Randy Zisk

Randall "Randy" Zisk is an American television director, producer, and writer.^[2]

Randy Zisk
Born	Randall Zisk United States
Alma mater	University of Southern California
Occupation(s)	Director, producer, writer
Spouse	Jennifer Grant ​ ​ (m. 1993; div. 1996)​
Relatives	Craig Zisk (brother)[1]

Biography

He graduated from the University of Southern California and is a native of Dallas, Texas, where he graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas. His family is Jewish.^[3] His brother, Craig Zisk, also works in television. As both a director and producer, he has worked most substantially on the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Monk. He also wrote the 2006 film Maybe It's in the Water, and two episodes of Midnight Caller.

Zisk was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award, in 2005.^[4]

Television credits

Numbers in directing and writing credits refer to number of episodes.

1980s

Year	Title	Credited as		Network	Notes
		Director	Producer
1986–1987	Heart of the City	No	associate (13)	ABC
1987	Hooperman	No	supervising (2)		Also, associate producer
1988–1991	Midnight Caller	Yes (2)	Yes (60)	NBC	Also, associate and co-producer

1990s

Year	Title	Credited as		Network	Notes
		Director	Producer
1991	Sisters	Yes (2)	co-producer (1)	NBC
1992	Reasonable Doubts	Yes (8)	Yes (44)	ABC	Writer: "Change of Plans" Also, supervising producer
1992	Bodies of Evidence	Yes (1)	No	CBS
1993–1995	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Yes (6)	co-executive (21)	ABC	Also, supervising producer
1995–1996	Charlie Grace	Yes (8)	co-executive (8)
1996	High Incident	Yes (8)	No
1996	L.A. Firefighters	Yes (1)	No	Fox
1996	Millennium	Yes (1)	No
1996	Chicago Hope	Yes (1)	No	CBS
1996–1997	Murder One	Yes (3)	No	ABC
1996–1997	NYPD Blue	Yes (2)	No
1996–1997	Early Edition	Yes (3)	No	CBS
1997	Soldier of Fortune, Inc.	Yes (1)	No	Syndication
1997–1998	The Visitor	Yes (2)	co-executive (12)	Fox
1997	EZ Streets	Yes (1)	No	CBS
1998	Fantasy Island	Yes (1)	No	ABC
1999	The Net	Yes (1)	No	USA Network
1999	Mercy Point	Yes (1)	No	UPN
1999	Legacy	Yes (1)	No
1999–2002	Providence	Yes (3)	No	NBC

2000s

Year	Title	Credited as		Network	Notes
		Director	Executive Producer
2000	Felicity	Yes (1)	No	The WB
2000	Opposite Sex	Yes (3)	Yes (8)	Fox
2000	Gideon's Crossing	Yes	Yes (19)	ABC
2001	The Agency	Yes (1)	No	CBS
2001	Strong Medicine	Yes (1)	No	Lifetime
2002	Glory Days	Yes (4)	co-executive (8)	The WB
2002	Odyssey 5	Yes (2)	No	Space/Showtime
2002–2009	Monk	Yes (35)	Yes (97)	USA Network	Co-executive (12 episodes)
2002–2006	Without a Trace	Yes (6)	No	CBS
2002	American Dreams	Yes (4)	No	NBC
2003	Mister Sterling	Yes (1)	No
2003	John Doe	Yes (1)	No	Fox
2003	Miss Match	Yes (1)	No	NBC
2005	House M.D.	Yes (1)	No	Fox
2005	Prison Break	Yes (1)	No
2006	Conviction	Yes (1)	No	NBC
2006–2012	Desperate Housewives	Yes (3)	No	ABC
2007	Weeds	Yes (1)	No	Showtime
2007–2010	Grey's Anatomy	Yes (4)	No	ABC

2010s

Year	Title	Credited as		Network	Notes
		Director	Executive Producer
2010–2011	Memphis Beat	Yes (2)	No	TNT
2010–2013	The Glades	Yes (3)	No	A&E
2011	Off the Map	Yes (5)	Yes (13)	ABC
2011–2014	Rizzoli & Isles	Yes (5)	No	TNT
2011–2014	The Mentalist	Yes (8)	No	CBS
2011	Private Practice	Yes (1)	No	ABC
2011–2012	Suburgatory	Yes (2)	No	ABC
2012	GCB	Yes (1)	No
2012–2013	Dallas	Yes (2)	No	TNT
2012–2013	Revenge	Yes (3)	No	ABC
2012	The Mob Doctor	Yes (1)	No	Fox
2013–2015	Scandal	Yes (6)	No	ABC
2013	Save Me	Yes (1)	No	NBC
2013	Family Tools	Yes (1)	No	ABC
2013	We Are Men	Yes (1)	No	CBS	Unaired episode only
2014	The Blacklist	Yes (1)	No	NBC
2014	Reckless	Yes (1)	No	CBS
2014	How to Get Away with Murder	Yes (1)	No	ABC
2014	Madam Secretary	Yes (1)	No	CBS
2015	Backstrom	Yes (1)	No	Fox
2015	The Mysteries of Laura	Yes (2)	No	NBC
2015	Battle Creek	Yes (2)	No	CBS
2015–2017	Bones	Yes (7)	Yes (34)	Fox
2015	Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce	Yes (1)	No	Bravo
2017	NCIS: New Orleans	Yes (1)	No	CBS
2017	Valor	Yes (1)	No	The CW
2018	Code Black	Yes (1)	No	CBS
2018	The Good Cop	Yes (3)	Yes (10)	Netflix
2018–2020	Bull	Yes (2)	No	CBS
2019	The Fix	Yes (1)	No	ABC
2019	What/If	Yes (1)	No	Netflix
2019	In the Dark	Yes (1)	No	The CW
2019	Instinct	Yes (1)	No	CBS
2019–2020	Almost Family	Yes (2)	Yes (7)	Fox

2020s

Year	Title	Credited as		Network	Notes
		Director	Executive Producer
2021	Walker	Yes (1)	No	The CW
2021–2022	The Equalizer	Yes (5)	No	CBS
2022	Good Sam	Yes (1)	No
2022	Panhandle	Yes (1)	No	Roku
2022	The Endgame	Yes (2)	Yes (9)	NBC
2022	So Help Me Todd	Yes (1)	No	CBS
2023	East New York	Yes (1)	No
2023	Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie	Yes	Yes	Peacock	TV movie
2025	Alert: Missing Persons Unit	Yes (1)	No	Fox

See also

• Notable alumni of St. Mark's School of Texas