Were both Fielder Cook and J. J. Abrams television directors?
Fielder Cook Fielder Cook (March 9, 1923 – June 20, 2003) was an American television and film director, producer, and writer whose 1971 television movie "The Homecoming: A Christmas Story" spawned the series "The Waltons".
Rick Sloane Rick Sloane (born August 22, 1961, in Los Angeles) is an American cult film maker. He is credited as writer, director, producer, Film editor and cinematographer of much of his own work. He is perhaps best known for his B-movie-grade, camp horror film "Hobgoblins," which was revived during its television airing on "Mystery Science Theater 3000", where the hosts were as critical of Sloane as a director as they were of the film itself.