Sudz Sutherland

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David Sutherland
Sudz Sutherland at a CFC event in L.A. - Honouring John Fawcett and Graeme Manson (16759132838).jpg
Sutherland at an event for the Canadian Film Centre in 2015
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Film director and screenwriter
Known for Doomstown
Love, Sex and Eating the Bones
Guns

David "Sudz" Sutherland is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His credits include the films Doomstown , Love, Sex and Eating the Bones , Guns , Speakers for the Dead and Home Again , as well as episodes of Drop the Beat , Da Kink in My Hair , Degrassi: The Next Generation , Wild Roses , Jozi-H , Reign , She's the Mayor , Designated Survivor , Shoot the Messenger , Murdoch Mysteries , Frankie Drake Mysteries , Batwoman and Superman & Lois . [1]

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He is married to screenwriter and producer Jennifer Holness, his partner in Hungry Eyes Film & Television. [2]

Filmography

YearWorkDirectorWriterProducer
1998I'm a Big GirlYesYesNo
1998Win/Loss/TieYesYesYes
1999My Father's HandsYesYesNo
2000Speakers for the DeadYesNoNo
2003 Love, Sex and Eating the Bones YesYesNo
2006 Doomstown YesYesNo
2008 Toronto Stories : Windows SegmentYesYesNo
2012 Home Again YesYesYes
2012 The Phantoms YesNoNo

Television [1]

YearWorkDirectorWriterProducer
2004My Brand New Life (Music for Whose Ears) [3] YesNoNo
2005–2007 Degrassi: The Next Generation
  • Season 4 Episode 17: Queen of Hearts (2005)
  • Season 4 Episode 18: Modern Love (2005)
  • Season 6 Episode 12: The Bitterest Pill (2007)
  • Season 6 Episode 13: If You Leave (2007)
YesNoNo
2007 'da Kink in My Hair
  • Season 1 Episode 1: Rules are Made
  • Season 1 Episode 5: Love Can't Wrap Up in a Paper
  • (Writer) Season 1 Episode 6: Every Hoe Have Him Stick
  • (Writer) Season 2 Episode 9: Computer Love (2009)
YesYesNo
2008 Guns YesYesNo
2008–2009 Heartland
  • Season 2 Episode 9: Showdown! (2008)
  • Season 2 Episode 10: True Enough (2009)
YesNoNo
2009 Wild Roses
  • Season 1 Episode 12: Time and Chance
  • Season 1 Episode 13: First and Last
YesNoNo
2011 She's the Mayor
  • Season 1 Episode 1: She's the Mayor?
  • Season 1 Episode 3: The Empress' New Clothes
  • Season 1 Episode 4: Proclamation
  • Season 1 Episode 7: An Officer and a Mayor
  • Season 1 Episode 12: Strange Bedfellows
  • Season 1 Episode 13: The Return of Frank Crumb
YesYesNo
2013 Cracked – Season 2 Episode 7: HideawayYesNoNo
2010–2014 Murdoch Mysteries
  • Season 3 Episode 7: Blood and Circuses (2010)
  • Season 3 Episode 9: Love and Human Remains (2010)
  • Season 7 Episode 13: The Murdoch Sting (2014)
  • Season 7 Episode 15: The Spy Who Came Up to the Cold (2014)
  • Season 8 Episode 4: Holy Matrimony, Murdoch! (2014)
  • Season 8 Episode 5: Murdoch Takes Manhattan (2014)
YesNoNo
2014–2015 Reign
  • Season 1 Episode 20: Higher Ground (2014)
  • Season 2 Episode 4: The Lamb and the Slaughter (2014)
  • Season 2 Episode 17: Tempting Fate (2015)
YesNoNo
2014–2015 Beauty & the Beast
  • Season 2 Episode 11: Held Hostage (2014)
  • Season 3 Episode 11: Unbreakable (2015)
YesNoNo
2015 Haven
  • Season 5 Episode 21: Close to Home (2015)
  • Season 5 Episode 22: A Matter of Time (2015)
YesNoNo
2016 Shoot the Messenger YesYesYes
2017–2018 Frankie Drake Mysteries
  • Season 1 Episode 3: Healing Hands (2017)
  • Season 1 Episode 5: Out of Focus (2017)
  • Season 2 Episode 5: Dressed to Kill (2018)
  • Season 2 Episode 6: Extra Innings (2018)
YesNoNo
2018 In Contempt
  • Season 1 Episode 3: Confessions
  • Season 1 Episode 4: The Rules of Engagement
  • Season 1 Episode 9: BLM, Part One
  • Season 1 Episode 10: BLM, Part Two
YesNoNo
2019 Blindspot – Season 4 Episode 18: 'OhanaYesNoNo
2019 Designated Survivor
  • Season 3 Episode 7: #identity/crisis
  • Season 3 Episode 8: #scaredsh*tless
YesNoNo
2017–2019 Private Eyes
  • Season 2 Episode 6: The P.I. Code (2017)
  • Season 2 Episode 16: Look Who's Stalking (2018)
  • Season 3 Episode 10: Tex Therapy (2019)
  • Season 3 Episode 11: Aye, Aye, Tonya (2019)
YesNoNo
2019 Carter
  • Season 2 Episode 9: Harley Doesn't Get His Man (2019)
  • Season 2 Episode 10: Harley Takes a Bow (2019)
YesNoNo
2020 Utopia Falls
  • Season 1 Episode 3: 99 Problems
  • Season 1 Episode 4: Run This Town
YesNoNo
2020 Batwoman – Season 1 Episode 16: Through the Looking GlassYesNoNo
2020 For the Record
  • Season 1 Episode 3: Dinner Music
  • Season 1 Episode 4: Climax
YesNoNo
2021 Ginny & Georgia
  • Season 1 Episode 5: Boo, B*tch
  • Season 1 Episode 6: I'm Triggered
YesNoNo
2021 Supergirl – Season 6 Episode 3: Phantom MenacesYesNoNo
2020–2021 The Flash
  • Season 6 Episode 11: Love is a Battlefield (2020)
  • Season 7 Episode 8: The People V. Killer Frost (2021)
YesNoNo
2021 Kung Fu – Season 1 Episode 12: SacrificeYesNoNo
2021–2022 Legends of Tomorrow
  • Season 6 Episode 4: Bay of Squids (2021)
  • Season 7 Episode 12: Too Legit to Quit (2022)
YesNoNo
2021–2024 Superman & Lois
  • Season 1 Episode 6: Broken Trust (2021)
  • Season 2 Episode 8: Into Oblivion (2022)
  • Season 3 Episode 12: Injustice (2023)
  • Season 4 Episode 2: "A World Without" (2024)
YesNoNo
2022 BLK, An Origin Story
  • Season 1 Episode 2: John "Daddy" Hall
  • Season 1 Episode 3: Hogan's Alley
YesYesYes
2022 FBI: Most Wanted – Season 4 Episode 6: Patent PendingYesNoNo
2023 All American – Season 5 Episode 19: SabotageYesNoNo
2023 Pretty Hard Cases – Season 3, Episode 8: Badge Bitch PartyYesNoNo
2024 Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent – Season 1 Episode 5: Bleeding HeartYesNoNo
2024–2025 Alert: Missing Persons Unit
  • Season 2 Episode 8: Alexi
  • Season 3 Episode 8: Carmen
YesNoNo
2024 Found – Season 2 Episode 7: Missing While HatedYesNoNo
2024 Brilliant Minds – Season 1 Episode 11: The Other WomanYesNoNo

