Craig R. Baxley

Craig Baxley is a third-generation filmmaker. After starting his career in front of the camera, working his way up as a successful stunt coordinator and second unit director on films like Predator (1987), Reds (1981), Le gang des frères James (1980) and Les Guerriers de la nuit (1979) (with such talented directors as Don Siegel, Alan J. Pakula, Warren Beatty, Norman Jewison, Walter Hill and Steven Spielberg), he transitioned making his directorial debut on the acclaimed hit series L'agence tous risques (1983). His first feature film as a director was Action Jackson (1988) for Joel Silver and was the beginning of a very diverse career working in many genres. He later went on to direct Dark Angel (1990) (a.k.a. "I Come In Peace") starring Dolph Lundgren, Stone Cold and a number of mini-series, including Stephen King's La tempête du siècle (1999), Rose Red (2002), Triangle : Le Mystère des Bermudes (2005), The Lost Room (2006) and King's television series Kingdom Hospital (2004), on which he directed every episode of the series.