Douglas Aarniokoski

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Douglas Aarniokoski (born August 25, 1965) is an American television director and producer. He is well known for his work on the CBS series Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Short Treks, Star Trek: Picard, Criminal Minds, S.W.A.T., and the CW superhero drama Arrow. He has also worked on FOX's supernatural series Sleepy Hollow. Aarniokoski got his start as a production assistant on Turner & Hooch and as a personal assistant to Tom Cruise on his 1990 film Days of Thunder. He then worked on the 1992 horror feature Doctor Mordrid as the first assistant director. He went on to serve as assistant director on several other films such as From Dusk till Dawn, Living Out Loud, The Faculty, and Spy Kids. Later he began serving as a second unit director for features such as The Medallion, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and Resident Evil: Extinction. His directorial debut was with the 2000 action film Highlander: Endgame. His other credits include Animals and The Day. He co-wrote and directed the 2013 horror Nurse 3D. Aarniokoski has directed 8 installments of the CBS series Criminal Minds since 2011, while directing two episodes of The CW's Green Arrow origin series Arrow and one of its sister series, The Flash. During the first season of the FOX series Sleepy Hollow, Aarniokoski directed the 7th episode, "The Midnight Ride." In winter 2014, he joined as supervising producer and main director on the show. He has since directed the second-season episodes "Go Where I Send Thee...", "And the Abyss Gazes Back," "Kali Yuga," and "Awakening.". In 2015, he joined the new CBS series Limitless as supervising producer and director. The show will be run by former Sleepy Hollow co-worker Mark Goffman. Description above from the Wikipedia article Douglas Aarniokoski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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2026
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
TV show Director
2024
Tracker
TV show Director
2023
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
Movie Executive Producer
2021
Leverage: Redemption
TV show Director
2021
Clarice
TV show Director
2020
Star Trek: Picard
TV show Director
2018
Charmed
TV show Director
2018
Star Trek: Short Treks
TV show Director
2018
Instinct
TV show Director
2017
S.W.A.T.
TV show Director
2017
Star Trek: Discovery
TV show Director
2017
Salvation
TV show Director
2016
Timeless
TV show Director
2016
Bull
TV show Director
2016
American Gothic
TV show Director
2015
Limitless
TV show Director

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2014
The Flash
TV show Director
2013
Nurse 3-D
Movie Director
2013
Sleepy Hollow
TV show Director
2013
Machete Kills
Movie Co-Producer
2012
Arrow
TV show Director
2011
The Day
Movie Director
2010
Blue Bloods
TV show Director
2010
Takers
Movie Second Unit Director
2010
Tekken
Movie Second Unit Director
2008
Animals
Movie Director
2006
The Safe Side: Internet Safety
Movie Director
2005
Criminal Minds
TV show Director
2005
The Safe Side - Stranger Safety
Movie Director
2005
The Safe Side: Stranger Safety
Movie Director
2000
Highlander: Endgame
Movie Director
1998
The Faculty
Movie Brun Coach
1998
Living Out Loud
Movie First Assistant Director
1998
Full Tilt Boogie
Movie Self
1997
The Killing Jar
Movie First Assistant Director
1997
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Movie Voice on Dr. Evil's Telephone (voice) (uncredited)
1996
From Dusk Till Dawn
Movie First Assistant Director
1995
Four Rooms
Movie First Assistant Director
1995
Tales from the Hood
Movie First Assistant Director
1994
Prehysteria! 2
Movie First Assistant Director