
			"A Night on the Town"	5
2012			"Collateral Damage"	21
		3	"Risk and Reward"	5
			"Greener Grass"	6
2013		4	"Drawing Dead"	7
2014		5	"Most Wanted"	6
2017		7	"Love Lost"	19
		8	"The Forgotten"	5
2018			"Your Six"	20
		9	"Blackout"	4
2019			"Ripple Effect"	13
			"Two-Faced"	17
		10	"Behind the Smile"	3
2021		11	"Guardian Angels"	11
		12	"True Blue"	4
			"USA Today"	7
2022			"Guilt"	16
			"Long Lost"	18
			"Silver Linings"	20
2011	V	2	"Devil in the Blue Dress"	9	Director
	Nikita	1	"Glass Houses"	20	Director
2012	NYC 22	1	"Turf War"	6	Director
			"Self Cleaning Oven"	12
2012	Once Upon a Time	1	"7:15 A.M."	10	Director
			"Hat Trick"	17
		2	"Broken"	1
			"Queen of Hearts"	9
2013			"The Miller's Daughter"	16
			"Selfless, Brave and True"	18
			"Second Star to the Right"	21
		3	"The Heart of the Truest Believer"	1
			"Going Home"	11
2014			"The Tower"	14
			"A Curious Thing"	19
			"There's No Place Like Home"	22
		4	"A Tale of Two Sisters"	1
			"The Apprentice"	4
			"Smash the Mirror, Part 2"	9
			"Heroes and Villains"	12
2015			"Enter the Dragon"	15
			"Lily"	20
			"Operation Mongoose, Part 2"	23
		5	"Siege Perilous"	3
			"The Bear and the Bow"	6
2016			"Souls of the Departed"	12
		6	"Heartless"	7
2017			"The Final Battle, Part 2"	22
		7	"Hyperion Heights"	1
			"Pretty in Blue"	8
			"The Eighth Witch"	10
2018			"Leaving Storybrooke"	22
2013	Once Upon a Time in Wonderland	1	"Down the Rabbit Hole"	1	Director
			"The Serpent"	4
2014	The Flash	1	"The Man in the Yellow Suit"	9	Director
2015			"Tricksters"	17
		2	"The Man Who Saved Central City"	1
			"Legends of Today"	8
2016		3	"Paradox"	2
2018		4	"Subject 19"	14
2016	Legends of Tomorrow	2	"The Chicago Way"	8	Director
2017			"Land of the Lost"	13
2018		3	"Guest Starring John Noble"	17
2017	Quantico	2	"Fallenoracle"	12	Director