Tim Hunter (director)

American television and film director (born 1947)

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Tim Hunter

Born|  (1947-06-15) June 15, 1947 (age 76)

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Alma mater| Harvard University (1968)
Occupation(s)| Television and film director
Years active| 1979–present
Known for| River's Edge, Carnivàle, Mad Men, Twin Peaks
Parent| Ian McLellan Hunter

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

## Career[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

## Filmography[edit]

### Film[edit]

Writer

* Over the Edge (1979)
* Tex (1982)

Director

* Tex (1982)
* Sylvester (1985)
* River's Edge (1986)
* Paint It Black (1989)
* The Saint of Fort Washington (1993)
* The Colony (1996)
* The People Next Door (1996)
* The Maker (1997)
* Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples (1998) (Segment "Aart and Johtje Vos")
* Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Families (1998) (Segment "Malka Csizmadia")
* Mean Streak (1999)
* Anatomy of a Hate Crime (2001)
* Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story (2002)
* The Failures (2003)
* Control (2004)
* The Far Side of Jericho (2006)
* Kings of South Beach (2007)
* Looking Glass (2018)
* Smiley Face Killers (2020)

### Television[edit]

Year | Title | Notes

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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"

## References[edit]

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.)."

## External links[edit]

* Tim Hunter at IMDb

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Films directed by Tim Hunter

* Tex (1982)
* Sylvester (1985)
* River's Edge (1986)
* Paint It Black (1989)
* Lies of the Twins (1991)
* The Saint of Fort Washington (1993)
* The Colony (1996)
* The People Next Door (1996)
* The Maker (1997)
* Video Voyeur (2002)
* The Failures (2003)
* Control (2004)
* The Far Side of Jericho (2006)
* Kings of South Beach (2007)
* Looking Glass (2018)
* Smiley Face Killers (2020)

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