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The world of film and TV have lost a wonderful talent this week. On Sunday 1/25/2009 Kim Manners who was suffering from lung cancer passed away on Sunday in the Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 59 years old.
He was best known for his work on sci-fi series The X-Files, for which he won four Emmy Award nominations, and his stint on U.S. TV series Supernatural.
Manners began his career as a director on 1970s show Charlie's Angels. He went on to helm a variety of TV classics including 21 Jump Street and Mission: Impossible, as well as Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Everyone who has ever worked with him have so much high praise and nothing but wonderful things to say about Kim Manners.
X-Files writer Frank Spotnitz has paid tribute to his late colleague, writing on his official web blog: "Kim had a blazing intensity that inspired everyone - writers, producers, actors and crew. As long as he'd been a director, he never lost his passion for his work. Every time he got a script, he gave it his all. He was driven to execute what he saw in his mind's eye in the most powerful and beautiful way he could. Kim was an incredible force of life. It is hard for me to believe or accept that he is gone."
Supernatural creator and executive producer Eric Kripke adds: "Everyone at Supernatural is walking around in a daze, shocked and absolutely devastated. Kim was a brilliant director; more than that, he was a mentor and friend. He was one of the patriarchs of the family, and we miss him desperately. He gave so much to Supernatural, and everything we do on the show, now and forever, is in memory of him."
Jim Beaver, who plays Bobby Singer on the CW show, described Manners "as one of the best friends and best directors [I've] ever known". His 17 Supernatural directing credits include the first and last episodes of every season.
The fandom will truly miss Kim Manners and his hand in contributing his passion and beautiful talent to the world of film and TV. I for one will never forget him and the impact he left on me.
I thought it would be nice to add a page honoring Kim Manners works over the years as a director/producer. His body and soul may have passed on, but his work will forever be imbeded in our hearts and memories forever.
KIM MANNERS AS A PRODUCER / DIRECTOR / PRODUCTION MANAGER / SECOND UNIT DIRECTOR OR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR / ACTOR / SELF.
"Supernatural" (executive producer) (60 episodes, 2006-2009) (co-executive producer) (18 episodes, 2005-2006)
- Dead in the Water (27 September 2005) - Director
- Bloody Mary (11 October 2005) - co-executive producer
- Skin (18 October 2005) - co-executive producer
- Hookman (25 October 2005) - co-executive producer
- Bugs (8 November 2005) - co-executive producer, Director
- Home (15 November 2005) - co-executive producer
- Asylum (22 November 2005) - co-executive producer
- Scarecrow (10 January 2006) - co-executive producer, Director
- Faith (17 January 2006) - co-executive producer
- Route 666 (31 January 2006) - co-executive producer
- Nightmare (7 February 2006) - co-executive producer
- The Benders (14 February 2006) - co-executive producer
- Shadow (28 February 2006) - co-executive producer, Director
- Hell House (30 March 2006) - co-executive producer
- Something Wicked (6 April 2006) - co-executive producer
- Provenance (13 April 2006) - co-executive producer
- Dead Man's Blood (20 April 2006) - co-executive producer
- Salvation (27 April 2006) - co-executive producer
- Devil's Trap (4 May 2006) - co-executive producer, Director
- In My Time of Dying (28 September 2006) - executive producer, Director
- Everybody Loves a Clown (5 October 2006) - executive producer
- Bloodlust (12 October 2006) - executive producer
- Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (19 October 2006) - executive producer, Director
- Simon Said (26 October 2006) - executive producer
- No Exit (2 November 2006) - executive producer, Director
- The Usual Suspects (9 November 2006) - executive producer
- Crossroad Blues (16 November 2006) - executive producer
- Croatoan (7 December 2006) - executive producer
- Hunted (11 January 2007) - executive producer
- Playthings (18 January 2007) - executive producer
- Nightshifter (25 January 2007) - executive producer
- Houses of the Holy (1 February 2007) - executive producer, Director
- Born Under a Bad Sign (8 February 2007) - executive producer
