Rand Ravich is a film and television director, writer, and producer. He wrote and directed the 1999 science fiction thriller ''

The Astronaut's Wife ''The Astronaut's Wife'' is a 1999 American science fiction thriller film directed and written by Rand Ravich, in his feature directorial debut. It stars Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron. The film was released on August 27, 1999. It received n ...

'', starring

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and

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. He was a producer on the film ''

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'', and also wrote the screenplays for the '' Candyman'' sequel '' Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh'' and the 1997 movie '' The Maker''. Ravich is the creator of the

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television drama series ''

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''. He was also the show's executive producer and one of the writers. He created the 2014 NBC thriller drama ''

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''. He attended Arthur L. Johnson Regional High School, but graduated from

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, a small Jewish day school, before attending

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in Pennsylvania, graduating in 1984. He majored in Philosophy, studying with Richard J. Bernstein, Aryeh Kosman, and Paul Desjardins. Professor Desjardin's name, and many other references to Haverford, crop up regularly in ''Life''). While at Haverford, Rand came under the tutelage of Professor Bob Butman, who fostered Rand's creative interests and pushed him on the path to his writing career. Ravich wrote also the screenplay for the Fox Television Network drama-horror series '' Second Chance''. which is executive produced along with Howard Gordon. He wrote and executive produced the

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, which was directed by Michael Cuesta.

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