Craig Valentine Ross, Jr. is an American film/television director, editor, producer and screenwriter.
Career
Ross was born in
Boston,
Massachusetts.
He then moved with his father to the
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay is a large tidal estuary in the 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, and Oakland.
San Francisco Bay drains water from a ...
area at an early age. After graduating high school, he went back to the east coast to attend film school at
New York University.
[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'', '' Standoff'', '' Crossing Jordan'', '' The 4400'', '' Lincoln Heights'', '' K-Ville'', ''Prison Break
''Prison Break'' is an American serial (radio and television), serial drama television show, television series created by Paul Scheuring for Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox. The series revolves around two brothers, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purce ...
'', '' Bones'', '' Numb3rs'' 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