Jim McKay (director)
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Jim McKay | |
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| Occupation(s) | Television director, film producer, screenwriter, film director, television producer |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Jim McKay is an American film and television director, producer and writer.
He has directed episodes of The Wire, Treme,[1] Better Call Saul, Big Love, Criminal Intent and Mr. Robot as well as writing and directing Everyday People and Angel Rodriguez.
Career[edit]
For The Wire McKay directed the fourth episode of the fourth season, "Refugees".[2][3] Show runner David Simon had seen McKay's HBO films and describes them as "masterful, ordinary-life movies" and thought that McKay would be perfect for the series based on their shared characteristics of accumulating drama in small moments.[4] McKay has worked with several cast members of the show on other projects including Reg E. Cathey and Jamie Hector on Everyday People and Wendell Pierce on Life Support.
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Show | Episode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Law & Order: Organized Crime | "Nemesis" | Season 2, episode 10 |
| 2021 | FBI: Most Wanted | "Dysfunction" | Season 2, episode 6 |
| 2020 | Better Call Saul | "Dedicado a Max" | Season 5, episode 5 |
| Home Before Dark | "Search Party" | Season 1, episode 7 | |
| "The Future Is Female" | Season 1, episode 8 | ||
| 2019 | Evil | "Vatican III" | Season 1, episode 7 |
| For The People | "The Boxer" | Season 2, episode 7 | |
| The Good Fight | "The One Where a Nazi Gets Punched" | Season 3, episode 8 | |
| 2018 | En el séptimo día | Producer, writer and director | |
| Quantico | "Deep Cover" | Season 3, episode 8 | |
| Better Call Saul | “Coushatta” | Season 4, episode 8 | |
| Instinct | “Bad Actors” | Season 1, episode 9 | |
| The Good Fight | “Day 436” | Season 2, episode 5 | |
| “Day 415” | Season 2, episode 2 | ||
| 2017 | Quantico | "Resistance" | Season 2, episode 22 |
| The Good Fight | “ Self Condemned” | Season 1, episode 9 | |
| “ Social Media and Its Discontents” | Season 1, episode 6 | ||
| Shades of Blue | “Chaos Is Come Again” | Season 2, episode 9 | |
| “Unpaid Debts” | Season 2, episode 8 | ||
| 2016 | Power | “Trust Me” | Season 3, episode 8 |
| BrainDead | “Goring Oxes: How You Can Survive the War on Government Through Five Easy Steps” | Season 1, episode 3 | |
| “Playing Politics: Living Life in the Shadow of the Budget Showdown - A Critique” | Season 1, episode 2 | ||
| 2015 | Power | “Time's Up” | Season 2, episode 9 |
| Mr. Robot | "eps1.4_3xpl0its.wmv" | Season 1, episode 5 | |
| "eps1.2_d3bug.mkv" | Season 1, episode 3 | ||
| The Good Wife | “KSR” | Season 7, episode 10 | |
| “Taxed” | Season 7, episode 4 | ||
| “Innocents” | Season 7, episode 2 | ||
| “Dark Money” | Season 6, episode 13 | ||
| 2014 | Bosch | "Chapter One: 'Tis the Season" (pilot) | Season 1, episode 1 |
| Rectify | “Mazel Tov” | Season 2, episode 6 | |
| The Good Wife | "Trust Issues" | Season 6, episode 2 | |
| "The Last Call" | Season 5, episode 16 | ||
| 2013 | The Good Wife | “Red Team, Blue Team” | Season 4, episode 14 |
| Rectify | “Plato’s Cave” | Season 1, episode 4 | |
| Betrayal | “ ...That Is Not What Ships Are Built For” | Season 1, episode 4 | |
| Zero Hour | "Sync” | Season1, episode 7 | |
| The Americans | ”Safe House” | Season 1, episode 9 | |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | “Deadly Ambition” | Season 14, episode 15 | |
| 2012 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | “Friending Emily” | Season 14, episode 6 |
| “Home Invasions” | Season 13, episode 14 | ||
| Treme | “Saints“ | Season 3, episode 2 | |
| Boss | “Louder Than Words” | Season 2, episode 1 | |
| Blue Bloods | ”Reagan V. Reagan” | Season 2, episode 17 | |
| 2011 | Boss | ”Slip” | Season 1, episode 4 |
| "Reflex" | Season 1, episode 2 | ||
| The Good Wife | "The Death Zone" | Season 3, episode 2 | |
| "Silver Bullet" | Season 2, episode 15 | ||
| 2010 | Treme | "Meet De Boys on the Battlefront" | Season 1, episode 2 |
| Law & Order | "Immortal" | Season 20, episode 21 | |
| "Four Cops Shot" | Season 20, episode 17 | ||
| The Good Wife | "Bad Girls" | Season 2, episode 7 | |
| In Treatment | ”Jesse: Week Seven” | Season 3, episode 27 | |
| ”Jesse: Week Six” | Season 3, episode 23 | ||
| ”Frances: Week Five” | Season 3, episode 18 | ||
| ”Jesse: Week Four” | Season 3, episode 15 | ||
| ”Adele: Week Three” | Season 3, episode 12 | ||
| ”Jesse: Week Two” | Season 3, episode 7 | ||
| ”Frances: Week Two” | Season 3, episode 6 | ||
| 2009 | The Good Wife | "Unprepared" | Season 1, episode 8 |
| Law & Order | "Dignity" | Season 20, episode 5 | |
| "Take-Out" | Season 19, episode 16 | ||
| "Chattel" | Season 19, episode 8 | ||
| Hung | "The Rita Flower or the Indelible Stench" | Season 1, episode 7 | |
| In Treatment | "April: Week Seven" | Season 2, episode 32 | |
| "April: Week Five" | Season 2, episode 22 | ||
| "April: Week Four" | Season 2, episode 17 | ||
| Big Love | "Empire" | Season 3, episode 2 | |
| 2008 | Law & Order | "Excalibur" | Season 18, episode 18 |
| "Quit Claim" | Season 18, episode 7 | ||
| Gossip Girl | "The Ex-Files" | Season 2, episode 4 | |
| New Amsterdam | "Keep the Change" | Season 1, episode 5 | |
| Breaking Bad | "Cancer Man" | Season 1, episode 4 | |
| 2007 | Big Love | "Take Me As I Am" | Season 2, episode 11 |
| "Dating Game" | Season 2, episode 6 | ||
| Life Support | Television movie, Writer | ||
| Law & Order Criminal Intent | "Flipped" | Season 6, episode 14 | |
| 2006 | "Maltese Cross" | Season 6, episode 4 | |
| The Wire | "Refugees" | Season 4, episode 4 | |
| 2005 | Angel Rodriguez | Television movie, Producer, Writer and Director | |
| 2004 | Everyday People | Television movie, Writer and Director | |
| 2000 | Our Song | Producer, Writer and Director | |
| 1996 | Girls Town | Writer and Director | |
References[edit]
- ^ HBO. "Treme episode "Meet De Boys on the Battleforont" synopsis". Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ^ Dennis Lehane, Ed Burns (October 31, 2004). "Refugees". The Wire. Season 4. Episode 04. HBO.
- ^ "Episode guide – episode 41 Refugees". HBO. 2006. Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2006.
- ^ Jim King (2003). "3rd Exclusive David Simon interview". The Wire at AOL. Retrieved November 5, 2007. Page 5
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