Tim Hunter (director)

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Tim Hunter
Born (1947-06-15) June 15, 1947 (age 77)
Alma mater Harvard University (1968)
Occupation(s) Television and film director
Years active1979–present
Known for River's Edge , Carnivàle , Mad Men , Twin Peaks
Parent Ian McLellan Hunter
Relatives Aileen Hamilton, (aunt)

Tim Hunter (born June 15, 1947, in Los Angeles, California) is an American television and film director.

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Career

Since the late 1980s he has mostly worked on television, directing episodes for dozens of televisions series including Breaking Bad , Carnivàle , Chicago Hope , Crossing Jordan , Deadwood , [1] Falcon Crest , Homicide: Life on the Street , House , Law & Order , Lie to Me , Mad Men , Twin Peaks , Glee , Revenge , Pretty Little Liars and American Horror Story . During the early to mid-1980s, Hunter directed several feature films, including 1986's River's Edge , which won that year's award for Best Picture at the Independent Spirit Awards.

Critical reception

Janet Maslin made the following comments about Hunter's work on the films River's Edge and Tex : [2]

As he demonstrated in Tex, Mr. Hunter has an extraordinarily clear understanding of teen-age characters, especially those who must find their own paths without much parental supervision. But the S. E. Hinton story for that film is a great deal more innocent than this one, and a lot more easily understood. While Mr. Hunter retains his ear for adolescent dialogue (the screenplay is by Neal Jimenez) and his eye for the aimless, restless behavior of these characters, neither he nor we can easily make the necessary leap to understand their casualness about Samson's crime. That Mr. Hunter is brave enough to avoid easy moralizing and easy explanations finally makes his film harder to fathom.

Personal life

Hunter was born in Los Angeles, the son of British screenwriter Ian McLellan Hunter. He attended Harvard University, graduating in 1968. [3]


Filmography

Film

Writer

Director

Television

YearTitleNotes
1988-1990 Falcon Crest 2 episodes
1990-1991 Twin Peaks 3 episodes
1990 Beverly Hills, 90210 Episode "Class of Beverly Hills"
1991-1993 Dark Justice 2 episodes
1991 Lies of the Twins TV movie
Eerie, Indiana 2 episodes
1993 Bakersfield P.D. Episode "There Goes the Neighborhood"
1994 Chicago Hope Episode "You Gotta Have Heart"
1994-1995 Homicide: Life on the Street 4 episodes
1995 Central Park West Episode "Days of Thunder"
Fallen Angels Episode "Fly Paper"
1997 Moloney Episode "Misconduct"
1998 Michael Hayes Episode "Vaughn Mower"
Sins of the City Episode "Honor Among Thieves"
Four Corners 2 episodes
2000 Profiler Episode "Clean Sweep"
Soul Food Episode "Claiming"
2001 Dead Last Episode "To Serve, with Love"
2003 Out of Order 5 episodes
2003-2005 Crossing Jordan 2 episodes
Carnivàle 2 episodes
2004 The 4400 Episode "White Light"
CSI: NY Episode "Creatures of the Night"
2004-2006 Cold Case 3 episodes
2005 House Episode "Mob Rules"
Line of Fire Episode "Born to Run"
2006 South Beach Episode "Who Do You Trust"
Deadwood Episode "A Rich Find"
2006-2008 Law & Order 2 episodes
2007-2008 Mad Men 6 episodes
2008 Breaking Bad Episode "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal"
Army Wives Episode "Duplicity"
Sons of Anarchy Episode "Giving Back"
Brotherhood Episode "All the Interim is like a Phantasma..."
2008-2009 Dexter 2 episodes
2009 Lie to Me Episode "Love Always"
2009-2010 Nip/Tuck 3 episodes
2010 Saving Grace Episode "Let’s Talk"
The Glades Episode "The Girlfriend Experience"
Caprica Episode "Things We Lock Away"
Outlaw Episode "In Re: Kelvin Jones"
2011 Glee Episode "Rumours"
American Horror Story Episode "Open House"
2011-2012 Revenge 2 episodes
2011-2013 Necessary Roughness 3 episodes
2012 Breakout Kings Episode "Round Two"
Pretty Little Liars Episode "This is a Dark Ride"
2013 Cult Episode "The Kiss"
2013-2014 Hannibal 4 episodes
2014 Intelligence Episode "The Grey Hat"
The Lottery Episode "Genie"
Gotham Episode "Viper"
2015 Powers Episode "Aha Shake Heartbreak"
The Messengers Episode "Why We Fight"
Scream 2 episodes
Wayward Pines 2 episodes
Blood & Oil Episode "The Art of the Deal"
2016 The Blacklist Episode "Lady Ambrosia"
Underground 2 episodes
Frequency Episode "Break, Break, Break"
2016-2018 Bosch 2 episodes
2017 Hand of God Episode "When You Pull the Trigger"
2018 Riverdale Episode "Chapter Twenty-Three: The Blackboard Jungle"
2020 neXt Episodes "File #3" and "File #6"

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References

  1. Tim Hunter (director), Alix Lambert (writer) (2006-07-16). "A Rich Find". Deadwood. Season 3. Episode 6. HBO.
  2. Maslin, Janet (May 8, 1987). "Critic's Pick: River's Edge". The New York Times . Retrieved 2009-08-10.
  3. "Timeline of the Office for the Arts at Harvard". Harvard University . Retrieved 2009-08-10. 1985:..."Style and Development of Film Narrative," two-week film production workshop taught by Peter Ivers Visiting Artist Tim Hunter '68 (Nov.).