Zisk, Craig

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ZISK, Craig

PERSONAL

Brother of Randall Zisk (a producer and director).


Addresses: Agent—United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., 5th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.


Career: Director and producer.


Awards, Honors: Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding comedy series, 1992, for Brooklyn Bridge; Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding comedy series, 1998, for The Larry Sanders Show.


CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Supervising associate producer, Cop Rock, ABC, 1990.

Producer, Brooklyn Bridge, CBS, 1991–93.

Supervising producer, The Single Guy, NBC, 1995–96.

Co–executive producer, The Single Guy, NBC, 1996–97.

Producer and co–executive producer, The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1997–98.


Television Work; Movies:

Associate producer, My First Love, ABC, 1988.

Director, "Mr. Saint Nick" (also known as "Mr. St. Nick" and "Monsieur St–Nick"), The Wonderful World of Disney, ABC, 2002.


Television Director; Episodic:

"The Wild Pitch," Brooklyn Bridge, CBS, 1993.

The Single Guy, NBC, episodes from 1996–97.

"All That Glitters," The Love Boat: The Next Wave, UPN, 1998.

"Duckboy Flies Again," Oh Grow Up, ABC, 1999.

"The Goodwill Games," For Your Love, NBC, 1999.

"I Never Forget a Face–Lift," Payne, CBS, 1999.

"Lies & Dolls," Just Shoot Me, NBC, 1999.

"The Mother Load," For Your Love, NBC, 1999.

"The Return of Buster," Shasta McNasty (also known as Shasta), UPN, 1999.

"Run, May Ray, Run," Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane (also known as Zoe and Zoe Bean), The WB, 1999.

"A Spy in the House of Me," Just Shoot Me, NBC, 1999.

"Susan's Ex," Suddenly Susan, NBC, 1999.

"The Trouble with Jane," Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane (also known as Zoe and Zoe Bean), The WB, 1999.

"When Zoe Met Johnny," Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane (also known as Zoe and Zoe Bean), The WB, 1999.

Charmed, The WB, episodes from 1999–2000.

"Bachelorette Party," Shasta McNasty (also known as Shasta), UPN, 2000.

"Ch–Ch–Changes," Popular, The WB, 2000.

"The F Word," Shasta McNasty (also known as Shasta), UPN, 2000.

"Misery Loathes Company," Popular, The WB, 2000.

"The Sweetest Taboo," Popular, The WB, 2000.

Secret Agent Man, UPN, 2000.

"The Brain Game," Popular, The WB, 2001.

"Devil with a Plaid Skirt," Grounded for Life, Fox, 2001.

"The License," The Tick, Fox, 2001.

"Love Child," Grounded for Life, Fox, 2001.

"Oops ... Noel Did It Again," Felicity, The WB, 2001.

"Senor Lyzardo," The Tick, Fox, 2001.

Scrubs, NBC, episodes from 2001–2005.

"Dichotic," Smallville (also known as Smallville Beginnings and Smallville: Superman the Early Years), The WB, 2002.

"Medicated," Watching Ellie (also known as Julia Louis–Dreyfus Project, 23 Minutes and 12 Seconds in the Life of Eleanor Riggs, 22 Minutes with Eleanor Riggs, 22 Minutes with Ellie Riggs, and 23:12), NBC, 2002.

"The Paper Chase," The Felicity, The WB, 2002.

"Shadow Play," Providence, NBC, 2002.

"Three Birds and a Baby," Birds of Prey (also known as BOP), The WB, 2002.

"Trust Me," Alias, ABC, 2002.

"Date," Watching Ellie (also known as Julia Louis–Dreyfus Project, 23 Minutes and 12 Seconds in the Life of Eleanor Riggs, 22 Minutes with Eleanor Riggs, 22 Minutes with Ellie Riggs, and 23:12), NBC, 2003.

"Feud," Watching Ellie (also known as Julia Louis–Dreyfus Project, 23 Minutes and 12 Seconds in the Life of Eleanor Riggs, 22 Minutes with Eleanor Riggs, 22 Minutes with Ellie Riggs, and 23:12), NBC, 2003.

"Firebomb," Alias, ABC, 2003.

"Megan O'Hara," Nip/Tuck, FX Channel, 2003.

"The Pursuit of Happiness," American Dreams (also known as American Pie, Bandstand, and Our Generation), NBC, 2003.

"TV," Watching Ellie (also known as Julia Louis–Dreyfus Project, 23 Minutes and 12 Seconds in the Life of Eleanor Riggs, 22 Minutes with Eleanor Riggs, 22 Minutes with Ellie Riggs, and 23:12), NBC, 2003.

Miss Match, NBC, 2003.

"Guns & Hoses," NYPD Blue, ABC, 2004.

"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?," Las Vegas, NBC, 2004.

"Light Years," Without a Trace (also known as Vanished), CBS, 2004.

"Meteor Shore," North Shore (also known as Big Island, Oahu, and Pacific Bay), Fox, 2004.

"Mr. Monk Gets Married," Monk, USA Network, 2004.

"Naomi Gaines," Nip/Tuck, FX Channel, 2004.

"The Night the Lights Went Out," Las Vegas, NBC, 2004.

"Cease & Assist," LAX, NBC, 2005.

"Detente," Alias, ABC, 2005.

"The Road Home," Alias, ABC, 2005.

"Survivor," Medical Investigation, NBC, 2005.

Weeds, Showtime, c. 2005.


Directed episodes of Hidden Hills, NBC. Directed unaired episodes of series, including "My Suspect Vinny," Breaking News, Bravo; "Out Damned Spot," dr. vegas, CBS; "The Competition" and "The Yoko Factor," both episodes of My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star, The WB; and "Lovesick Ass" and "Muffin Buffalo," both episodes of Wonderfalls, Fox.


Television Work; Pilots:

Coproducer, Time Well Spent, ABC, 1996.

Executive producer, First Kiss, ABC, 2002.

Second unit director, Dead Like Me, Showtime, 2003.

Director, Beck & Call, UPN, 2004.

Director, Weeds, Showtime, 2004.


Film Work:

Editorial consultant, Less Than Zero, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1987.


WRITINGS

Teleplays; Pilots:

First Kiss, ABC, 2002.