# Ralph Hemecker

Ralph W. Hemecker is an American director, writer, and producer. He directed episodes of the drama series Once Upon a Time and The Flash.

## Career

In 2000, Hemecker founded Mythic Films, a full service feature film, TV and commercial production company. After directing Witchblade, Hemecker served as the showrunner, writer, and producer for the subsequent television series, which aired from 2000 to 2002.
Hemecker has directed episodes of Renegade, Dead at 21, Millennium, Numb3rs, V, Blue Bloods, and Nikita. He directed 21 episodes of the ABC fantasy/drama series Once Upon a Time.
In 2014, he joined as a recurring director on The CW superhero series The Flash. He directed the first-season episode, "Tricksters", in which Mark Hamill reprised the role of the titular supervillain. He also directed the second season crossover episode with Arrow, "Legends of Today". In the third season, Hemecker returned to direct the second episode of the season, "Paradox".

## Filmography
### Television credits

| Year | Show | Season | Episode title | Episode | Credit |
| 1991 | Silk Stalkings | 1 | "S.O.B." | 3 | Director |
| 1991 | Silk Stalkings | 1 | "Men Seeking Women" | 6 | Director |
| 1992 | Silk Stalkings | 1 | "The Brotherhood" | 9 | Director |
| 1992 | Silk Stalkings | 1 | "Blo-Dri" | 10 | Director |
| 1992 | Silk Stalkings | 1 | "Powder Burn" | 20 | Director |
| 1992 | Silk Stalkings | 2 | "Good Time Charlie" | 2 | Director |
| 1993 | Silk Stalkings | 2 | "Irreconcilable Differences" | 11 | Director |
| 1993 | Silk Stalkings | 2 | "Was It Good for You Too?" | 14 | Director |
| 1993 | Silk Stalkings | 3 | "Love Never Dies" | 7 | Director |
| 1994 | Silk Stalkings | 4 | "Red Flag" | 7 | Director |
| 1992 | Renegade | 1 | "Renegade" | 1 | Director |
| 1992 | Renegade | 1 | "Final Judgment" | 3 | Director |
| 1992 | Renegade | 1 | "Payback" | 8 | Director |
| 1993 | Renegade | 1 | "Fighting Cage, Part 1" | 21 | Director |
| 1993 | Renegade | 2 | "Wheel Man" | 9 | Director |
| 1994 | Renegade | 2 | "Once Burned, Twice Chey" | 18 | Director |
| 1994 | Renegade | 2 | "Murderer's Row, Part 1" | 20 | Director |
| 1994 | Renegade | 2 | "Murderer's Row, Part 2" | 21 | Director |
| 1994 | Renegade | 3 | "Escape" | 3 | Director |
| 1994 | Renegade | 3 | "Black Wind" | 5 | Director |
| 1995 | Renegade | 3 | "Den of Thieves" | 12 | Director |
| 1994 | Dead at 21 | 1 | "Dead at 21" | 1 | Director |
| 1994 | Dead at 21 | 1 | "Brain Salad" | 2 | Director |
| 1994 | Dead at 21 | 1 | "Shock the Monkey" | 4 | Director |
| 1994 | Dead at 21 | 1 | "Hotel California" | 11 | Director |
| 1994 | Dead at 21 | 1 | "In Through the Out Door: Part 1" | 12 | Director |
| 1994 | Dead at 21 | 1 | "In Through the Out Door: Part 2" | 13 | Director |
| 1995 | Vanishing Son | 1 | "Runaway Hearts" | 7 | Director |
| 1995 | Vanishing Son | 1 | "Win, Place or Dead" | 10 | Director |
| 1996 | Kindred: The Embraced | 1 | "Romeo and Juliet" | 4 | Director |
| 1996 | Kindred: The Embraced | 1 | "Cabin in the Woods" | 8 | Director |
