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Douglas Aarniokoski (born August 25, 1965) is an American television director and producer. He is well known for his work on the CBS series Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Short Treks, Star Trek: Picard, Criminal Minds, S.W.A.T., and The CW superhero drama Arrow.
Douglas Aarniokoski is known for The Day (2011), Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) and Tekken (2010). He has been married to Kathleen Henry since 2015. He was previously married to Suzanne Todd.
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Douglas "Doug" Aarniokoski (born 25 August 1965; age 58) is a director, producer, and writer who directed several episodes of Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard, as well as an episode of Star Trek: Short Treks. He also served as co-executive producer on the first season of Short Treks and the first season of Star Trek: Picard, and as executive producer on the second season of Picard.
He started his career in 1988 as a second assistant director on two episodes of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Over the years he worked as second assistant director, first assistant director and second unit director on many movies and television projects. His first full directing credit was the 2000 movie Highlander: Endgame. In the 2010s he moved into directing television, including episodes of Criminal Minds, Sleepy Hollow, Arrow, The Flash, Limitless, Bull, American Gothic, and Instinct.
He also worked as a producer on the television series Sleepy Hollow, Limitless, Bull, and Instinct as well as the movies Machete Kills and The Day.
Aarniokoski wrote the screenplays for the 1990s video productions Puppet Master 4 and Puppet Master 5 and the 2013 movie Nurse 3-D, which he also directed; it featured Patrick Kwok-Choon. In addition, he worked as production assistant on Turner & Hooch (1989) and Kuffs (1992, starring Christian Slater) and as assistant to Tom Cruise for the 1990 Days of Thunder.
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•"Lethe"
•"The Sound of Thunder"
•"Through the Valley of Shadows"
•"Scavengers"
•"Under the Twin Moons"
Apr 5, 2024 · Star Trek: Discovery director Doug Aarniokoski: predicts fans will warm up to Captain Rayner just as they did to Captain Shaw in Star Trek: Picard.
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- Senior Editor-Star Trek
Aug 29, 2012 · Today, August 29th, filmmaker Douglas Aarniokoski’s post-apocalyptic siege flick The Day is hitting the big screen courtesy of WWE Studios and Anchor Bay Entertainment.
Douglas Aarniokoski is an assistant director and director. Read More. Known For. The Flash. Arrow. From Dusk Till Dawn. Criminal Minds. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Four Rooms. Star Trek: Discovery. Star Trek: Picard. Directing. 2024. Tracker ( 1 episode) …
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Douglas Aarniokoski is an American television director. Aarniokoski was born in San Francisco, California, where he spent his childhood watching movies at a local theater, from which he gained a love of movies and filmmaking. After graduating from high school, he traveled to Los Angeles, where...
