David Nutter is a well-known American film director and producer. He is mainly engaged in filming pilot episodes for new television series. Now the name and photo of David Nutter is increasingly appearing in the press due to the fact that he takes part in the creation of the series “Game of Thrones”. David was awarded the Emmy Prime Time Prize for his work on this series.
Biography
Nutter was born in 1960. He attended high school in Dunedin, Florida. He graduated in 1978. After school, David went to university in Miami, where he studied music. Nutter has been working in the film industry since 1985. Until 1993, his work did not have much success with the public. But then the director undertook to shoot the television series The X-Files. He released the first three seasons. Together with The X-Files, Nutter was successful.
In his own project, David helped other directors make new series: Secrets of Smallville, Jack and Bobby, The Mentalist, Supernatural, and others. The director most of all likes to shoot pilot episodes of series. His task - from the first frames, from the first episode to rive the audience to the television screens and start the series for several seasons. Such work seems to him very attractive and interesting. In 2008, LG invited Nutter to develop a promotional demo for her Scarlet HDTV.
The television series The X-Files
The American science fiction television series The X-Files was coined by producer and screenwriter Chris Carter. The show began in September 1993 on Fox. Nutter was involved in directing the first three seasons of the film, which to date has withstood 10 seasons and more than 200 episodes. In October 2016, it was announced that the series would be extended for the eleventh season. This work quickly became a hit on the Fox channel. Quotes from the series were massively quoted in the culture of the 90s, and the X-Files themselves became a symbol of the 90s.
The main characters of the series Dana Scully and Fox Mulder are investigating all kinds of mysterious incidents. Some of them remain inexplicable. Fox believes in supernatural powers, in aliens. Dana, by contrast, has a rationalistic approach to things. She tries to find a logical explanation for everything.
The main roles in the film were played by actors Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. The television series turned out to be so popular that several full-length films were shot based on it. He has been awarded several Emmys (annually since 1993), Golden Globes and Saturn (since 1995) and many other awards.
The television series "Game of Thrones"
The series in the fantasy genre “Game of Thrones” was first shown on the HBO channel in April 2011. The plot is based on a series of novels by the American writer George R. R. Martin. The creators of the series are David Bennioff and Daniel Weiss.
David Nutter shot only a few episodes for this film, however, his work was awarded an Emmy Award for Best Director for the series Game of Thrones. At the moment, 6 episodes of the series have been released (about 60 episodes), filming is still ongoing.
Pilot episodes of David Nutter series
The series, held largely thanks to David:
- 1995 - “Space: Far Corners”.
- 1996 - The Millennium.
- 1998 - “The City of Aliens”.
- 1999 - The Dark Angel.
- 2001 - "Secrets of Smallville."
- 2002 - “Without a trace”.
- 2004 - "Jack and Bobby."
- 2005 - "Supernatural."
- 2007 - “Terminator: The Battle for the Future.”
- 2008 - The Mentalist.
- 2009 - Eastwick.
- 2010 - “Persecution”.
- 2012 - “Arrow”.
- 2014 - “Flash”.
Personal life
David married in 1987 a woman named Birgit. They raise two children: son Ben and daughter Zoe.
Filmography
As a producer, David worked on TV shows:
- The X-Files - from 1993 to 2002
- "Dreamhunters" - in 1997
- “Aliens City” - from 1999 to 2002
Films David Nutter shoots very rarely. His only significant work in this direction is the picture “Obscene behavior” of 1998 release.
TV series directed by Nutter:
- 1987-1991 - "Jump Street, 21."
- 1988-1992 - "Super Boy".
- 1989-1990 - The Booker.
- 1990 - “Superpower”.
- 1990-1991 - "Crazy cops."
- 1991 - "100 lives of Wild Black Jack" and "PS I Love You."
- 1991-1995 “The Police Commissioner.”
- 1992 - “The Incredible Adventures of Bill and Ted.”
- Since 1993 - The X-Files.
- 1994-1997 - MANTIS
- 1994-2009 - "Ambulance".
- 1995-1996 - "Cosmos: Far corners."
- 1996-1999 - The Millennium.
- 1997 - "Dreamhunters."
- 1999-2007 “The Soprano Clan.”
- 1999-2006 “The West Wing.”
- 1999-2002 “The City of Aliens.”
- 2000-2002 - "Dark Angel".
- 2001-2011 - "Secrets of Smallville."
- 2001 - “Brothers in Arms”.
- 2002-2009 “Without a trace.”
- 2003-2010 - "Body parts".
- 2003 - "Tarzan".
- 2004-2011 - "Handsome."
- 2004-2005 - “Jack and Bobby” and “Dr. Vegas”.
- Since 2005 - “Supernatural”.
- 2007 - “Missing.”
- 2008-2009 - “Terminator: The Battle for the Future”.
- 2008-2015 “The Mentalist.”
- 2009-2010 - "Eastwick."
- 2010 - The Pacific Ocean.
- 2010-2011 - "The pursuit".
- 2011 - “Shameless”, “Homeland” and “Game of Thrones”.
- 2012 - “Arrow”.
- 2014 - “Flash”.
- 2016 - “Isolation”.