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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. He has also worked on FOX supernatural series Sleepy Hollow.
- Douglas Aarniokoski, August 25, 1965 (age 58)
- Arnold Cassius
- Television director, producer
- 1991–present
Producer: The Day. 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.
- Douglas Aarniokoski
Apr 5, 2024 · Summary. Captain Rayner in Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 may be abrasive at first, but fans will grow to love his driven and determined character. Director Doug Aarniokoski predicts that Rayner has the potential to become a beloved breakout character, similar to Captain Liam Shaw from Star Trek: Picard. Despite being rough around the edges ...
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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"
Douglas Aarniokoski is a producer of The Day, Austin Powers and Tekken. He is of Finnish descent and has two marriages and three children.
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Aug 29, 2012 · Learn about the challenges and inspirations behind the post-apocalyptic thriller The Day, starring Shawn Ashmore and Cory Hardrict. Also, get a sneak peek at his upcoming Lionsgate project Nurse 3D, a horror film with a provocative poster.
Sep 7, 2019 · The first day of shooting we overlapped with episode 212, “Through the Valley of Shadows,” which Doug Aarniokoski was directing. As a producer/director, we usually try to make sure we’ve got hyper-experienced directors we trust going before us or after us, and Doug is easily one of those guys.
