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In 2002 he helmed "Queen of the Damned," the sequel to 1994's "Interview with the Vampire" before taking the director's chair for the pilot episode of [[Wikipedia:UPN|UPN]]'s television series, "Haunted". From here he moved onto the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|2003 ''Battlestar Galactica'']] production.
In 2002 he helmed "Queen of the Damned," the sequel to 1994's "Interview with the Vampire" before taking the director's chair for the pilot episode of [[Wikipedia:UPN|UPN]]'s television series, "Haunted". From here he moved onto the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|2003 ''Battlestar Galactica'']] production.


==Rymer and Battlestar Galactica==
==Rymer and Batttlestar Galactica==
A self-confessed science-fiction fan, Rymer was not given to watching the {{TOS|Battlestar Galactica|Original Series}}, and didn't make a point of viewing it when he took the assignment, noting:
A self-confessed science-fiction fan, Rymer was not given to watching the {{TOS|Battlestar Galactica|Original Series}}, and didn't make a point of viewing it when he took the assignment, noting:


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Such was his enthusiasm for the new series that he worked closely with writer/producer [[Ronald D. Moore]] and [[Emile Smith]] of [[Zoic|Zoic Studios]] on pre-visualization for the [[Miniseries]], setting out much of what has become the show's visual and vital style.  
Such was his enthusiasm for the new series that he worked closely with writer/producer [[Ronald D. Moore]] and [[Emile Smith]] of [[Zoic|Zoic Studios]] on pre-visualization for the [[Miniseries]], setting out much of what has become the show's visual and vital style.  


Given his intimate involvement with the Miniseries, Rymer was a natural choice to helm the opening episode of the first season, "[[33]]," and to handle both parts of the season's climactic episode,  "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] & [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|II]]," as well as the Season 2 opening episodes "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Valley of Darkness]]". Rymer also directed   many other pivotal episodes of the series, such as "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] & [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|II]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]] & [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II| II]]" and "[[Crossroads, Part I]] & [[Crossroads, Part II|II]]".
Given his intimate involvement with the Miniseries, Rymer was a natural choice to helm the opening episode of the first season, "[[33]]," and to handle both parts of the season's climactic episode,  "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] & [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|II]]," as well as the Season 2 opening episodes "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Valley of Darkness]]". Rymer also directed many other pivotal episodes of the series, such as "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] & [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|II]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]] & [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II| II]]" and "[[Crossroads, Part I]] & [[Crossroads, Part II|II]]".


His extended work on the series and his work with Ron Moore and David Eick has earned him a producer credit for the show from Season Three onward.
His extended work on the series and his work with Ron Moore and David Eick has earned him a producer credit for the show from Season Three onward.
[[Fulvio Cecere]], who played Lieutenant [[Alastair Thorne]] in "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", described Rymer's approach on that episode as unusual by television standards. Where most productions shoot seven to eight pages of script per day and actors get one or two takes before the crew moves on, Rymer took time to work through the nuances of each scene — an approach Cecere compared to feature film production. Cecere, co-star [[Grace Park]], and Rymer spent time discussing the characters in depth before filming the episode's most demanding sequence.<ref name="damen_galacticatv_cecere_interview_rymer_method">{{cite web|url=http://www.galactica.tv/galactica-2003---interviews/fulvio-cecere-galactica.tv-interview.html|title=Fulvio Cecere Interview|author=Marcel Damen|publisher=Galactica.TV|date=January 10, 2007|accessdate=May 17, 2025|archive=Y}}</ref>


== Director credits for "Battlestar Galactica" ==
== Director credits for "Battlestar Galactica" ==
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**[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]
**[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]
**[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
==References==
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