Stephen Surjik

Stephen Surjik (born 1960) is a Canadian film and television director, and producer.

He is known for his work on the film Wayne's World 2 , the Marvel Television series Daredevil and The Punisher , the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy and The Witcher .

He was nominated three times for Gemini Awards for best direction, for Little Criminals , Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery and Intelligence , and received four Emmy Award nominations for Weapons of Mass Distraction .

Career

Born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1960,^{[ citation needed ]} he studied at the Concordia University in Montreal and received a Best Director award at the 14th Canadian Student Film & Video Festival in 1982 for Second Story Man. ^[1]

After working as production designer and art director in the mid-80s, he moved on, directing for the series The Kids in the Hall . In 1993 Surjik made his feature film debut with Wayne's World 2 , starring fellow Canadian Mike Myers.

For television, he has directed films such as the 1996 Grand Prix "Cinéma Tout Ecran" award-winning Little Criminals, the Emmy-nominated Weapons of Mass Distraction , starring Ben Kingsley and Gabriel Byrne, and the CBC movie Intelligence. His episodic credits include Da Vinci's Inquest , Legacy, The Handler , Road to Avonlea , Due South , X-Files , Warehouse 13 and pilots for Bull, Miss Miami and Zoe Busiek: Wildcard and Intelligence. His more recent television work includes; Common Law , Burn Notice , Graceland , Person of Interest , Arrow and The Flash .

Radio show

In 2018 Surjik launched his own radio show and podcast on Brigade-Radio-One called Field Report.

Filmography

Short film

• Shipbuilder (1985)

Feature film

• Wayne's World 2 (1993)
• I Want Candy (2007)

TV series

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Notes
1990-1991	Maniac Mansion	Yes	No	2 episodes
1990-1993	The Kids in the Hall	Yes	No	Film segments, 24 episodes
1991	Max Glick	Yes	No	Episode "Odd Couple"
1992-1995	Road to Avonlea	Yes	No	5 episodes
1994	The X-Files	Yes	No	Episode: "Excelsis Dei"
1998-2005	Da Vinci's Inquest	Yes	No	10 episodes
1999	Due South	Yes	No	Episode: "A Likely Story"
	Legacy	Yes	No	2 episodes
2000-2001	Bull	Yes	No	2 episodes
2001	Soul Food	Yes	No	Episode: "The Root"
2002	The American Embassy	Yes	No	Episode: "China Cup"
	Miss Miami	Yes	No	TV Pilot
2003	Wild Card	Yes	No	Episode: "Pilot"
2003-2004	The Handler	Yes	No	2 episodes
2005	Terminal City	Yes	No	2 episodes
2005-2006	Da Vinci's City Hall	Yes	No	2 episodes
2005-2007	Intelligence	Yes	Co-producer	8 episodes
2006	Monk	Yes	No	Episodes: "Mr. Monk Bumps His Head" and "Mr. Monk Can't See a Thing"
2007-2010	Psych	Yes	No	7 episodes
2007-2013	Burn Notice	Yes	Co-executive	10 episodes
2008-2009	Flashpoint	Yes	No	3 episodes
2009	The Listener	Yes	No	2 episodes
	Eureka	Yes	No	Episode: "Shower the People"
2009-2011	Warehouse 13	Yes	Yes	6 episodes; Also supervising producer of 13 episodes
2010	Shattered	Yes	No	2 episodes
	The Good Guys	Yes	No	2 episodes
2011	No Ordinary Family	Yes	No	Episode: "No Ordinary Proposal"
2012	Common Law	Yes	Co-executive	2 episodes
2012-2016	Person of Interest	Yes	No	7 episodes
2013	The Blacklist	Yes	No	Episode: "General Ludd"
2014	Reckless	Yes	No	Episode: "Stand Your Ground"
	Arrow	Yes	No	Episode: "Corto Maltese"
2014-2015	Graceland	Yes	No	2 episodes
2015	The Flash	Yes	No	Episode: "Fallout"
2015-2016	The Romeo Section	Yes	Executive	2 episodes
2015-2018	Daredevil	Yes	No	4 episodes
2015-2019	Jessica Jones	Yes	No	3 episodes
2016	Bates Motel	Yes	No	Episode: "Unfaithful"
2016-2018	Luke Cage	Yes	No	2 episodes
2017	Designated Survivor	Yes	No	Episode: "Warriors"
	Hand of God	Yes	No	Episode: "What Do You Hear..."
	The Defenders	Yes	No	Episode: "Ashes, Ashes"
	The Punisher	Yes	No	Episode: "Memento Mori"
2017-2018	Iron Fist	Yes	No	2 episodes
2017-2019	The Gifted	Yes	No	3 episodes
2018	Six	Yes	No	Episode: "Dua"
	Runaways	Yes	No	Episode: "Earth Angel"
2018-2019	Lost in Space	Yes	No	2 episodes
2019	Instinct	Yes	No	Episode: "Stay Gold"
	See	Yes	No	Episode: "Silk"
2019-2022	FBI	Yes	No	5 episodes
2019-2020	The Umbrella Academy	Yes	No	4 episodes
2021	The Witcher	Yes	No	2 episodes
2022	Reacher	Yes	No	1 episode
2022-2024	Law & Order: Organized Crime	Yes	No	3 episodes
2023	FUBAR	Yes	No	2 episodes

TV movies

• Mary Silliman's War (1994)
• Grand Larceny (1995)
• Long Island Fever (1995)
• Little Criminals (1995)
• Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997)
• Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery (2005)

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	The Kids in the Hall	Prisoner	Episode 5
1993	Wayne's World 2	Director	Uncredited
1999	The City	Garston	Episode "Shadows"

References

1. Canadian Student Film & Video Festival ^{[ usurped ]} (Montreal World Film Festival)

External links

• Stephen Surjik at IMDb
• I Want Candy at IMDb
• Official Site including Trailer
• Candy Fiveways MySpace page
• Sky Movies including video diary
• Video of Surjik directing an episode of "Intelligence" ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• Surjik's radio show