Félix Enríquez Alcalá

Félix Enríquez Alcalá
Born	March 7, 1951 Bakersfield, California, U.S.
Other names	Felix Alcala
Occupation	Film director, television director and cinematographer
Years active	1984–present

Félix Enríquez Alcalá (sometimes credited as Felix Alcala) (born March 7, 1951 in Bakersfield, California) is an American film and television director.

Career

Alcalá's first major break came in 1991 when he was hired by Lynn Marie Latham and Bernard Lechowick to direct an episode of ABC's short lived drama series Homefront.^[1] Since then he has guest directed on a vast number of series including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, ER, Dollhouse and House.^[2] In 1997, Alcalá made his theatrical film directing debut with the film Fire Down Below, starring Steven Seagal.

In 2007, Alcalá was nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards for directing the Battlestar Galactica episode (Exodus, Part II)^[3]

Selected directing credits

• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman – 1 episode, 1994
• NYPD Blue – 1 episode, 1994
• ER – 12 episodes, 1994–2007
• Sliders – 1 episode, 1995
• Space: Above and Beyond – 2 episodes, 1995
• Fire Down Below – theatrical film
• Justice League of America – movie, 1997
• Brimstone – 5 episodes, 1998–1999
• Third Watch – 17 episodes (consultant), 1999–2004
• John Doe – 1 episode, 2002
• Taken – 1 episode, 2002
• The Guardian – 2 episodes, 2003
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – 1 episode, 2003
• CSI: Miami – 1 episode, 2004
• The Shield – 2 episodes, 2003–2004
• Jonny Zero – 2 episodes, 2005
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit – 1 episode, 2005
• The Unit (2006)
• House M.D. – 1 episode, 2006
• Battlestar Galactica – 2 episodes, 2006
• Battlestar Galactica: Razor – TV movie
• Criminal Minds – 18 episodes, 2005-2016
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – 1 episode, 2008
• Dollhouse – 2 episodes, 2009
• Breaking Bad – 1 episode, 2009
• The Good Wife – 5 episodes, 2010–2011
• Stargate Universe – 1 episode, 2010
• Castle – 1 episode, 2010
• Covert Affairs – 5 episodes, 2010–2012
• Southland – 2 episodes, 2010–2011
• NYC 22 – 1 episode, 2012
• Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders – 1 episode, 2016

References

1. Felix Enriquez Alcala Biography ((?)-), Film Reference
2. Felix Alcala, Yahoo! TV
3. "Primetime Emmy Awards and Nominations for Felix Alcala". Primetime Emmy® Award Database. Retrieved November 25, 2011.

External links

• Félix Enríquez Alcalá at the Internet Movie Database