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Michael Rhodes Biography (1945-)

Full name, Michael Ray Rhodes; born July 11, 1945, in Estherville, IA. Addresses: Contact: Michael Rhodes Films, 640 Via de la Paz, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272.; Office: Christine Foster and Marty Shapiro, Shapiro/Lichtman,Inc., 8827 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Gender

Male

Occupation

Producer, director, actor

Birth Details

July 11, 1945

Estherville, Iowa

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Television Producer
• Series
• Buchanan High, syndicated, 1985
• Christy, CBS, 1994-95
• Television Director
• Episodic
• (With Judy Greenberg) "Princess," Capital Cities Family Theatre, syndicated, 1980
• "When, Jenny? When?," Capital Cities Family Theatre, syndicated, 1980
• "The Trouble with Grandpa," Capital Cities Family Theatre, syndicated, 1981
• "Marvin's Garden," Little House on the Prairie (also known as Little House: A New Beginning), 1982
• Fame, NBC, 1982-83, syndicated, 1983-87
• (With Gregory Hoblit, Allen Reisner, and Arthur A. Seidelman) Bay CityBlues, NBC, 1983-84
• Buchanan High, syndicated, 1985
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as Star Trek: TNG), 1987
• A Year in the Life, NBC, 1987-88
• Bronx Zoo, NBC, 1987-88
• Paradise, ABC, 1988-?
• In the Heat of the Night, NBC, 1988-?
• Almost Grown, CBS, 1988-89
• China Beach (includes "The Promised Land" and "The Unquiet Earth"), ABC, 1988-90
• Island Son, CBS, 1989-90
• Bay Watch, CBS, 1989-?
• H.E.L.P., CBS, 1990
• Equal Justice, ABC, 1990-?
• Christy, ABC, 1994-95
• Promised Land (also known as Home of the Brave), CBS, 1996
• "Friends, Lovers, and Children," Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 1997
• "The Elephant's Father," Beverly Hills 90210, Fox, 1998
• (As Michael R. Rhodes) "The Nature of Nature," Beverly Hills 90210, Fox, 1998
• (As Michael R. Rhodes) So Weird, Disney Channel, 1999
• Also directed episodes of Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life,CBS; Triangle, CBS; Star Trek: A New Beginning, Fox; LittleHouse on the Prairie, NBC; Bloomin' Human Films; Capital Cities Family Theatre; and Insight.
• Television Producer
• Episodic
• "It Can't Happen to Me," Capital Cities Family Theatre, syndicated, 1979
• (With Judy Greenberg) "Princess," Capital Cities Family Theatre, syndicated, 1980
• "When, Jenny? When?," Capital Cities Family Theatre, syndicated, 1980
• "The Trouble with Grandpa," Capital Cities Family Theatre, syndicated, 1981
• Also produced episodes of Insight.
• Television Director
• Miniseries
• Heidi, The Disney Channel, 1993
• Movies
• Safe Harbor, 1984
• The Juggler of Notre Dame, 1984
• The Fourth Wise Man, 1985
• Matters of the Heart, USA, 1990
• Babies, NBC, 1990
• Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story (also known as Lifelines), NBC, 1991
• The Killing Mind (also known as Soul Thief), Lifetime, 1991
• In the Best Interest of the Children, NBC, 1992
• Seduction: Three Tales from the Inner Sanctum, ABC, 1992
• Visions of Murder (also known as The Calling), NBC, 1993
• Not Our Son, CBS, 1995
• Co-ed Call Girl, CBS, 1996
• Television Producer
• Movies
• Weekend, 1984
• Safe Harbor, 1984
• The Pilot, 1984
• The Juggler of Notre Dame, 1984
• The Fourth Wise Man, 1985
• We Are the Children, ABC, 1987
• Television Executive Producer
• Movies
• In the Best Interest of the Children, NBC, 1992
• Runaway Car (also known as Out of Control), 1997
• Television Director
• Specials
• (With Terence Sweeney) The Juggler of Notre Dame, ABC, 1982
• Leadfoot, syndicated, 1982
• The Shooting, CBS, 1982
• Josie, syndicated, 1983
• The Fourth Wise Man, ABC, 1985
• Television Producer and Director
• Pilots
• Buchanan High, syndicated, 1985
• Christy, ABC, 1994
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• Emergency doctor, Bridge to Silence, 1989
• Dwayne, Shadow Zone: The Undead Express, Showtime, 1996
• Episodic
• "Domestic Spirits," Diamonds, 1987
• "Pawns," The Hitchhiker, 1989
• "Demon in the Flame," Beyond Reality, 1992
• "119966," Forever Knight, 1993
• Wick Thompson, "Something from Nothing," Wind at My Back, CBC, 1997
• Film Work
• Documentaries
• Worked as cinematographer and editor, African Famine Relief, Paulist Productions/Catholic Relief Service; producer and director of approximately twelve films for Paulist Productions, including Get Used to Me (forchildren) and (also editor) America, a Picture in My Mind; and producer, director, and cinematographer, A Position of Faith, Michael RhodesFilms.
• Other
• Supervising producer, Romero, Paulist Pictures/Four Seasons, 1989
• Director, Dorothy Day (also known as Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story and Entertaining Angels), Paulist Pictures, 1996
• Also worked as director and producer of Dreamers, Esparza/Katz/RRRA Productions; and cinematographer of The Bus Is Coming.
• Film Appearances
• Sailor, The Attic, 1979
• Hess's guard number two, Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge, 1991
• Stage Appearances
• The boy, Three Tall Women, Vineyard Theater, New York City, 1994
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• Wrote Dreamers, Esparza/Katz/RRRA Productions; and (with others) The Bus Is Coming.
• Plays
• Wanderers, Sanford Meisner Theater, New York City, 2000