Description:
The day after Nyby graduated from Van Nuys High School in California in 1959, he drove to north central Idaho, following a friend to the University of Idaho for college. He stayed at Idaho for two years as a member of the swim team and the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity before transferring to USC. In 1963, the Air Force sent Nyby to Vietnam as a photographer. Four years later, he landed a job as an assistant director; his first directing job was an episode of Ironside (1967). In the years since, he has directed television movies and episodes of many television series, counting his Hill Street Blues (1981) episodes as his favorites.
Birthday
June 1, 1941
Born In
Los Angeles, California, USA
Alternative names
Christian Nyby II
, Chris Nyby II
, Christian I. Nyby Jr.
, Chris Nyby
Spouse/Ex-
Susan Carol Keenan December 20, 1963 - present (3 children)
Parents
Thelma Nyby
Trivia
He is one of the many directors profiled in "The American Vein: Directors and Directions in Television," by Christopher Wicking, 1979.
Quotes
"A director is a storyteller. Using the words the writers provide, the
director then takes those words and puts them into a specific location.
And then how the actors interpret it, placement of the camera, the
lighting, the movement of the characters, the movement of the camera,
consistent themes throughout; it's really through the director's eyes
that you see the story unfolding." (University of Idaho alumni
magazine, winter, 2005)