Awards and nominations

YearWorkAward/NominationResult
2000My Father's HandsAcapulco Black Film Festival's Short Film AwardWinner
2000 Drop the Beat Gemini Awards Best Writing in a Dramatic Series AwardNominated
2003 Love, Sex and Eating the Bones Toronto International Film Festival Best Canadian First Feature Film Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)Winner
2004 Love, Sex and Eating the Bones Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival Best Canadian Feature Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)Winner
2004 Love, Sex and Eating the Bones American Black Film Festival Best Film Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)Winner
2004 Love, Sex and Eating the Bones Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival Best Feature Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)Winner
2004 Love, Sex and Eating the Bones Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival Audience Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)Winner
2004 Love, Sex and Eating the Bones San Francisco Black Film Festival Jury Award, Festival PrizeNominated
2005 Love, Sex and Eating the Bones Genie Awards Best Achievement in Direction AwardNominated
2005 Love, Sex and Eating the Bones Genie Awards Best Screenplay, OriginalNominated
2007 Doomstown Gemini Awards Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series AwardWinner
2007 Doomstown Gemini Awards Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series AwardNominated
2008 Guns Writer's Guild of Canada's WGC Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)Nominated
2008 Guns Director's Guild of Canada's DGC Team Award, Television Movie/Mini-SeriesNominated
2010 Guns Gemini Awards Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series AwardWinner
2010 Guns Gemini Awards Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)Winner
2012 Home Again Whistler Film Festival Phillip Borsos Award for Best Canadian Film (shared with Jennifer Holness)Nominated
2013 Home Again Director's Guild of Canada Direction – Feature Film AwardNominated
2013 Home Again Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival Favourite Feature Film Audience Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)Winner
2013 Home Again Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival Best Narrative Feature (shared with Jennifer Holness)Nominated
2013 The Phantoms Director's Guild of Canada Direction – Television Movie/Mini-Series AwardNominated
2014 The Phantoms Canadian Screen Awards Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series AwardWinner
2014 The Phantoms International Emmy Awards, Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series (shared with Timothy M. Hogan, Rick LeGuerrier and Andrew Wreggitt Winner
2020 Stateless Boston Latino Film Festival's Audience Award (shared with Jennifer Holness, Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster and Lea Marin)Winner
2021 Stateless Canadian Screen Awards Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary Award (shared with Jennifer Holness, Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster and Lea Marin)Nominated
2022 For the Record , for "Climax"Canadian Screen Awards Best Direction, Web Program or Series AwardNominated

References

  1. 1 2 "Sudz Sutherland". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  2. "At Home with Jennifer Holness & Sudz Sutherland | Sway Magazine" . Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  3. Government of Canada, National Film Board of Canada (2012-10-11). "National Film Board of Canada" . Retrieved 2023-02-08.