Wallace, Rick 1948- (Richard C. Wallace)

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Wallace, Rick 1948- (Richard C. Wallace)

PERSONAL

Full name, Richard C. Wallace; born February 12, 1948, in Chicago, IL; cousin of Mark Buckland (a producer and director); married Lillian D'Arc (an actress), January 4, 1994; children: three. Education: Ohio University, B.A.; Cal Arts (California Institute of the Arts), M.F.A., directing and cinematography.

Addresses:

Agent—Paul Alan Smith, International Creative Management, 10250 Constellation Way, Ninth Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Career:

Producer, director, assistant director, and consultant.

Member:

Directors Guild of America.

Awards, Honors:

Directors Guild of America Award (with others), outstanding directorial achievement in dramatic series—night, 1983, for "Personal Foul," an episode of Hill Street Blues; Emmy Award nominations, outstanding drama series, 1988 and 1992, and Emmy awards, outstanding drama series, 1989, 1990, and 1991, all with others, all for L.A. Law; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding directing in a drama series, 1990, for "The Last Gasp," and Emmy Award nomination, outstanding individual achievement in directing in a drama series, 1992, for "Say Goodnight Gracie," both episodes of L.A. Law.

CREDITS

Television Producer; Series:

Bay City Blues, NBC, 1983.

Coproducer, Buck James, ABC, 1987-88.

Co-executive producer, L.A. Law, NBC, 1988-90.

Executive consultant, Doogie Howser, M.D., ABC, 1989-90.

Executive producer, L.A. Law, NBC, 1990-93.

Creative consultant, The Pretender, NBC, 1996-97.

Supervising producer, City of Angels (also known as Anglarnas stad, Englenes by, Enkelten kaupunki, and Orasul ingerilor), CBS, 1999-2000.

Co-executive producer, City of Angels (also known as Anglarnas stad, Englenes by, Enkelten kaupunki, and Orasul ingerilor), CBS, 2000-2001.

Executive producer, Philly, ABC, 2001-2002.

Co-executive producer, Peacemakers, USA Network, 2003.

Co-executive producer, Commander in Chief (also known as Untitled Geena Davis Project, Welcome Mrs. President, Rouva presidentti, and Senora presidenta), ABC, 2005-2006.

Co-executive producer, Men in Trees (also known as A ferfi fan terem and Teoria miehistae), ABC, 2006-2008.

Co-executive producer, Women's Murder Club, ABC, 2007-2008.

Television Director; Movies:

California Girls, ABC, 1985.

A Time to Live, NBC, 1985.

Acceptable Risks, ABC, 1986.

A Father's Homecoming, NBC, 1988.

Dad, the Angel & Me, Family Channel, 1995.

Television Director; Specials:

Lily, CBS, 1986.

Television Director; Episodic:

First assistant director, Hill Street Blues, NBC, multiple episodes, 1981-83.

"A Hill of Beans," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1983.

"Spotlight on Rico," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1983.

"The Count of Monty Tasco," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1984.

"Grace under Pressure," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1984.

"A Moment in the Sun," Call to Glory (also known as Air Force), ABC, 1984.

L.A. Law, NBC, multiple episodes, 1986-93.

"Don We Now Our Gay Apparel," Hooperman, ABC, 1987.

"Sins of the Father," Buck James, ABC, 1987.

"Too Close to Home," Buck James, ABC, 1987.

"The Snitch," Hooperman, ABC, 1988.

"A Stitch Called Wanda," Doogie Howser, M.D., ABC, 1989.

"Jumpin' Jack Fleishman," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1994.

"Chapter Four, Year Two," Murder One, ABC, 1996.

"Bat Masterson," Early Edition, CBS, 1997.

"Bombshell," Nash Bridges (also known as Bridges), CBS, 1997.

"Orange Kid," C-16: FBI (also known as C-16), ABC, 1997.

"Diamond Fever," Martial Law (also known as Le flic de Shanghai, Ley marcial, and Piu forte ragazzi), CBS, 1998.

"Let Go," Fantasy Island, ABC, 1998.

"The Real Thing," Fantasy Island, ABC, 1999.

"Touched by an Angel," Beggars and Choosers (also known as TV business), Showtime, 1999.

"Misconceptions," Strong Medicine, Lifetime, 2000.

City of Angels (also known as Anglarnas stad, Englenes by, Enkelten kaupunki, and Orasul ingerilor), CBS, multiple episodes in 2000.

"Loyalties," Ed (also known as Stuckeyville), NBC, 2001.

Philly, ABC, multiple episodes, 2001-2002.

"Fidelity," Haunted, UPN, 2002.

"Flesh and Blood," Strong Medicine, Lifetime, 2002.

"Nocturne," Smallville (also known as Smallville Beginnings and Smallville: Superman the Early Years), The WB, 2002.