- Tall Tales (15 February 2007) - executive producer
- Roadkill (15 March 2007) - executive producer
- Heart (22 March 2007) - executive producer, Director
- Hollywood Babylon (19 April 2007) - executive producer
- Folsom Prison Blues (26 April 2007) - executive producer
- What Is and What Should Never Be (3 May 2007) - executive producer
- All Hell Breaks Loose: Part 1 (10 May 2007) - executive producer
- All Hell Breaks Loose: Part 2 (17 May 2007) - executive producer
- The Magnificent Seven (4 October 2007) - executive producer, Director
- The Kids Are Alright (11 October 2007) - executive producer
- Bad Day at Black Rock (18 October 2007) - executive producer
- Sin City (25 October 2007) - executive producer
- Bedtime Stories (1 November 2007) - executive producer
- Red Sky at Morning (8 November 2007) - executive producer
- Fresh Blood (15 November 2007) - executive producer, Director
- A Very Supernatural Christmas (13 December 2007) - executive producer
- Malleus Maleficarum (31 January 2008) - executive producer
- Dream a Little Dream of Me (7 February 2008) - executive producer
- Mystery Spot (14 February 2008) - executive producer, Director
- Jus in Bello (21 February 2008) - executive producer
- Ghostfacers (24 April 2008) - executive producer
- Long-Distance Call (1 May 2008) - executive producer
- Time Is on My Side (8 May 2008) - executive producer
- No Rest for the Wicked (15 May 2008) - executive producer, Director
- Lazarus Rising (18 September 2008) - executive producer, Director
- Are You There, God? It's Me... Dean Winchester (25 September 2008) - executive producer
- In the Beginning (2 October 2008) - executive producer
- Metamorphosis (9 October 2008) - executive producer, Director
- Monster Movie (16 October 2008) - executive producer
- Yellow Fever (23 October 2008) - executive producer
- It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester (30 October 2008) - executive producer
- Wishful Thinking (6 November 2008) - executive producer
- I Know What You Did Last Summer (13 November 2008) - executive producer
- Heaven and Hell (20 November 2008) - executive producer
- Family Remains (15 January 2009) - executive producer, Director
- Criss Angel Is a Douche Bag (22 January 2009) - executive producer
- Afterschool Special (29 January 2009) - executive producer
- Die Hand die verletzt (27 January 1995) - Director
- Død Kalm (10 March 1995) - producer
- Humbug (31 March 1995) - producer, Director
- The Calusari (14 April 1995) - producer
- F. Emasculata (28 April 1995) - producer
- Soft Light (5 May 1995) - producer
- Our Town (12 May 1995) - producer
- Anasazi (19 May 1995) - producer
- The Blessing Way (22 September 1995) - producer
- Paper Clip (29 September 1995) - producer
- D.P.O. (6 October 1995) - producer, Director
- Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose (13 October 1995) - producer
- The List (20 October 1995) - producer
- 2Shy (3 November 1995) - producer
- The Walk (10 November 1995) - producer
- Oubliette (17 November 1995) - producer, Director
- Nisei (24 November 1995) - producer
- 731 (1 December 1995) - producer
- Revelations (15 December 1995) - producer
- War of the Coprophages (5 January 1996) - producer, Director
- Syzygy (26 January 1996) - producer
- Grotesque (2 February 1996) - producer, Director
- Piper Maru (9 February 1996) - producer
- Apocrypha (16 February 1996) - producer, Director
- Pusher (23 February 1996) - producer
- Teso dos Bichos (8 March 1996) - producer, Director
- Hell Money (29 March 1996) - producer
- Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space' (12 April 1996) - producer
- Avatar (26 April 1996) - producer
- Quagmire (3 May 1996) - producer, Director
- Wetwired (10 May 1996) - producer
- Talitha Cumi (17 May 1996) - producer
- Herrenvolk (4 October 1996) - producer
- Home (11 October 1996) - producer, Director
- Teliko (18 October 1996) - producer
- Unruhe (27 October 1996) - producer
- The Field Where I Died (3 November 1996) - producer
- Sanguinarium (10 November 1996) - producer, Director
- Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man (17 November 1996) - producer
- Tunguska (24 November 1996) - producer, Director
- Terma (1 December 1996) - producer
- Paper Hearts (15 December 1996) - producer
- El Mundo Gira (12 January 1997) - producer
- Leonard Betts (26 January 1997) - producer, Director
- Never Again (2 February 1997) - producer