| 1996 | Millennium | 1 | "The Well-Worn Lock" | 8 | Director |
| 1997 | Millennium | 2 | "The Curse of Frank Black" | 6 | Director |
| 1998 | Millennium | 3 | "Exegesis" | 2 | Director |
| 1997 | Roar | 1 | Pilot | 1 | Director |
| 1998 | The X-Files | 5 | Schizogeny | 9 | Director |
| 2001 | Witchblade | 1 | "Parallax" | 1 | Director; Story; Teleplay |
| 2001 | Witchblade | 1 | "Conundrum" | 2 | Story |
| 2001 | Witchblade | 1 | "Diplopia" | 3 | Story |
| 2001 | Witchblade | 1 | "Sacrifice" | 4 | Story |
| 2001 | Witchblade | 1 | "Legion" | 5 | Story |
| 2001 | Witchblade | 1 | "Maelstrom" | 6 | Story |
| 2001 | Witchblade | 1 | "Periculum" | 7 | Story |
| 2001 | Witchblade | 1 | "Thanatopis" | 8 | Story |
| 2001 | Witchblade | 1 | "Apprehension" | 9 | Story |
| 2001 | Witchblade | 1 | "Convergence" | 10 | Story; Teleplay |
| 2001 | Witchblade | 1 | "Transcendence" | 11 | Story; Teleplay |
| 2002 | Witchblade | 2 | "Emergence" | 1 | Writer |
| 2002 | Witchblade | 2 | "Destiny" | 2 | Teleplay |
| 2002 | Witchblade | 2 | "Parabolic" | 10 | Writer |
| 2002 | Witchblade | 2 | "Ubique" | 12 | Writer |
| 2007 | Numb3rs | 4 | "Thirteen" | 4 | Director |
| 2008 | Numb3rs | 5 | "The Decoy Effect" | 2 | Director |
| 2009 | Numb3rs | 5 | "12:01 AM" | 18 | Director |
| 2009 | Numb3rs | 6 | "Hydra" | 5 | Director |
| 2009 | Numb3rs | 6 | "Con Job" | 9 | Director |
| 2010 | Numb3rs | 6 | "And the Winner Is…" | 14 | Director |
| 2010 | Ghost Whisperer | 5 | "Dead to Me" | 14 | Director |
| 2010 | The Vampire Diaries | 2 | "The Sacrifice" | 10 | Director |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods | 1 | "Samaritan" | 2 | Director |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods | 1 | "Officer Down" | 4 | Director |
| 2011 | Blue Bloods | 1 | "Silver Star" | 17 | Director |
| 2011 | Blue Bloods | 2 | "Critical Condition" | 3 | Director |
| 2011 | Blue Bloods | 2 | "A Night on the Town" | 5 | Director |
| 2012 | Blue Bloods | 2 | "Collateral Damage" | 21 | Director |
| 2012 | Blue Bloods | 3 | "Risk and Reward" | 5 | Director |
| 2012 | Blue Bloods | 3 | "Greener Grass" | 6 | Director |
| 2013 | Blue Bloods | 4 | "Drawing Dead" | 7 | Director |
| 2014 | Blue Bloods | 5 | "Most Wanted" | 6 | Director |
| 2017 | Blue Bloods | 7 | "Love Lost" | 19 | Director |
| 2017 | Blue Bloods | 8 | "The Forgotten" | 5 | Director |
| 2018 | Blue Bloods | 8 | "Your Six" | 20 | Director |
| 2018 | Blue Bloods | 9 | "Blackout" | 4 | Director |
| 2019 | Blue Bloods | 9 | "Ripple Effect" | 13 | Director |
| 2019 | Blue Bloods | 9 | "Two-Faced" | 17 | Director |
| 2019 | Blue Bloods | 10 | "Behind the Smile" | 3 | Director |
| 2021 | Blue Bloods | 11 | "Guardian Angels" | 11 | Director |
| 2021 | Blue Bloods | 12 | "True Blue" | 4 | Director |
| 2021 | Blue Bloods | 12 | "USA Today" | 7 | Director |
| 2022 | Blue Bloods | 12 | "Guilt" | 16 | Director |
| 2022 | Blue Bloods | 12 | "Long Lost" | 18 | Director |
| 2022 | Blue Bloods | 12 | "Silver Linings" | 20 | Director |
