Travis Sutherland | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation(s) | Film director and screenwriter |
Known for | Doomstown Love, Sex and Eating the Bones Guns |
Travis "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]
He is married to screenwriter and producer Jennifer Holness, his partner in Hungry Eyes Film & Television. [2]
Year | Work | Director | Writer | Producer |
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1998 | I'm a Big Girl | Yes | Yes | No |
1998 | Win/Loss/Tie | Yes | Yes | Yes |
1999 | My Father's Hands | Yes | Yes | No |
2000 | Speakers for the Dead | Yes | No | No |
2003 | Love, Sex and Eating the Bones | Yes | Yes | No |
2006 | Doomstown | Yes | Yes | No |
2008 | Toronto Stories : Windows Segment | Yes | Yes | No |
2012 | Home Again | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2012 | The Phantoms | Yes | No | No |
Year | Work | Director | Writer | Producer |
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2004 | My Brand New Life (Music for Whose Ears) [3] | Yes | No | No |
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) | Yes | No | No |
2007 | 'da Kink in My Hair : Season1 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) | Yes | Yes | No |
2008 | Guns | Yes | Yes | No |
2008–2009 | Heartland : Season 2 Episode 9: Showdown! (2008) Season 2 Episode 10: True Enough (2009) | Yes | No | No |
2009 | Wild Roses : Season 1 Episode 12: Time and Chance Season 1 Episode 13: First and Last | Yes | No | No |
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 | Yes | Yes | No |
2013 | Cracked : Season 2 Episode 7 Hideaway | Yes | No | No |
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) | Yes | No | No |
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) | Yes | No | No |
2014–2015 | Beauty & the Beast : Season 2 Episode 11: Held Hostage (2014) Season 3 Episode 11: Unbreakable (2015) | Yes | No | No |
2015 | Haven : Season 5 Episode 21: Close to Home (2015) Season 5 Episode 22: A Matter of Time (2015) | Yes | No | No |
2016 | Shoot the Messenger | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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) | Yes | No | No |
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 | Yes | No | No |
2019 | Blindspot : Season 4 Episode 18: 'Ohana | Yes | No | No |
2019 | Designated Survivor : Season 3 Episode 7: #identity/crisis Season 3 Episode 8: #scaredsh*tless | Yes | No | No |
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) | Yes | No | No |
2019 | Carter : Season 2 Episode 9: Harley Doesn't Get His Man (2019) Season 2 Episode 10: Harley Takes a Bow (2019) | Yes | No | No |
2020 | Utopia Falls : Season 1 Episode 3: 99 Problems Season 1 Episode 4: Run This Town | Yes | No | No |
2020 | Batwoman : Season 1 Episode 16: Through the Looking Glass | Yes | No | No |
2020 | For the Record : Season 1 Episode 3: Dinner Music Season 1 Episode 4: Climax | Yes | No | No |
2021 | Ginny & Georgia : Season 1 Episode 5: Boo, B*tch Season 1 Episode 6: I'm Triggered | Yes | No | No |
2021 | Supergirl : Season 6 Episode 3: Phantom Menaces | Yes | No | No |
2020–2021 | The Flash : Season 6 Episode 11: Love is a Battlefield (2020) Season 7 Episode 8: The People V. Killer Frost (2021) | Yes | No | No |
2021 | Kung Fu : Season 1 Episode 12: Sacrifice | Yes | No | No |
2021–2022 | Legends of Tomorrow : Season 6 Episode 4: Bay of Squids (2021) Season 7 Episode 12: Too Legit to Quit (2022) | Yes | No | No |
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) | Yes | No | No |
2022 | BLK, An Origin Story : Season 1 Episode 2: John "Daddy" Hall Season 1 Episode 3: Hogan's Alley | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2022 | FBI: Most Wanted : Season 4 Episode 6: Patent Pending | Yes | No | No |
2023 | All American : Season 5 Episode 19: Sabotage | Yes | No | No |
2023 | Pretty Hard Cases : Season 3, Episode 8: Badge Bitch Party | Yes | No | No |
2024 | Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent : Season 1 Episode 5: Bleeding Heart | Yes | No | No |
2024 | Alert: Missing Persons Unit : Season 2 Episode 8: Alexi | Yes | No | No |
Year | Work | Award/Nomination | Result |
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2000 | My Father's Hands | Acapulco Black Film Festival's Short Film Award | Winner |
2000 | Drop the Beat | Gemini Awards Best Writing in a Dramatic Series Award | Nominated |
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 Prize | Nominated |
2005 | Love, Sex and Eating the Bones | Genie Awards Best Achievement in Direction Award | Nominated |
2005 | Love, Sex and Eating the Bones | Genie Awards Best Screenplay, Original | Nominated |
2007 | Doomstown | Gemini Awards Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Award | Winner |
2007 | Doomstown | Gemini Awards Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Award | Nominated |
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-Series | Nominated |
2010 | Guns | Gemini Awards Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Award | Winner |
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 Award | Nominated |
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 Award | Nominated |
2014 | The Phantoms | Canadian Screen Awards Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Award | Winner |
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 Award | Nominated |
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