The Vintagent Classics: Chrome Soldiers

CHROME SOLDIERS (TV 1992)

Run Time: 1:31:00
Producer: USA Network
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Ross LaManna, John McCormick, Nick Randall
Key Cast: Gary Busey, Ray Sharkey, William Atherton

FILM MAKERS

Thomas J. Wright is a prolific American television director, who has worked on more than 50 screen projects. Wright started out in show business in 1966 as a production illustrator, working as a sketch artist, storyboard artist and production illustrator. His most memorable credits include The Andromeda Strain (1971), Jaws (1975), Apocalypse Now (1979), Pennies From Heaven (1981). He also created all of the gallery paintings for Rod Serling’s horror anthology series Night Gallery (TV series 1969-1973). In the mid-’80s, Wright transitioned into directing, helming episodes of The Twilight Zone, Max Headroom, and Beauty and the Beast. Although he directed the 1989 Hulk Hogan feature film, No Holds Barre, Wright has primarily worked in the TV field, most notably contributing heavily to the late-’90s supernatural series Millennium as both a director and producer. Other TV shows to list Wright as a director include The X-Files, Highlander, Dark Angel, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Firefly, and The Wire.