Jim_McKay_(director)

Jim McKay (director)

Jim McKay (director)

American film director

For other people named Jim McKay, see Jim McKay (disambiguation).

Jim McKay is an American film and television director, producer and writer.

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He has directed episodes of The Wire, Treme,[1] Better Call Saul, Big Love, Criminal Intent and Mr. Robot as well as writing and directing Everyday People and Angel Rodriguez.

Career

For The Wire McKay directed the fourth episode of the fourth season, "Refugees".[2][3] Show runner David Simon had seen McKay's HBO films and describes them as "masterful, ordinary-life movies" and thought that McKay would be perfect for the series based on their shared characteristics of accumulating drama in small moments.[4] McKay has worked with several cast members of the show on other projects including Reg E. Cathey and Jamie Hector on Everyday People and Wendell Pierce on Life Support.

Filmography

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References

  1. [1]
    HBO. "Treme episode "Meet De Boys on the Battleforont" synopsis". Retrieved May 1, 2010.
  2. [2]
    Dennis Lehane, Ed Burns (October 31, 2004). "Refugees". The Wire. Season 4. Episode 04. HBO.
  3. [3]
    "Episode guide – episode 41 Refugees". HBO. 2006. Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2006.
  4. [4]
    Jim King (2003). "3rd Exclusive David Simon interview". The Wire at AOL. Retrieved November 5, 2007. Page 5
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