Reign Of Fire

Rob Stanton Bowman is an American film director and producer, perhaps most notable for his work on science fiction series, such as The X-Files and Star Trek: The Next Generation. He is an executive producer and director for the comedy-drama Castle. Bowman grew up around film and television... production. His father, Chuck Bowman, is a filmmaker who became active in the industry when Rob was an adolescent. Bowman first became fascinated with the process of filmmaking when he saw The Wizard of Oz as a child. After writing, producing and directing a story for a film production class at the University of Utah, Bowman knew he wanted to be a filmmaker. Bowman started directing for television while doing second unit work for Stephen Cannell Productions in 1982. His first feature film was Airborne, a coming-of-age story involving teenage rollerbladers. After seeing a commercial for The X-files pilot episode, Bowman called his agent and told him he wanted to direct for the series. He was asked to direct the episode Gender Bender for The X-files by executive producer R. W. Goodwin, who had previously worked with Bowman on the series Mancuso, FBI.
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