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# Whitney Ransick

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 1993–1994
- **Works often with:** Darnell Martin, David Mills, Kevin Hooks, Peter Markle

## Biography

Whitney Ransick is an American television and film director, producer and writer. A 1987 graduate of Purchase College, he was a founding member of the New York independent film studio The Shooting Gallery.

Ransick directed episodes of *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1994–1995), *ER* (1996), *Nash Bridges*, *Martial Law*, *Smallville* (2005–2008) and *Supernatural* (2006), among more than forty hours of episodic television. His feature directorial debut was the 1994 film *Hand Gun*, for which he also wrote the screenplay and served as editor; he later directed the documentary *Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery* (2013). He is a member of the Directors Guild of America.

*Sources: encyclopedia.com, purchase.edu, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *ER* (1994), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), Fi1m 89, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)

## Also known for

- *Supernatural* (2005), Director
- *Smallville* (2001), Director
- *Nash Bridges* (1996), Director
- *Martial Law* (1998), Director
- *Tremors* (2003), Director

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