Rod Holcomb

Rod Holcomb Headshot

Director • Producer

Birth Date: May 28, 1943

Death Date: January 24, 2024

Birth Place: San Francisco, California

Rod Holcomb was the award-winning director and producer of such TV movies and series as "the Pentagon Papers" and "ER." In 1977 Holcomb began directing on the primetime series "The Six Million Dollar Man," and soon found steady work directing such shows as "Battlestar Galactica" and "Quincy, M.E.." During the late '70s Holcomb also began working as a TV producer on numerous TV series and movies, including "The Man with the Power" and "The New Adventures of Wonder Woman." During the '80s he directed the made-for-TV movies "The Cartier Affair" and "Two Fathers' Justice" and wrote and directed the 1984 thriller "The Red-Light Sting." A few years later he directed and produced multiple episodes of the Vietnam War series "China Beach," about a group of doctors, nurses, and soldiers living in a coastal military base during the Vietnam War. After directing a string of TV movies in the '90s, Holcomb returned to series television in the 2000s and worked on such hit primetime shows as "CSI: Miami" and "The West Wing." In addition to his directorial efforts on the legal drama "Shark" and the vampire series "Moonlight," Holcomb also served as executive producer on both short-lived series. In 2003 he produced and directed the critically acclaimed TV movie "The Pentagon Papers," and has since directed numerous episodes of the cult mystery series "Lost" and the legal drama "The Good Wife."

Credits

Criminal Minds: Beyond BordersStream

Director
Series
2016
25%

Blood & OilStream

Director
Series
2015
63%

Chicago FireStream

Director
Series
2012

ElementaryStream

Director
Series
2012
95%

The DefendersStream

Director
Series
2010
74%

The 19th Wife

Director
Movie
2010

NCIS: Los AngelesStream

Director
Series
2009

The Good WifeStream

Director
Series
2009
93%

The MentalistStream

Director
Series
2008

MoonlightStream

Director
Series
2007
22%

SharkStream

Director
Series
2006
52%

Invasion

Director
Show
2005

NUMB3RSStream

Director
Series
2005

CodeBreakers

Director
Movie
2005

LostStream

Director
Series
2004
86%

The Lyon's Den

Executive Producer
Series
2003
64%

The Pentagon Papers

Director
Movie
2003

CSI: MiamiStream

Director
Series
2002

The Education of Max Bickford

Director
Show
2001

The Education of Max Bickford

Executive Producer
Show
2001

The District

Director
Series
2000

Songs in Ordinary Time

Director
Movie
2000

The Gulf War

Director
Show
1998

Thanks of a Grateful Nation

Director
Movie
1998

The Underworld

Director
Movie
1997

The Prosecutors

Director
Movie
1996

The Prosecutors

Executive Producer
Movie
1996

Convict Cowboy

Director
Movie
1995

ERStream

Director
Series
1994

Royce

Director
Movie
1994

ER

Director
Movie
1994

Under Suspicion

Director
Movie
1994

Donato and Daughter

Director
Movie
1993

Angel Street

Director
Movie
1992

A Message From Holly

Director
Movie
1992

Encontrando el Camino a Casa

Director
Movie
1991

Finding the Way Home

Director
Movie
1991

Chains of Gold

Director
Movie
1991

Mantener una Promesa

Director
Movie
1990

A Promise to Keep

Director
Movie
1990

Fidèle à sa promesse

Director
Movie
1990

Wolf

Director
Movie
1989

China Beach

Director
Movie
1988

The Long Journey Home

Director
Movie
1987

Stillwatch

Director
Movie
1987

Blind Justice

Director
Movie
1986

The Equalizer

Director
Series
1985

Two Fathers' Justice

Director
Movie
1985

Stark

Director
Movie
1985

Chase

Director
Movie
1985

Héritage fatal

Director
Movie
1984

Por Amor a Cartier

Director
Movie
1984

The Red-Light Sting

Director
Movie
1984

Le Retour impossible

Director
Movie
1984

No Man's Land

Director
Movie
1984

The Cartier Affair

Director
Movie
1984

The A-TeamStream

Director
Series
1983

The A-Team

Director
Movie
1983

Chicago Story

Director
Show
1982

The Quest

Director
Movie
1982

Midnight Offerings

Director
Movie
1981

The Greatest American Hero

Director
Movie
1981

Beyond WestworldStream

Director
Series
1980

B. J. and the Bear

Director
Series
1979

Captain America

Director
Movie
1979

Battlestar GalacticaStream

Director
Series
1978
43%

Fantasy Island

Director
Series
1978

Murder in Space

Director
Movie
1978

Space Prison

Director
Movie
1978

The Phantom in Space

Director
Movie
1978

Experiment in Terra

Director
Movie
1978

Quincy, M.E.

Director
Series
1976

The Six Million Dollar ManStream

Director
Series
1973