David Nutter

This article is about the television director. For the Virginia politician, seeDave Nutter.

David Nutter
Nutter at theSan Diego Comic-Con Internationalin July 2015.
Born	1960 (age 63–64)
Education	University of Miami
Occupation(s)	Television director, film director, television producer
Years active	1985–present
Spouse	Birgit Nutter ​ ​ (m.1987; died 2019)​
Children	2

David Nutter(born 1960)is an American television and film director and television producer. He is best known for directingpilot episodesfor television. In 2015, he received aPrimetime Emmy AwardforOutstanding Directing for a Drama Series,for his work on theHBOseriesGame of Thrones.

Early life and education

Nutter was born in 1960. He graduated fromDunedin High SchoolinDunedin, Florida,in 1978. He subsequently graduated from theUniversity of Miami,where he originally enrolled as a music major.

Career

Nutter started his career directing episodes ofSuperboyandThe 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 AwardforOutstanding 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 theHBOseriesEntourage,including "The Resurrection","The Prince's Bride"and the series finale,"The End".

In 2008,LGused 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.

In 2011, Nutter directed the pilot ofRina Mimoun'sThe Doctor,forCBS.

In 2012, Nutter directed "The Old Gods and the New"and"A Man Without Honor",two episodes of thesecond seasonof theHBOseriesGame of Thrones.In 2013, he directed the last two episodes of thethird season:"The Rains of Castamere",which received theHugo AwardforBest Dramatic Presentation, Short Form,and "Mhysa".

Nutter also directed the pilot ofThe CWseriesArrow,based on the comic-book characterGreen Arrow,starringStephen Amell.

In 2015, he returned to the seriesGame of Thronesto direct the last two episodes of thefifth season,"The Dance of Dragons"and"Mother's Mercy".For the latter, he received aPrimetime Emmy AwardforOutstanding 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 Throneswhile he recovered.

In September 2017, it was announced that Nutter would return to direct at least two episodes of theeighth seasonofGame of Thrones,alongsideMiguel Sapochnik,David BenioffandD. B. Weissfor the remainder of the episodes.It was later confirmed that Nutter would direct three episodes, which includes thefirst,second,andfourthepisodes of the eighth season.

In May 2021, it was announced that Nutter would direct all six episodes ofHBOseries,The Time Traveler's Wife.

List of directed pilots

The first sixteen pilots directed by Nutter all went to series.This streak was broken in 2011 whenCBSchose to not pick upRina Mimoun'sThe Doctor.

• Space: Above and Beyond(1995)
• Millennium(1996)
• Sleepwalkers(1997)
• Roswell(1999)
• Dark Angel(2000)
• Smallville(2001)
• Without a Trace(2002)
• Dr. Vegas(2004)
• Tarzan(2003)
• Jack & Bobby(2004)
• Supernatural(2005)
• Traveler(2006)
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles(2007)
• The Mentalist(2008)
• Eastwick(2009)
• Chase(2010)
• The Doctor(2011)
• Arrow(2012)
• The Flash(2014)
• Deception(2018)

Personal life

Nutter was married to his wife, Birgit, from 1987 until her death from cancer in 2019.They have two children, actress Zoe K. Nutter and Ben Nutter.

External links

• David NutteratIMDb