David Nutter

David Nutter (born 1960) is an American television and film director and television producer. He is best known for directing pilot episodes for television. In 2015, he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, for his work on the HBO series, Game of Thrones.

Nutter was born in 1960. He graduated from Dunedin High School in Dunedin, Florida, in 1978. He subsequently graduated from the University of Miami, where he originally enrolled as a music major.

Nutter's big break came in 1993, when he began directing episodes of The X-Files. From there he would go on to direct the pilot, and help with the creation of, Space: Above and Beyond, Millennium, Sleepwalkers, Roswell, Dark Angel, Smallville, Tarzan, Without a Trace, Dr. Vegas, Jack & Bobby, Supernatural, Traveler, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Mentalist, and Shameless.

He also directed "Replacements", the fourth part of the mini-series Band of Brothers, and shared in that series's Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special. Other directing highlights include "Join the Club", an Emmy-nominated episode of The Sopranos, and the 1998 feature film Disturbing Behavior.

Nutter directed episodes of the HBO series Entourage, including "The Resurrection", "The Prince's Bride" and the series finale, "The End."

In 2008, LG used Nutter's pilot expertise to create a campaign for its new "Scarlet" line of HDTVs, by creating a promotional clip in the style of a trailer for a TV pilot.

In 2011, Nutter directed the pilot of Rina Mimoun's The Doctor, for CBS.

In 2012, Nutter directed episodes six and seven of Game of Thrones season 2. In 2013, he directed the last two episodes of season 3, including "The Rains of Castamere", with the infamous "Red Wedding" scene.

Nutter also directed the pilot of The CW series Arrow, based on the comic-book character Green Arrow, starring Stephen Amell.

In 2014, he returned to the HBO series Game of Thrones to direct episodes 9 and 10 of Season 5. For episode 10, he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.

List of directed pilots

The first sixteen pilots that Nutter directed have all gone to series. This streak was broken in 2011 when CBS chose to not pick up The Doctor.

• Space: Above and Beyond (1995)
• Millennium (1996)
• Sleepwalkers (1997)
• Roswell (1999)
• Dark Angel (2000)
• Smallville (2001)
• Without a Trace (2002)
• Dr. Vegas (2003)
• Tarzan (2003)
• Jack & Bobby (2004)
• Supernatural (2005)
• Traveler (2006)
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2007)
• The Mentalist (2008)
• Eastwick (2009)
• Chase (2010)
• The Doctor (2011)
• Arrow (2012)
• The Advocates (2013)
• The Flash (2014)

• LG reveals the Scarlet secret. YouTube. April 18, 2009. 
• ^ Nellie Andreeva. "Several Broadcast Pilots Book Directors". Deadline. 
• Michael Calia. "'Game of Thrones' Director on Why One Death Wasn't Shown". WSJ. 
• "Game of Thrones Season 5: What We Know So Far". Watchers On The Wall. August 1, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2015. 

Nutter has been married to his wife, Birgit, since May, 1987. They have two children, actress Zoe K. Nutter and Ben Nutter.