Nationality American Role Television Director Education University of Miami Spouse Birgit Nutter (m. 1987) | Years active 1985–present Children Zoe K. Nutter Name David Nutter | |
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Born 1960 (age 54–55) United States Occupation Television director, film director, television producer Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Movies Disturbing Behavior, Trancers 4: Jack of Swords, Trancers 5: Sudden Deth, The Advocates, The Doctor Similar People Andrew Kreisberg, Greg Berlanti, D B Weiss, David Benioff, Jeremy Podeswa | ||
Director david nutter honors film mentor ralph clemente and wins the emmy for ralph
David Nutter (born 1960) is an American television and film director and television producer. He is best known for directing pilot episodes for television. In 2015, he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, for his work on the HBO series, Game of Thrones.
Contents
- Director david nutter honors film mentor ralph clemente and wins the emmy for ralph
- Early life and education
- Career
- List of directed pilots
- Personal life
- References
Early life and education
Nutter was born in 1960. He graduated from Dunedin High School in Dunedin, Florida, in 1978. He subsequently graduated from the University of Miami, where he originally enrolled as a music major.
Career
Nutter's big break came in 1993, when he began directing episodes of The X-Files. From there he would go on to direct the pilot, and help with the creation of, Space: Above and Beyond, Millennium, Sleepwalkers, Roswell, Dark Angel, Smallville, Tarzan, Without a Trace, Dr. Vegas, Jack & Bobby, Supernatural, Traveler, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Mentalist, and Shameless.
He also directed "Replacements", the fourth part of the mini-series Band of Brothers, and shared in that series's Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special. Other directing highlights include "Join the Club", an Emmy-nominated episode of The Sopranos, and the 1998 feature film Disturbing Behavior.
Nutter directed episodes of the HBO series Entourage, including "The Resurrection", "The Prince's Bride" and the series finale, "The End."
In 2008, LG used Nutter's pilot expertise to create a campaign for its new "Scarlet" line of HDTVs, by creating a promotional clip in the style of a trailer for a TV pilot.
In 2011, Nutter directed the pilot of Rina Mimoun's The Doctor, for CBS.
In 2012, Nutter directed episodes six and seven of Game of Thrones season 2. In 2013, he directed the last two episodes of season 3, including "The Rains of Castamere", with the infamous "Red Wedding" sequence.
Nutter also directed the pilot of The CW series Arrow, based on the comic-book character Green Arrow, starring Stephen Amell.
In 2014, he returned to the HBO series Game of Thrones to direct episodes 9 and 10 of Season 5. For episode 10, he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.
List of directed pilots
The first sixteen pilots that Nutter directed have all gone to series. This streak was broken in 2011 when CBS chose to not pick up The Doctor.
Personal life
Nutter has been married to his wife, Birgit, since May, 1987. They have two children, actress Zoe K. Nutter and Ben Nutter.