Allan Arkush

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Allan Arkush

About
Title	Director, Executive Producer
Date of birth	30 April 1948
Origin	Jersey City, NJ, USA
Gender
IMDb profile

Allan Arkush is a director and executive producer on Heroes. Arkush joined the crew immediately after the pilot and has served as an executive producer on all three seasons.

1 About
2 Episodes Directed
3 Notes
4 Trivia
5 External Links

About

Since 1970 Allan Arkush has been directing both film and television. He is best known for directing more than 20 episodes of Tim Kring's Crossing Jordan, and the film Rock 'n' Roll High School which he helped develop the story for as well. He's also edited, acted in, and written several film and television projects, including L.A. Law, St. Elsewhere, Moonlighting, I'll Fly Away, Dawson's Creek, The Practice, and Ally McBeal. Allan has also directed music videos for such artists as Elvis Costello, Bette Midler, and Mick Jagger. In addition, Arkush directed rock-music television movies such as Elvis Meets Nixon, Shake, Rattle and Rock!, XXX's & OOO's, and Young at Heart.

Episodes Directed

Notes

Allan Arkush has directed all the volume finales of Heroes.

Trivia

Allan Arkush is the only person who has directed both Frank Sinatra (Young at Heart) and Joey Ramone (Rock 'n' Roll High School).
Allan's first job in music was at the Fillmore East in New York, where he handled the psychedelic lighting for such bands as "The Who" and "The Grateful Dead".

External Links

Interview with Allan Arkush at Greg Beeman's blog, 9/22/08

Crew

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Directors

Allan Arkush • Daniel Attias • John Badham • Greg Beeman • Kevin Bray • Alan Carter • Holly Dale • Roxann Dawson • Donna Deitch • Ernest Dickerson • Paul Edwards • Lesli Glatter • Anthony Hemingway • Adam Kane • Sergio Mimica-Gezzan • Terrence O'Hara • David Semel • Paul Shapiro • Jeannot Szwarc • David Von Ancken • Greg Yaitanes

Webisodes
Crew

Going Postal: Jesse Alexander (co-executive producer) • Allan Arkush (executive producer) • Yule Caise (writer, director) • Jim Chory (co-executive producer) • Gunnar Clancey (producer) • Dennis Hammer (executive producer) • Chris Hanada (producer) • Tanner Kling (producer) • Tim Kring (executive producer) • Jordan Levy (director of photography) • Jim Martin (writer) • Alvin Mears (animal wrangler) • John O'Hara (producer) • Joe Tolerico (senior producer) • Carri Wagner (producer)
Destiny: Adam Armus (writer) • Peter Barnett (producer) • Chad Cooperman (executive producer) • Eagle Egilsson (director) • Kay Foster (writer) • David Lang (executive producer) • Gregory Manago (supervising producer) • Andrew Orloff (visual effects supervisor) • Joe Tolerico (senior producer)
The Recruit: Jesse Alexander (story, co-executive producer) • Allan Arkush (executive producer) • David A. Armstrong (director of photography) • Jim Chory (co-executive producer) • Gunnar Clancey (producer) • Levi Dertner (assistant) • Dennis Hammer (executive producer) • Chris Hanada (producer) • Rob Hardy (director) • Timm Keppler (writer) • Tanner Kling (producer) • Tim Kring (executive producer) • Jim Martin (writer) • Kristin Mente (assistant director) • John O'Hara (producer) • Nicholas Plotquin (production designer) • Edgar Sardarian (assistant) • Joe Tolerico (senior producer) • Carri Wagner (producer)
Hard Knox: Allan Arkush (executive producer) • Rob Fresco (writer)