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Rod Holcomb, an Emmy-winning ER director who also helmed Battlestar Galactica, The Six Million Dollar Man, China Beach and dozens of other shows and was a longtime Directors Guild negotiating committee menber, has died. He was 80.
The DGA said Holcomb died Wednesday in Los Angeles after a long illness.
“The DGA deeply mourns the passing of Rod Holcomb — a visionary director whose impact on television direction and the creative rights of television directors cannot be overstated,” DGA President Lesli Linka Glatter said in a statement. “Rod’s influence as a pilot director on shows like China Beach and ER among many others, resonated deeply with directors and audiences alike, leaving a cultural imprint. His pioneering use of Steadicam and other techniques brought a more cinematic style to television, helping establish a visual aesthetic that continues today.”
Holcomb helmed hundreds of TV episodes during his 40-year career, scoring four career Emmy noms — three for ER and the other for China Beach — and three DGA noms. His credits range from the 1970s series The Six Million Dollar Man, Battlestar Galactica and BJ and the Bear to such 2010s shows as Elementary, Chicago Fire and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.
Along the way, Holcomb directed episodes of popular series including The Mentalist, Rizzoli & Isles, CSI: Miami, Justified, NCIS: Los Angeles, The West Wing, The Equalizer, Scarecrow & Mrs. King, The A-Team, The Greatest American Hero, Hill Street Blues, Fantasy Island and Quincy, M.E.
During his career, Holcomb directed 21 pilots — including ER, whose series finale he also helmed — with 15 going to series.
Throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s, Holcomb worked almost exclusively in movies for television such as A
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