Stephen Hopkins (Director) made his feature film directorial debut with "Dangerous Games." He then went on to direct "A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child"; "Predator 2," with Danny Glover and Bill Paxton; "Judgment Night," starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Stephen Dorff; "Blown Away," with Jeff Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones; "The Ghost and the Darkness," starring Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas; and "Lost in Space," with Gary Oldman and William Hurt.

He has also directed three episodes of HBO's "Tales from the Crypt" - two of which were nominated for CableACE Awards - and wrote and directed a short film for the acclaimed British collection of shorts "Tube Tales," which debuted at Cannes in 1999. He directed and produced "Under Suspicion," starring Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman, which opened at Cannes 2000. In spring 2001, Hopkins directed the pilot of "24," his first U.S. TV pilot, and subsequently served as both a director and co-executive producer for the first season of the acclaimed series, which launched in November 2001.

In 2001, Hopkins was nominated for a Golden Globe® for Best Dramatic Series and a DGA Award for Outstanding Directing Achievement for the pilot of "24." In 2002, he was also nominated for two Emmy Awards®, one for directing and one for producing "24." Hopkins subsequently directed and produced the hit miniseries "Traffic."