- Memento Mori (9 February 1997) - producer
- Kaddish (16 February 1997) - producer, Director
- Unrequited (23 February 1997) - producer
- Tempus Fugit (16 March 1997) - producer
- Max (23 March 1997) - producer, Director
- Synchrony (13 April 1997) - producer
- Small Potatoes (20 April 1997) - producer
- Zero Sum (27 April 1997) - producer, Director
- Elegy (4 May 1997) - producer
- Demons (11 May 1997) - producer, Director
- Gethsemane (18 May 1997) - producer
- Redux (2 November 1997) - producer
- Redux II (9 November 1997) - producer, Director
- Unusual Suspects (16 November 1997) - producer, Director
- Detour (23 November 1997) - producer
- The Post-Modern Prometheus (30 November 1997) - producer
- Christmas Carol (7 December 1997) - producer
- Emily (14 December 1997) - producer, Director
- Kitsunegari (4 January 1998) - producer
- Schizogeny (11 January 1998) - producer
- Chinga (8 February 1998) - producer, Director
- Kill Switch (15 February 1998) - producer
- Bad Blood (22 February 1998) - producer
- Patient X (1 March 1998) - producer, Director
- The Red and the Black (8 March 1998) - producer
- Travelers (29 March 1998) - producer
- Mind's Eye (19 April 1998) - producer, Director
- All Souls (26 April 1998) - producer
- The Pine Bluff Variant (3 May 1998) - producer
- Folie a Deux (10 May 1998) - producer, Director
- The End (17 May 1998) - producer Next US airings:
- The Beginning (8 November 1998) - producer, Director Next US airings:
- Drive (15 November 1998) - producer Next US airings:
- Triangle (22 November 1998) - producer Next US airings:
- Dreamland (29 November 1998) - producer, Director Next US airings:
- Dreamland II (6 December 1998) - producer Next US airings:
- How the Ghosts Stole Christmas (13 December 1998) - producer
- Terms of Endearment (3 January 1999) - producer Next US airings:
- The Rain King (10 January 1999) - producer, Director
- S.R. 819 (17 January 1999) - producer
- Tithonus (24 January 1999) - producer
- Two Fathers (7 February 1999) - producer, Director
- One Son (14 February 1999) - producer
- Agua Mala (21 February 1999) - producer
- Monday (28 February 1999) - producer, Director
- Arcadia (7 March 1999) - producer
- Alpha (28 March 1999) - producer
- Trevor (11 April 1999) - producer
- Milagro (18 April 1999) - producer, Director
- The Unnatural (25 April 1999) - producer
- Three of a Kind (2 May 1999) - producer
- Field Trip (9 May 1999) - producer, Director
- Biogenesis (16 May 1999) - producer
- The Sixth Extinction (7 November 1999) - supervising producer, Director
- The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati (14 November 1999) - supervising producer
- Hungry (21 November 1999) - supervising producer, Director
- Millennium (28 November 1999) - supervising producer
- Rush (5 December 1999) - supervising producer
- The Goldberg Variation (12 December 1999) - supervising producer
- Orison (9 January 2000) - supervising producer
- The Amazing Maleeni (16 January 2000) - supervising producer
- Signs & Wonders (23 January 2000) - supervising producer, Director
- Sein und Zeit (6 February 2000) - supervising producer
- Closure (13 February 2000) - supervising producer, Director
- X-Cops (20 February 2000) - supervising producer
- First Person Shooter (27 February 2000) - supervising producer
- Theef (12 March 2000) - supervising producer, Director
- En Ami (19 March 2000) - supervising producer
- Chimera (2 April 2000) - supervising producer
- All Things (9 April 2000) - supervising producer
- Brand X (16 April 2000) - supervising producer, Director
- Hollywood A.D. (30 April 2000) - supervising producer
- Fight Club (7 May 2000) - supervising producer
- Je Souhaite (14 May 2000) - supervising producer
- Requiem (21 May 2000) - supervising producer, Director
- Within (5 November 2000) - co-executive producer, Director
- Without (12 November 2000) - co-executive producer, Director
- Patience (19 November 2000) - co-executive producer
- Roadrunners (26 November 2000) - co-executive producer
- Invocation (3 December 2000) - co-executive producer
- Redrum (10 December 2000) - co-executive producer
- Via Negativa (17 December 2000) - co-executive producer
- Surekill (7 January 2001) - co-executive producer
- Salvage (14 January 2001) - co-executive producer
- Badlaa (21 January 2001) - co-executive producer
- The Gift (4 February 2001) - co-executive producer, Director
- Medusa (11 February 2001) - co-executive producer
