Bio

 

 

Jeremy Podeswa is an award winning feature film and television director who has been nominated three times for the Emmy Award - for Best Director, Dramatic Series for HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” and “Game of Thrones” and for Best Director, Movie or Mini-Series for HBO’s “The Pacific” (for which he was also nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award).

 

 

He has  directed for many of the most ground breaking cable television series and mini-series, including for HBO, “Game of Thrones”, “True Detective”, The Newsroom”, Boardwalk Empire”, “True Blood”, “Rome”, “Six Feet Under”, “Carnivale”, “John From Cincinatti” and “The Pacific” (Tom Hanks/Playtone and Steven Spielberg/Dreamworks producers); for Showtime, “Homeland”, “Ray Donovan”, “The Borigias”, “The Tudors”, “Dexter”, “Weeds”, “The L Word”, “Queer as Folk”, and “The Chris Isaak Show”;  for AMC  “The Walking Dead” and “Rubicon”; for F/X “American Horror Story: Asylum and Coven”, “Tyrant”, “Nip/Tuck” and “The Riches”; and for TNT the mini-series “Into the West” (produced by Steven Spielberg and nominated for 16 Emmy Awards).

 

 

He has also directed the television movie “After the Harvest”  (Lifetime) starring Sam Shepard, winner of the Directors Guild of Canada Award for Best Direction.

 

 

He has also written and directed three award winning feature films: 'Fugitive Pieces' (Samuel Goldwyn Films, Opening Night, Toronto International Film Festival) starring Stephen Dillane and Rosamund Pike; 'The Five Senses' (Fine Line Distribution, Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival) starring Mary Louise Parker; and 'Eclipse' (Berlin and Sundance Festivals). 

Fimography

 

 

HBO:

Game of Thrones

2015-2016

 

True Detective

2015

 

The Newsroom

2012-2013

 

Boardwalk Empire

2010-2014

 

True Blood

2011

 

Rome

2005

 

Six Feet Under

2001-2005

 

Carnivale

2003-2005

 

John From Cincinatti

2007

 

The Pacific (MINISERIES)

2010

 

Showtime:

Homeland

2012

 

Ray Donovan

2013

 

The Borigias

2011

 

The Tudors

2008-2010

 

Dexter

2007

 

Weeds

2009

 

The L Word

2005

 

Queer as Folk

2001-2004

 

The Chris Isaak Show

2002

 

 

 

AMC:

The Walking Dead

2013

 

Rubicon 

2010

 

F/X:

American Horror Story: Asylum and Coven

2012-2013

 

Tyrant

2014

 

Nip/Tuck

2005

 

The Riches

2007

 

TNT:

Into the West (MINISERIES)

2005

 

LIFETIME:

After the Harvest (MOW)

2001

 

FEATURE FILMS:

Fugitive Pieces - 2007

(Samuel Goldwyn Films, Opening Night, Toronto International Film Festival) starring Stephen Dillane and Rosamund Pike

 

The Five Senses - 1999 

(Fine Line Distribution, Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival) starring Mary Louise Parker

 

Eclipse - 1994

(Berlin and Sundance Festivals).