David Nutter | |
|---|---|
 Nutter atSan Diego Comic-Con in July 2015. | |
| Born | 1960 (age 64–65) |
| Education | University of Miami |
| Occupation(s) | Television director, film director, television producer |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
David Nutter (born 1960)[citation needed] is an American television and film director and television producer. He is best known for directingpilot episodes for television. In 2015, he received aPrimetime Emmy Award forOutstanding Directing for a Drama Series, for his work on theHBO seriesGame of Thrones.[1]
Nutter was born in 1960. He graduated fromDunedin High School inDunedin, Florida, in 1978. He subsequently graduated from theUniversity of Miami, where he originally enrolled as a music major.[2]
Nutter started his career directing episodes ofSuperboy andThe X-Files. From there he would go on to direct the pilot and help with the creation ofSpace: 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, andShameless.
He also directed "Replacements", the fourth part of the mini-seriesBand of Brothers, and shared in that series'sPrimetime Emmy Award forOutstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special. Other directing highlights include "Join the Club", an Emmy-nominated episode ofThe Sopranos, and the 1998 feature filmDisturbing Behavior.
Nutter directed 10 episodes of theHBO seriesEntourage, including "The Resurrection", "The Prince's Bride" and the series finale, "The End".
In 2007, Nutter directed Parts 2 and 8 of the mini-seriesThe Pacific, the sequel toBand of Brothers.
In 2008,LG used Nutter's pilot expertise to create a campaign for its new "Scarlet" line ofHDTVs, by creating a promotional clip in the style of a trailer for a TV pilot.[3]
In 2011, Nutter directed the pilot ofRina Mimoun'sThe Doctor, forCBS.[4]
In 2012, Nutter directed "The Old Gods and the New" and "A Man Without Honor", two episodes of thesecond season of theHBO seriesGame of Thrones. In 2013, he directed the last two episodes of thethird season: "The Rains of Castamere", which received theHugo Award forBest Dramatic Presentation, Short Form,[5] and "Mhysa".[6]
Nutter also directed the pilot ofThe CW seriesArrow, based on the comic-book characterGreen Arrow, starringStephen Amell.
In 2015, he returned to the seriesGame of Thrones to direct the last two episodes of thefifth season, "The Dance of Dragons" and "Mother's Mercy".[7] For the latter, he received aPrimetime Emmy Award forOutstanding Directing for a Drama Series.
In 2015, Nutter experienced a major injury that required several back surgeries, and had to skip directing any episodes of the next two seasons ofGame of Thrones while he recovered.[8]
In September 2017, it was announced that Nutter would return to direct at least two episodes of theeighth season ofGame of Thrones, alongsideMiguel Sapochnik,David Benioff andD. B. Weiss for the remainder of the episodes.[9] It was later confirmed that Nutter would direct three episodes, which includes thefirst,second, andfourth episodes of the eighth season.[10]
In May 2021, it was announced that Nutter would direct all six episodes ofHBO series,The Time Traveler's Wife.[11]
The first sixteen pilots directed by Nutter all went to series.[4] This streak was broken in 2011 whenCBS chose to not pick upRina Mimoun'sThe Doctor.
Nutter was married to his wife, Birgit, from 1987 until her death from cancer in 2019.[12][13] They have two children, actress Zoe K. Nutter and Ben Nutter.[2]