- Per Manum (18 February 2001) - co-executive producer, Director
- This Is Not Happening (25 February 2001) - co-executive producer, Director
- Deadalive (1 April 2001) - co-executive producer
- Three Words (8 April 2001) - co-executive producer
- Empedocles (22 April 2001) - co-executive producer
- Vienen (29 April 2001) - co-executive producer
- Alone (6 May 2001) - co-executive producer
- Essence (13 May 2001) - co-executive producer, Director
- Existence (20 May 2001) - co-executive producer, Director
- Nothing Important Happened Today (11 November 2001) - co-executive producer, Director
- Nothing Important Happened Today II (18 November 2001) - co-executive producer
- Dæmonicus (2 December 2001) - co-executive producer
- 4-D (9 December 2001) - co-executive producer
- Lord of the Flies (16 December 2001) - co-executive producer, Director
- Trust No 1 (6 January 2002) - co-executive producer
- John Doe (13 January 2002) - co-executive producer
- Hellbound (27 January 2002) - co-executive producer, Director
- Provenance (3 March 2002) - co-executive producer, Director
- Providence (10 March 2002) - co-executive producer
- Audrey Pauley (17 March 2002) - co-executive producer, Director
- Underneath (31 March 2002) - co-executive producer
- Improbable (7 April 2002) - co-executive producer
- Scary Monsters (14 April 2002) - co-executive producer
- Jump the Shark (21 April 2002) - co-executive producer
- William (28 April 2002) - co-executive producer
- Release (5 May 2002) - co-executive producer, Director
- Sunshine Days (12 May 2002) - co-executive producer
- The Truth: Parts 1 & 2 (19 May 2002) - co-executive producer, Director
- The X-Files: The Unopened File (1996) (V) (producer)
- The X Files: Revelations (2008) (V) (segment "Milagro")
"Empire" (2005) TV mini-series
Alaska (2003) (TV)
"Harsh Realm" (1 episode, 2000)
"Fortune Hunter" (1 episode)
"M.A.N.T.I.S." (1994) TV series (unknown episodes)
Greyhounds (1994) (TV)
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i loved kim manners work, i have seasons one and two of supernatural on dvd, and i can remember watching the behind the scenes extras, and on one of them on the episode "No Exit" i believe it was called one of the episodes staring Alona Tal as "Jo Harvelle" Kim dumped a bucket of water on "Sam" and "Dean" while they were climbing down the tunnel thing to get to where "Jo" was.
Manners grew up in a showbiz family; his father, Sam Manners has production credits on shows such as The Wild Wild West and Route 66. Manners did some acting as a child; his first role was at the age of three in a Chevrolet commercial. He also watched and occasionally participated in his father's work as well as the work of William Beaudine, Sr., director of Rin Tin Tin, whom Manners called "Gramps." It was Beaudine who inspired Manners to become a director himself. Manners has a brother, Kelly Manners, who has production and directorial credits on Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer and a sister, Tana, who also works as a television director.
Were there any shows or movies you saw as a kid that inspired you to get into the business?
Yeah, I was a horror movie freak. I loved Boris Karloff in Frankenstein; Lon Chaney, Jr. in The Wolf Man. Those two guys were my heroes, big time.
When they're coming up with story ideas, it must help to have you there to say, "The X-Files already did that."
I don't tell them that, they already know that. We've done X-Files for nine years. You know, in 200 episodes, you're going to touch on certain moments. You have to. It's not like we're stealing ideas; they just evolved that way. Of course The X-Files was more conspiracy and alien-oriented, and this is more of the horror.
How much time do you spend online? Do you read the fan sites and message boards?
I never had a computer until I did a project in Rome in 2004. My computer was a yellow stick with the number two on it. I don't go online much and talk to them. Eric checks it out now and again. It's very interesting to me that there's so much interest on the Internet, and I think it's what's helping keep the show on the air. Personally, I think there's a lot more people watching this show than the Nielsens reflect. I met one fan a couple of weeks ago, who said that she watched the show every Thursday night, and has 12 or 13 of her friends come over. Nielsen doesn't know that.
R.I.P KIM MANNERS
( c. 1950 - January 25, 2009)
HE WILL ALWAYS AND FOREVER BE REMEMBERED!
A TRUE ARTIST!
