Ralph S. Singleton Biography (1940-)

Full name, Ralph Stuart Singleton; born March 22, 1940, in Fall River, MA; son of Ralph Stuart and Helen (maiden name, Powers) Singleton; married Joan Elizabeth Victor, December 21, 1984; children: Katherine Elizabeth, Elizabeth Powers.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Producer, director, writer
Birth Details: March 22, 1940; Fall River, Massachusetts, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Producer
(With others; and unit production manager), Harlem Nights, Paramount, 1989
(With William J. Dunn; and director), Graveyard Shift (also knownas Stephen King's "Graveyard Shift"), Paramount, 1990
Pet Sematary II, Paramount, 1992
(With others) Clear and Present Danger, Paramount, 1994
(As Ralph Singleton; with others; and unit production manager) Last Man Standing (also known as Gundown and Welcome to Jericho),New Line Cinema, 1996
(With others; and production manager for Washington, DC, unit) Murderat 1600 (also known as Murder at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue), WarnerBros., 1997
Executive Producer
(With Mark Lipsky; and unit production manager) Another 48 Hrs., Paramount, 1990
Leap of Faith, Paramount, 1992
(And production manager) Supernova, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1999
Juwanna Mann, Warner Bros., 2002
Other
Production assistant, Diary of a Mad Housewife, Universal, 1970
(As Ralph Singleton) Assistant director trainee, A Place Called Today (also known as City in Fear), 1972
(As Ralph Singleton) Second assistant director, Three Days of the Condor, 1975
(As Ralph Singleton) Second assistant director, Network, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1976
(As Ralph Singleton) Second assistant director, The Front, Columbia, 1976
(As Ralph Singleton) Second assistant director, Taxi Driver, Columbia, 1976

Second Assistant director, The Sentinel, Universal, 1977
Assistant second unit director, Greased Lightning, Warner Bros., 1977
Executive in charge of production, Somebody Killed Her Husband, Columbia, 1978
First assistant director, The Seduction of Joe Tynan, Universal, 1979
Production manager, History of the World Part I, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
Production manager, One from the Heart, Columbia, 1982
Production supervisor (United States) and unit production manager, Exposed, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983
(As Ralph Singleton) Second assistant director, Testament, Paramount, 1983
Associate producer, Pet Sematary, Paramount, 1989
Film Appearances
Television interviewer, Taxi Driver, Columbia, 1976
Television Work
Movies
Assistant director, Contract on Cherry Street (also known as Stakeout on Cherry Street), Columbia, 1977
Unit production manager, Captain America II, 1979
First assistant director, Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story, 1984
Television Director
Episodic
Cagney & Lacey, CBS, between 1984 and 1988
Television Work
Other
Associate producer, Stunt Seven (pilot), CBS, 1979
Production manager (with others), Cagney & Lacey (series), CBS, 1984-1988
Also unit manager for the series Kojak.
WRITINGS
Books
Film Scheduling; or, How Long Will It Take to Shoot Your Movie?, Lone Eagle, 1984
Movie Production and Budget Forms ... Instantly!, Lone Eagle, 1984
Film Scheduling/Film Budgeting Workbook, Lone Eagle, 1984
Filmmaker's Dictionary, Lone Eagle, 1986

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