Ralph Hemecker

• Name — Ralph Hemecker • Born — 12 June 1961 • Died — 10 July 2026 • Place of death — Glendale, California, U.S. • Occupation — Film and television director, writer, and producer

Hemecker was born on June 12, 1961. He studied English at Bucknell University and graduated. He also took filmmaking courses at New York University.

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 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".

Hemecker died in Glendale, California on July 10, 2026, at the age of 65.

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