Dermott Downs | |
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| Born | (1962-05-25)May 25, 1962 (age 62) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Television director, actor, producer, cinematographer |
| Years active | 1972–present |
Dermott Daniel Downs (born May 25, 1962) is an Americantelevision director,actor,producer andcinematographer.
He is well known for his work on the U.S. remake ofThe Tomorrow People, and for his vast contributions toThe CW'sArrowverse.
Downs first started his career as achild actor; appearing in such films asThe Morning After,Escape to Witch Mountain, andFreaky Friday.[1]
In his adulthood, he segued into cinematography; working on filmsSecret Lies andTakedown, and television seriesCSI: Miami,CSI: New York andJustice, among others.[1][2]
He later began a career in directing. First helming an episode of a series he was doing photography work on;Justice. Since then he has directed installments ofClose to Home,K-Ville,Dark Blue,Nikita,Common Law,Gotham,Criminal Minds, andSupergirl.[1][2]
In 2010, Downs became a producer and director on theNBC seriesChase. Ultimately, he helmed 6 episodes of the 18-episode first season.[1][2]
In summer 2013, he joinedThe CW seriesThe Tomorrow People, as a director of photography and director. During the course of the series' one-season run he directed 4 instalments ("Sitting Ducks", "Superhero", "Smoke and Mirrors", "Kill Switch").[1][2]
After having had worked forGreg Berlanti onTomorrow People, Berlanti brought Downs on to his newDC Comics superhero seriesThe Flash. Downs directed the freshman season's fifth episode, "Plastique", featuring the introduction of thetitular villainess. He returned to helm "Grodd Lives", the season one finale "Fast Enough", the second season's seventh instalment, "Gorilla Warfare", the third season's eighth, thirteenth, fourteenth and seventeenth instalments, "Invasion!", "Attack on Gorilla City", "Attack on Central City", "Duet",[3] and the forth season’s eighth instalment, "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3".
Downs also worked onFlash sister-seriesArrow, directing the season three episodes "The Return" and "The Offer"; as well as the season five episode "Penance".
In early 2015, Downs directed a 3-minute network presentation for futureFlash/Arrow spin-offDC's Legends of Tomorrow. It was shot over the course of one night. The footage ultimately clinched the series order for the show in May 2015. Downs was later confirmed to return as a director for the first season.[4] His first episode was the third, "Blood Ties".[5] He went on to direct the fifth episode, "Fail-Safe"; and the first-season finale, "Legendary". He directed the season two premiere, "Out of Time", and the ninth instalment, "Raiders of the Lost Art".[6] He directed season three’s tenth instalment "Daddy Darhkest" and the third season finale "The Good, the Bad and the Cuddly".
Dermott Down also directed several episodes of The CW showSupergirl including season 1 episodes"Fight or Flight","For the Girl Who Has Everything","Solitude" and season 3 episodes "Far From the Tree" and "Not Kansas".
Dermott Downs directed two episodes ofThe CW showBatwoman including the season 1 episodes "Down, Down, Down" and "Drink Me".
Dermott Downs directed three episodes of theNBC showBlindspot for the season one episode #19: "In the Comet of Us"; the season two episode #43: "In Words, Drown I"; and the season five episode #95: "Fire & Brimstone."
Dermott Downs directed three episodes of theDC Universe showDoom Patrol including the season 1 episodes "Donkey Patrol", "Danny Patrol","Ezekiel Patrol" and the season 3 episode "Possibilities Patrol".
Dermott Downs directed two episodes of theFox showProdigal Son which were the episodes "Scheherazade" and "The Killabustas"
Dermott Downs directed two episodes of theUSA Network andSyFy showChucky which were the episodes "Give Me Something Good to Eat" and "I Like To Be Hugged"
Dermot Downs directed two episodes of theCBS showFire Country which were the episodes "The Fresh Prince of Edgewater" and "Two Pink Lines"
Downs directed a musical episode of theParamount+ showStar Trek: Strange New Worlds, "Subspace Rhapsody".
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