| 2011 | V | 2 | "Devil in the Blue Dress" | 9 | Director |
| 2011 | Nikita | 1 | "Glass Houses" | 20 | Director |
| 2012 | NYC 22 | 1 | "Turf War" | 6 | Director |
| 2012 | NYC 22 | 1 | "Self Cleaning Oven" | 12 | Director |
| 2012 | Once Upon a Time | 1 | "7:15 A.M." | 10 | Director |
| 2012 | Once Upon a Time | 1 | "Hat Trick" | 17 | Director |
| 2012 | Once Upon a Time | 2 | "Broken" | 1 | Director |
| 2012 | Once Upon a Time | 2 | "Queen of Hearts" | 9 | Director |
| 2013 | Once Upon a Time | 2 | "The Miller's Daughter" | 16 | Director |
| 2013 | Once Upon a Time | 2 | "Selfless, Brave and True" | 18 | Director |
| 2013 | Once Upon a Time | 2 | "Second Star to the Right" | 21 | Director |
| 2013 | Once Upon a Time | 3 | "The Heart of the Truest Believer" | 1 | Director |
| 2013 | Once Upon a Time | 3 | "Going Home" | 11 | Director |
| 2014 | Once Upon a Time | 3 | "The Tower" | 14 | Director |
| 2014 | Once Upon a Time | 3 | "A Curious Thing" | 19 | Director |
| 2014 | Once Upon a Time | 3 | "There's No Place Like Home" | 22 | Director |
| 2014 | Once Upon a Time | 4 | "A Tale of Two Sisters" | 1 | Director |
| 2014 | Once Upon a Time | 4 | "The Apprentice" | 4 | Director |
| 2014 | Once Upon a Time | 4 | "Smash the Mirror, Part 2" | 9 | Director |
| 2014 | Once Upon a Time | 4 | "Heroes and Villains" | 12 | Director |
| 2015 | Once Upon a Time | 4 | "Enter the Dragon" | 15 | Director |
| 2015 | Once Upon a Time | 4 | "Lily" | 20 | Director |
| 2015 | Once Upon a Time | 4 | "Operation Mongoose, Part 2" | 23 | Director |
| 2015 | Once Upon a Time | 5 | "Siege Perilous" | 3 | Director |
| 2015 | Once Upon a Time | 5 | "The Bear and the Bow" | 6 | Director |
| 2016 | Once Upon a Time | 5 | "Souls of the Departed" | 12 | Director |
| 2016 | Once Upon a Time | 6 | "Heartless" | 7 | Director |
| 2017 | Once Upon a Time | 6 | "The Final Battle, Part 2" | 22 | Director |
| 2017 | Once Upon a Time | 7 | "Hyperion Heights" | 1 | Director |
| 2017 | Once Upon a Time | 7 | "Pretty in Blue" | 8 | Director |
| 2017 | Once Upon a Time | 7 | "The Eighth Witch" | 10 | Director |
| 2018 | Once Upon a Time | 7 | "Leaving Storybrooke" | 22 | Director |
| 2013 | Once Upon a Time in Wonderland | 1 | "Down the Rabbit Hole" | 1 | Director |
| 2013 | Once Upon a Time in Wonderland | 1 | "The Serpent" | 4 | Director |
| 2014 | The Flash | 1 | "The Man in the Yellow Suit" | 9 | Director |
| 2015 | The Flash | 1 | "Tricksters" | 17 | Director |
| 2015 | The Flash | 2 | "The Man Who Saved Central City" | 1 | Director |
| 2015 | The Flash | 2 | "Legends of Today" | 8 | Director |
| 2016 | The Flash | 3 | "Paradox" | 2 | Director |
| 2018 | The Flash | 4 | "Subject 19" | 14 | Director |
| 2016 | Legends of Tomorrow | 2 | "The Chicago Way" | 8 | Director |
| 2017 | Legends of Tomorrow | 2 | "Land of the Lost" | 13 | Director |
| 2018 | Legends of Tomorrow | 3 | "Guest Starring John Noble" | 17 | Director |
| 2017 | Quantico | 2 | "Fallenoracle" | 12 | Director |