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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Patrick Renna to Christy Carlson Romano
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
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CREDITS
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Television Producer
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Series
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Buchanan High, syndicated, 1985
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Christy, CBS, 1994-95
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Television Director
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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
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Fame, NBC, 1982-83, syndicated, 1983-87
- (With Gregory Hoblit, Allen Reisner, and Arthur A. Seidelman) Bay CityBlues, NBC, 1983-84
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Buchanan High, syndicated, 1985
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Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as Star Trek: TNG), 1987
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A Year in the Life, NBC, 1987-88
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Bronx Zoo, NBC, 1987-88
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Paradise, ABC, 1988-?
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In the Heat of the Night, NBC, 1988-?
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Almost Grown, CBS, 1988-89
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China Beach (includes "The Promised Land" and "The Unquiet Earth"), ABC, 1988-90
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Island Son, CBS, 1989-90
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Bay Watch, CBS, 1989-?
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H.E.L.P., CBS, 1990
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Equal Justice, ABC, 1990-?
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Christy, ABC, 1994-95
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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.
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Television Producer
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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.
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Television Director
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Miniseries
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Heidi, The Disney Channel, 1993
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Movies
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Safe Harbor, 1984
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The Juggler of Notre Dame, 1984
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The Fourth Wise Man, 1985
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Matters of the Heart, USA, 1990
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Babies, NBC, 1990
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Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story (also known as Lifelines), NBC, 1991
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The Killing Mind (also known as Soul Thief), Lifetime, 1991
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In the Best Interest of the Children, NBC, 1992
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Seduction: Three Tales from the Inner Sanctum, ABC, 1992
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Visions of Murder (also known as The Calling), NBC, 1993
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Not Our Son, CBS, 1995
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Co-ed Call Girl, CBS, 1996
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Television Producer
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Movies
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Weekend, 1984
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Safe Harbor, 1984
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The Pilot, 1984
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The Juggler of Notre Dame, 1984
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The Fourth Wise Man, 1985
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We Are the Children, ABC, 1987
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Television Executive Producer
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Movies
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In the Best Interest of the Children, NBC, 1992
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Runaway Car (also known as Out of Control), 1997
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Television Director
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Specials
- (With Terence Sweeney) The Juggler of Notre Dame, ABC, 1982
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Leadfoot, syndicated, 1982
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The Shooting, CBS, 1982
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Josie, syndicated, 1983
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The Fourth Wise Man, ABC, 1985
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Television Producer and Director
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Pilots
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Buchanan High, syndicated, 1985
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Christy, ABC, 1994
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Television Appearances
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Specials
- Emergency doctor, Bridge to Silence, 1989
- Dwayne, Shadow Zone: The Undead Express, Showtime, 1996
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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
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Film Work
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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.
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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.
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Film Appearances
- Sailor, The Attic, 1979
- Hess's guard number two, Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge, 1991
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Stage Appearances
- The boy, Three Tall Women, Vineyard Theater, New York City, 1994
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
- Wrote Dreamers, Esparza/Katz/RRRA Productions; and (with others) The Bus Is Coming.
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Plays
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Wanderers, Sanford Meisner Theater, New York City, 2000
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