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name: "Christian I. Nyby II"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christian-i-nyby-ii"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 June 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
updated: "2026-09-16T18:06:55.035732+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Christian I. Nyby II

Director. Born 1 June 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 June 1941, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1974–1985
- **Also known as:** Chris Nyby, Christian I. Nyby Jr., Chris Nyby II, Christian Nyby II
- **Works often with:** Alexander Singer, John Patterson, Bill Duke, Burt Brinckerhoff, Charles S. Dubin, Corey Allen

## Biography

Christian I. Nyby II (born Christian Ib Nyby) is an American television director. He is the son of film editor and director Christian Nyby.

He graduated from Van Nuys High School in Van Nuys, California, in 1959. He attended the University of Idaho for two years before transferring to the University of Southern California. In 1963 he served as a photographer with the United States Air Force in South Vietnam.

Nyby began his career as an assistant director on *Ironside* in 1967 and received his first directing credits in 1972 on episodes of *Ironside* and *Adam-12*. He has directed episodes of many series, including *The Rockford Files* (1974), *Emergency!*, *CHiPs*, *Battlestar Galactica*, *The A-Team*, *Knight Rider*, *Moonlighting*, *Beverly Hills, 90210*, *Walker, Texas Ranger* and *Diagnosis: Murder*, as well as several Perry Mason television films.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)
- *The Rockford Files* (1974), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Moonlighting* (1985), Director
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), Director

## Also known for

- *Knight Rider* (1982), Director
- *The A-Team* (1983), Director
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), Director
- *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993), Director
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), Director
- *Battlestar Galactica* (1978), Director
- *The Fall Guy* (1981), Director
- *CHiPs* (1977), Director, Writer

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