Craig Valentine Ross, Jr. is an American film/television director, editor, producer and screenwriter.
Career
Ross was born in
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the capital city, state capital and List of municipalities in Massachusetts, most populous city of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financ ...
,
.
He then moved with his father to the
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay is a large tidal estuary in the United States, U.S. state of California, and gives its name to the San Francisco Bay Area. It is dominated by the big cities of San Francisco, San Jose, California, San Jose, and Oakland, Ca ...
area at an early age. After graduating high school, he went back to the east coast to attend film school at
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, ...
.
[Meet & Connect with Director Craig Ross Jr.](_blank)
– LaunchMondays.com After graduating he moved back to Los Angeles where he formed his own production company Asiatic Associates (ASA).
From there he went on to direct a number independent films, his first being the film ''Cappuccino'' (1998). His other film credits include ''
Blue Hill Avenue'' (2001), ''
Ride or Die'' (2003), ''
Motives'' (2004) and ''The Mannsfield 12'' (2007), the first film that was released through
MySpace.com.
Award-Winning Independent Director Craig Ross Jr. to be the First to Release a Film on MySpace.com
– prnewswire.com
Since 2004, he has also had a career in television directing episodes of ''Strong Medicine
''Strong Medicine'' is an American medical drama with a focus on feminism, feminist politics, health issues and class conflict that aired on the Lifetime Television, Lifetime network from 2000 to 2006. It was created and produced in part by Who ...
'', ''Cold Case
A cold case is a crime, or a suspected crime, that has not yet been fully resolved and is not the subject of a current criminal investigation, but for which new information could emerge from new witness testimony, re-examined archives, new or re ...
'', '' Standoff'', ''Crossing Jordan
''Crossing Jordan'' is an American crime drama television series created by Tim Kring, that aired on NBC from September 24, 2001, to May 16, 2007. It stars Jill Hennessy as Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh, a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed i ...
'', ''The 4400
''The 4400'' (pronounced "the forty-four hundred") is a science fiction television series produced by CBS Paramount Network Television in association with BSkyB, Renegade 83, and American Zoetrope for USA Network in the United States and Sky ...
'', '' Lincoln Heights'', '' K-Ville'', ''Prison Break
''Prison Break'' is an American serial drama television series created by Paul Scheuring for Fox. The series revolves around two brothers, Lincoln Burrows ( Dominic Purcell) and Michael Scofield ( Wentworth Miller); Burrows has been sentenc ...
'', ''Bones
A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals. Bones protect the various other organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells, store minerals, provide structure and support for the body, an ...
'', ''Numb3rs
''Numbers'' (stylized as ''NUMB3RS'') is an American crime drama television series that was broadcast on CBS from January 23, 2005, to March 12, 2010, for six seasons and 118 episodes. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heu ...
'' and ''NCIS NCIS or N.C.I.S. may refer to:
Law enforcement
* National Criminal Intelligence Service, the predecessor to the Serious Organised Crime Agency of the United Kingdom
* Naval Criminal Investigative Service, a United States law enforcement and intelli ...
''.
References
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African-American film directors
African-American television directors
American film producers
American male screenwriters
American television directors
Living people
Tisch School of the Arts alumni
Writers from Boston
People from the San Francisco Bay Area
Year of birth missing (living people)
Film directors from California
Screenwriters from Massachusetts
American film editors