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. It stars Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron.
The film was released on August 27, 1999. It received negative reviews from critics and was ...
'', starring
Johnny Depp
John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor and musician. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awar ...
and
Charlize Theron
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. He was a producer on the film ''
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'', 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
NBC television drama series ''
Life
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''. He was also the show's executive producer and one of the writers.
He created the 2014 NBC thriller drama ''
Crisis
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''.
He attended Arthur L. Johnson Regional High School, but graduated from
Solomon Schechter
Solomon Schechter ( he, שניאור זלמן הכהן שכטר; 7 December 1847 – 19 November 1915) was a Moldavian-born British-American rabbi, academic scholar and educator, most famous for his roles as founder and President of the ...
, a small Jewish day school, before attending
Haverford College 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
pilot episode
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, which was directed by
Michael Cuesta.
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American film producers
American male screenwriters
American male television writers
American television producers
American television writers
Jewish American screenwriters
Living people
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Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American Jews
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