Emmy-winning director Rod Holcomb dies at 80

Rod Holcomb, an Emmy-winning ER director who also worked on episodes of Lost, China Beach, Wolf, and The Six Million Dollar Man, has died. He was 80.

Holcomb passed away on January 24 in Los Angeles following a protracted illness, the Directors Guild of America said on Friday.

Holcomb said, “Dad was an inspiration to me. He always stayed humble and never lost his desire to mentor young people who were making their way into the industry.”

“Our gentle giant and kind friend passed away peacefully with his wife Jane, son Josh and daughter Natasha by his side,” Holcomb’s manager, Geoffrey Brandt, said.

“He was 80 years young.”

Throughout his decades-long career, Holcomb directed hundreds of television programmes and got four Emmy nominations—three for ER and one for China Beach. He also received two DGA nominations for these shows and one for The Pentagon Papers. He has also directed episodes of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Ice, Agent X, Blood & Oil, The Mentalist, Chicago Fire, ‘The Good Wife, Numb3rs, The West Wing,’ ‘Justified, NCIS: Los Angeles, Elementary,’ The Equaliser, Rizzoli & Isles, CSI: Miami, and The Quest, among others. Holcomb is survived by his wife, Jane, son Josh, daughter Natasha, and five grandkids.