"A Three Hour Tour," Haunted, UPN, 2002.

"Dead to Rights," Peacemakers, USA Network, 2003.

"Nothing Personal," Mister Sterling, NBC, 2003.

"Perfect," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order's Sex Crimes, Law & Order: SVU, and Special Victims Unit), NBC, 2003.

"Tranny Get Your Gun," NYPD Blue, ABC, 2003.

"Witness," Smallville (also known as Smallville Beginnings and Smallville: Superman the Early Years), The WB, 2003.

"The Brothers Grim," NYPD Blue, ABC, 2004.

"Coming Home," Medical Investigation (also known as The Cure), NBC, 2004.

"Dog Day Sisco," Karen Sisco (also known as Ofiter Karen), USA Network, 2004, series originally broadcast on ABC.

"Family Hard-ships," Life as We Know It, ABC, 2004.

"Home," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order's Sex Crimes, Law & Order: SVU, and Special Victims Unit), NBC, 2004.

"Progeny," Medical Investigation (also known as The Cure), NBC, 2004.

"Bible Story," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 2005.

"Death Roe," Law & Order: Criminal Intent (also known as Law & Order: CI), NBC, 2005.

"Episode 107," Surface (also known as Fathom, A Melyseg fantomja, and Surface—Unheimliche Tiefe), NBC, 2005.

"Hide & Sneak," Las Vegas (also known as Casino Eye), NBC, 2005.

"Hijack," Sleeper Cell (also known as Sleeper Cell: American Terror), Showtime, 2005.

"Identity," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order's Sex Crimes, Law & Order: SVU, and Special Victims Unit), NBC, 2005.

"L.A. Woman," The Closer (also known as L.A.: Enquetes prioritaires and Se apostasi anapnois), TNT, 2005.

"Lenny Scissorhands," NYPD Blue, ABC, 2005.

"Prisoner," Law & Order: Criminal Intent (also known as Law & Order: CI), NBC, 2005.

"Ripped," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order's Sex Crimes, Law & Order: SVU, and Special Victims Unit), NBC, 2005.

"Saving Face," Law & Order: Criminal Intent (also known as Law & Order: CI), NBC, 2005.

"Under the Gun," Blind Justice, ABC, 2005.

"Borderline," The Closer (also known as L.A.: Enquetes prioritaires and Se apostasi anapnois), TNT, 2006.

"Critical Missing," The Closer (also known as L.A.: Enquetes prioritaires and Se apostasi anapnois), TNT, 2006.

"Unfinished Business," Commander in Chief (also known as Untitled Geena Davis Project, Welcome Mrs. President, Rouva presidentti, and Senora presidenta), ABC, 2006.

Men in Trees (also known as A ferfi fan terem and Teoria miehistae), ABC, multiple episodes, 2006-2007.

"Grannies, Guns and Love Mints," Women's Murder Club, ABC, 2007.

"Manhunt," The Closer (also known as L.A.: Enquetes prioritaires and Se apostasi anapnois), TNT, 2007.

"No Opportunity Necessary," Women's Murder Club, ABC, 2007.

"Snow Melts," State of Mind, Lifetime, 2007.

"Roman Holiday," Raising the Bar, TNT, c. 2008.

Directed "Going, Going, Gone" and "Rocky IV—Eyes," both episodes of Bay City Blues, NBC; and directed "The Never Bending Story," an unaired episode of Total Security (also known as Os vigilantes and Taeyttae turvaa), ABC. Directed episodes of other programs, including MacGruder and Loud, ABC; Matt Waters (also known as Educating Matt Waters), CBS; and Queens Supreme, CBS.

Television Director; Pilots:

Buck James, ABC, 1987.

Doogie Howser, M.D., ABC, 1989.

The Great Defender, Fox, 1995.

The Monroes, ABC, 1995.

The Pretender, NBC, 1996.

Raising the Bar, TNT, 2008.

Television Producer; Pilots:

Doogie Howser, M.D., ABC, 1989.

Executive producer, The Pretender, NBC, 1996.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The "L.A. Law" 100th Episode Special (also known as The L.A. Law 100th Episode Special), NBC, 1991.

Film Assistant Director:

Halloween (also known as The Babysitter Murders and John Carpenter's "Halloween"), Universal/Compass International Pictures/Mid-America Releasing, 1978.

(As Richard C. Wallace) Angels' Brigade (also known as Angels Revenge and Seven from Heaven), New World Pictures/Arista Films, 1979.

(As Richard C. Wallace) Second assistant director, Roller Boogie, United Artists/Compass International Pictures, 1979.

(As Richard C. Wallace) Below the Belt, Atlantic Releasing, 1980.

The Unseen, World Northal Corporation, 1981.

First assistant director, Liar's Moon, Crown International Pictures, 1982.

Worked on other projects.