Career
Alcalá"s first major break came in 1991 when he was hired by Lynn Marie Latham and Bernard Lechowick to direct an episode of American Broadcasting Company"s short lived drama series Homefront. Since then he has guest directed on a vast number of series including Computer Society of India: Crime Scene Investigation, Emergency, Dollhouse and House. In 1997, Alcalá made his theatrical film directing debut with the film Fire Down Below, starring Steven Seagal.
In 2007, Alcalá was nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards for directing the Battlestar Galactica episode (Exodus, Participant II).