James Hockridge

James Edward Hockridge was the First Assistant Director on . This was his first feature film credit, and he has since worked on twenty-five films and four made-for-television movies.
== Television credits ==
Before Star Trek III, Hockridge was a First Assistant Director (1st AD) on and , the latter of which starred William Shatner, James Darren, and Richard Herd. Among the directors Hockridge worked with on both Charlie's Angels and T. J. Hooker were Corey Allen, Cliff Bole, and Kim Manners. 
Ken Stringer worked under Hockridge as Second Assistant Director (2nd AD) on T. J. Hooker and did the same on Star Trek III. Hockridge and Stringer then collaborated on (1984, with LeVar Burton, Ronny Cox, James B. Sikking, Victor Tayback, John Vargas, and Ben Vereen.) Babu Subramaniam, a 1st AD on , was Hockridge's 2nd AD on the 1987 science fiction TV movie The Man Who Fell to Earth, in which Bruce McGill, Robert Picardo, and Wil Wheaton had supporting roles.
Hockridge next served as the 1st AD onBeauty and the Beast (1987 TV series)|Beauty and the Beast}}, which starred actor Ron Perlman. At least one of Hockridge's episodes was directed by Victor Lobl. Some of the actors to appear in Hockridge's episodes include James Avery, Zachary Benjamin, Daniel Benzali, Raye Birk, Katy Boyer, Joseph Campanella, David Clennon, Mimi Craven, Cory Danziger, Tony Epper, Ellen Geer, Stan Ivar, Scott Jaeck, Tony Jay, Kay E. Kuter, Christopher Neame, Nicholas Shaffer, Armin Shimerman, and Philip N. Waller.
After nearly a decade of working solely on features, Hockridge returned to television production with the 1999 NBC movie Mutiny. He then worked as the 1st AD on (2000, co-starring John Savage and Dean Stockwell).
== Film credits ==
Since 1989, Hockridge has worked almost exclusively as a 1st AD on feature films. Including Star Trek III, all but one one of his films between 1984 and 1995 were produced by Paramount Pictures. His first film production after Star Trek III was (1990), which featured Whoopi Goldberg and Vincent Schiavelli. Soon thereafter, he worked on (1991), which also co-starred Whoop Goldberg as well as Teri Hatcher. Hockridge then worked on Scott Bakula (1991), followed by (1992) and (1993). On the latter, assistant director Christopher T. Gerrity was also a 1st AD.
Hockridge's only non-Paramount film during the early 1990s was (1993), for which he was the 1st AD for the film's Second Unit. stuntman Freddie Hice was the Second Unit Director, while Richard Oswald was the second assistant director for the film's main unit. The cast of Dennis the Menace included Christopher Lloyd and Paul Winfield; the music was composed by Jerry Goldsmith.
Hockridge has worked as the 1st AD on nearly all of comedy director 's films, beginning with (1994, featuring Marc Alaimo, Earl Boen, Raye Birk, Bill Erwin, Matt Roe, and Bill Zuckert). Hockridge has since collaborated with Segal on (1995, co-starring Zach Grenier and Julie Warner), (1996, featuring Ann Cusack, Jack Kehler, Tom Wright, and Jeff Yagher), (2003), (2004), (2005, featuring James Cromwell and Ed Lauter), and (2008, starring The Rock). Matthew D. Smith was an Additional 2nd AD on (2003), (2004), and (2005).
Hockridge's other film credits include (1995, featuring Bill Smitrovich), (1996, featuring Robert Hooks and Ken Jenkins), (1997, featuring Tzi Ma), (1998, featuring Cyril O'Reilly and Brenda Strong), (1999, featuring Holmes R. Osborne and Dey Young), and (2001, starring Lanei Chapman and Whoopi Goldberg). The aforementioned Matthew D. Smith also worked on Rat Race.
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