Anthony Hemingway

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Anthony Hemingway
Born1977 (age 4647)
United States
OccupationFilm director
Years active1997–present
SpouseSteven Norfleet (2019–)

Anthony Maurice Hemingway (born 1977) is an American television and film director. He has worked extensively in television, directing numerous episodes of CSI: NY , Treme , True Blood and Shameless , among others. He has also directed one feature film, Red Tails (2012). Before becoming a director he worked extensively as an assistant director in television and film.

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Career

Hemingway began working in the industry on Tom Fontana's HBO prison drama Oz as an assistant director. He later worked with Fontana on The Jury. He was the first assistant director on the film Freedomland in 2006 which was written by The Wire writer Richard Price and featured several cast members from that show alongside Samuel L. Jackson. He first worked with Jackson as assistant director on the 2002 film Changing Lanes . He first worked with director/producer Joe Chappelle on the 2000 film Takedown and has since collaborated with him on The Wire and CSI: NY .

For The Wire Hemingway served as the first assistant director on several episodes in the first season [1] and throughout the second and third season. [2] [3] He returned in 2006 as a director for the seventh episode of the fourth season "Unto Others". [4] [5] [6] Showrunner David Simon said that Hemingway's directing debut proved what they already knew, "that it was time." The experience has led to directing work on several other series for Hemingway. [7]

In 2012, Hemingway's first feature film Red Tails was released. It was executive produced by George Lucas, who originated the project. It was produced by Rick McCallum and Chas. Floyd Johnson.

HBO is also developing Bros, a comedy set to be directed by Hemingway and written by Ben Cory Jones, that centers on three African-American brothers — two straight and one gay — who are each dealing with love and dating. [8]

In 2020, Anthony Hemingway signed a deal with 20th Television to produce and direct its own projects. [9]

Personal life

Hemingway identifies as gay, stating that he had known his entire life. [10] He and actor Steven Norfleet started dating in 2014, after being introduced through a mutual friend. They got engaged in June 2018 [11] and married in September 2019. [12]

Filmography

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YearTitleEpisodeNotes
2023 True Lies "Pilot"Season 1, episode 1
2020 Power Book II: Ghost "The Stranger"Season 1, episode 1
2019 All Rise "Sweet Bird of Truth"Season 1, episode 3
2018 The Purge "What Is America?"Season 1, episode 1
"Take What's Yours"Season 1, episode 2
Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. "Wherever It Leads"Season 1, episode 1
"Nobody Talks"Season 1, episode 2
"Take Your Best Shot"Season 1, episode 4
"Tupac Amaru Shakur"Season 1, episode 8
"Unsolved?"Season 1, episode 10
2017 Shots Fired "Hour Three: Someone's Son"Season 1, episode 3
2016 Goliath "Cover Your Ass"Season 1, episode 5
American Crime Story "The Dream Team"Season 1, episode 3
"100% Not Guilty"Season 1, episode 4
"Conspiracy Theories"Season 1, episode 7
"A Jury in Jail"Season 1, episode 8
"Manna from Heaven"Season 1, episode 9
2015 Glee "The Rise and Fall of Sue Sylvester" Season 6, episode 10
Empire "Unto the Breach"Season 1, episode 9
Shameless "Crazy Love" Season 5, episode 6
Major Crimes "Internal Affairs"Season 3, episode 17
2014 The Newsroom "Contempt"Season 3, episode 4
American Horror Story: Freak Show "Test of Strength"Episode 7
The Newsroom"Boston"Season 3, episode 1
2014–20 Power "Whoever He Is"Season 1, episode 2
"Exactly How We Planned"Season 6, episode 15
"Not Exactly How We Planned"Season 1, episode 1
2014Shameless"Emily" Season 4, episode 11
2013Major Crimes"All In"Season 2, episode 14
Treme "This City"Season 4, episode 2
"Yes We Can Can"Season 4, episode 1
Low Winter Sun "Ann Arbor"Season 1, episode 9
The Newsroom"Red Team III"Season 2, episode 7
Major Crimes"Boys Will Be Boys"Season 2, episode 6
True Blood "At Last"Season 6, episode 4
Shameless"Cascading Failures" Season 3, episode 6
"The American Dream"season 3, episode 2
2012 Vegas "Estinto"Season 1, episode 10
Treme"Tipitina"Season 3, episode 10
Once Upon a Time "Child of the Moon" Season 2, episode 7
Treme"Careless Love"Season 3, episode 6
"Knock with Me - Rock with Me"Season 3, episode 1
Shameless"Father's Day" Season 2, episode 5
Red Tails Feature film
2011 CSI: NY "Air Apparent"Season 8, episode 5
The Closer "A Family Affair"Season 7, episode 7
Fringe "Wallflower" Season 4, episode 7
Falling Skies "What Hides Beneath" Season 1, episode 8
Treme"Accentuate the Positive" [13] Season 2, episode 1
2010"All on a Mardi Gras Day" Season 1, episode 8
"At the Foot of Canal Street" [14] Season 1, episode 4
True Blood"Evil Is Going On"Season 3, episode 12
Undercovers "Jailbreak"Season 1, episode 4
Community "Epidemiology" Season 2, episode 6
2008The Closer"Tijuana Brass"Season 4, episode 9
True Blood"Plaisir d'Amour" Season 1, episode 9
Heroes "Angels and Monsters" Season 3, episode 5
Criminal Minds "3rd Life" Season 3, episode 12
The Wire "Clarifications" Season 5, episode 8
CSI: NY"Personal Foul" Season 4, episode 19
"Like Water for Murder"Season 4, episode 17
Battlestar Galactica "Six of One" Season 4, episode 2
ER "Tandem Repeats" Season 14, episode 18
2007"Under the Influence"Season 14, episode 5
The Black Donnellys "The Only Thing Sure" Episode 6
CSI: Miami "Burned" Season 5, episode 22
Shark "Backfire" Season 1, episode 17
CSI: NY"The Thing About Heroes"Season 4, episode 10
"The Lying Game" Season 3, episode 14
Tell Me You Love Me Season 1, episode 5
2006 Close to Home "Prodigal Son" Season 2, episode 11
Justice "Wrongful Death"Episode 5
CSI: NY"Hung Out to Dry"Season 3, episode 4
"Heroes" Season 2, episode 23
The Wire"Unto Others" [4] [5] Season 4, episode 7

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