---
name: "John T. Kretchmer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-t-kretchmer"
fi1m_id: "john-t-kretchmer"
imdb_id: "nm0470971"
tmdb_id: 139086
wikidata_id: "Q6260025"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "23 July 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "director"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-04T21:33:03.521231+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."
---

# John T. Kretchmer

## Identity

John T. Kretchmer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-t-kretchmer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-t-kretchmer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0470971
- **TMDB ID:** 139086
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6260025
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._Kretchmer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6260025, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0470971/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/139086

Director. Born 23 July 1954 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 23 July 1954, USA
- **Active:** 1988–2005
- **Also known as:** John Kretchmer, John Kretchner
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 9: 6 directing, 3 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Michael Lange](https://film.one/person/michael-lange.md), [Stephen L. Posey](https://film.one/person/stephen-l-posey.md), [Anson Williams](https://film.one/person/anson-williams.md), [Ashley Gable](https://film.one/person/ashley-gable.md), [Bethany Rooney](https://film.one/person/bethany-rooney.md), [Bruce Seth Green](https://film.one/person/bruce-seth-green.md), [Carl Ellsworth](https://film.one/person/carl-ellsworth.md), [David Carson](https://film.one/person/david-carson.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as director, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 80 (5), 2000s 70 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 82 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 3, Action & Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Mystery 2, Crime 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._Kretchmer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6260025, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0470971/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/139086

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Veronica Mars*](https://film.one/tv/veronica-mars.md) (84), [*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md) (80), [*One Tree Hill*](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md) (66)
- **Paramount+:** [*Star Trek: Deep Space Nine*](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md) (85)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Xena: Warrior Princess*](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md) (74)
- **Apple TV:** [*Criminal Minds*](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

John T. Kretchmer is an American film and television director and producer. He was born on 23 July 1954 in the United States.

He began his career as an assistant director on feature films including *The In-Laws* (1979), *Baby Boom* (1987), *The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!* (1988), *Flatliners* (1990) and *Jurassic Park* (1993). From the mid-1990s he moved into television directing, with credits on series such as *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), *Charmed* (1998–2006), *Veronica Mars*, *Burn Notice*, *Army Wives*, *White Collar*, *iZombie*, *Riverdale* (2017) and *13 Reasons Why* (2017). He has also worked as a producer on several of these programmes.

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

## On Fi1m (9)

### Directed (6) — the average rests on these

- *Criminal Minds* (2005), Fi1m 60, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *Veronica Mars* (2004), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/veronica-mars.md)
- *One Tree Hill* (2003), Fi1m 66, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), Fi1m 85, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)

### Crew (3)

- *Jurassic Park* (1993), Fi1m 91, First Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-park.md)
- *The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear* (1991), Fi1m 72, First Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-212-the-smell-of-fear.md)
- *The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!* (1988), Fi1m 88, First Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-from-the-files-of-police-squad.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Winchesters* (2022), series, Director
- *Nancy Drew* (2019), series, Director
- *13 Reasons Why* (2017), series, Director, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer
- *Riverdale* (2017), series, Director
- *Frequency* (2016), series, Director, Co-Executive Producer
- *iZombie* (2015), series, Director
- *Forever* (2014), series, Director
- *Necessary Roughness* (2011), series, Director
- *Unnatural History* (2010), series, Director
- *The Good Guys* (2010), series, Director
- *White Collar* (2009), series, Director
- *The Middleman* (2008), series, Director
- *In Plain Sight* (2008), series, Director
- *Moonlight* (2007), series, Director
- *Greek* (2007), series, Director
- *Burn Notice* (2007), series, Director
- *Army Wives* (2007), series, Director
- *Hidden Palms* (2007), series, Director
- *October Road* (2007), series, Director
- *Psych* (2006), series, Director
- *Kyle XY* (2006), series, Director
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *Bad Girls from Valley High* (2005), Director
- *Veronica Mars* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/veronica-mars.md)
- *One Tree Hill* (2003), series, Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)
- *Birds of Prey* (2002), series, Director
- *The Twilight Zone* (2002), series, Director
- *She Spies* (2002), series, Director
- *The Chronicle* (2001), series, Director
- *Special Unit 2* (2001), series, Director
- *The Lone Gunmen* (2001), series, Director
- *Dark Angel* (2000), series, Director
- *Brimstone* (1998), series, Director
- *Charmed* (1998), series, Director
- *Martial Law* (1998), series, Director
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Early Edition* (1996), series, Director
- *Nash Bridges* (1996), series, Director
- *Dunston Checks In* (1996), First Assistant Director, Associate Producer
- *Strange Luck* (1995), series, Director
- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)
- *Sliders* (1995), series, Director
- *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* (1995), series, Director
- *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995), series, Director
- *Aliens for Breakfast* (1994), Director
- *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), series, Director
- *seaQuest DSV* (1993), series, Director
- *Jurassic Park* (1993), First Assistant Director — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-park.md)
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)
- *Delirious* (1991), First Assistant Director
- *The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear* (1991), First Assistant Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-212-the-smell-of-fear.md)
- *Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael* (1990), First Assistant Director
- *Flatliners* (1990), First Assistant Director
- *The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!* (1988), First Assistant Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-gun-from-the-files-of-police-squad.md)
- *Baby Boom* (1987), First Assistant Director
- *Amazing Grace and Chuck* (1987), First Assistant Director
- *Silver Bullet* (1985), Assistant Director
- *The In-Laws* (1979), Second Assistant Director

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