Sudz Sutherland

David "Sudz" Sutherland is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His credits include the films Doomstown, Love, Sex and Eating the Bones, Guns, Speakers for the Dead and Home Again, as well as episodes of Drop the Beat, Da Kink in My Hair, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Wild Roses, Jozi-H, Reign, She's the Mayor, Designated Survivor, Shoot the Messenger, Murdoch Mysteries, Frankie Drake Mysteries, Batwoman and Superman & Lois.^[1]

David Sutherland
Sutherland at an event for the Canadian Film Centre in 2015
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation(s)	Film director and screenwriter
Known for	Doomstown Love, Sex and Eating the Bones Guns

He is married to screenwriter and producer Jennifer Holness, his partner in Hungry Eyes Film & Television.^[2]

Filmography

Year	Work	Director	Writer	Producer
1998	I'm a Big Girl	Yes	Yes	No
1998	Win/Loss/Tie	Yes	Yes	Yes
1999	My Father's Hands	Yes	Yes	No
2000	Speakers for the Dead	Yes	No	No
2003	Love, Sex and Eating the Bones	Yes	Yes	No
2006	Doomstown	Yes	Yes	No
2008	Toronto Stories: Windows Segment	Yes	Yes	No
2012	Home Again	Yes	Yes	Yes
2012	The Phantoms	Yes	No	No

Television[1]

Year	Work	Director	Writer	Producer
2004	My Brand New Life (Music for Whose Ears)[3]	Yes	No	No
2005–2007	Degrassi: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 17: Queen of Hearts (2005) Season 4 Episode 18: Modern Love (2005) Season 6 Episode 12: The Bitterest Pill (2007) Season 6 Episode 13: If You Leave (2007)	Yes	No	No
2007	'da Kink in My Hair Season 1 Episode 1: Rules are Made Season 1 Episode 5: Love Can't Wrap Up in a Paper (Writer) Season 1 Episode 6: Every Hoe Have Him Stick (Writer) Season 2 Episode 9: Computer Love (2009)	Yes	Yes	No
2008	Guns	Yes	Yes	No
2008–2009	Heartland Season 2 Episode 9: Showdown! (2008) Season 2 Episode 10: True Enough (2009)	Yes	No	No
2009	Wild Roses Season 1 Episode 12: Time and Chance Season 1 Episode 13: First and Last	Yes	No	No
2011	She's the Mayor Season 1 Episode 1: She's the Mayor? Season 1 Episode 3: The Empress' New Clothes Season 1 Episode 4: Proclamation Season 1 Episode 7: An Officer and a Mayor Season 1 Episode 12: Strange Bedfellows Season 1 Episode 13: The Return of Frank Crumb	Yes	Yes	No
2013	Cracked – Season 2 Episode 7: Hideaway	Yes	No	No
2010–2014	Murdoch Mysteries Season 3 Episode 7: Blood and Circuses (2010) Season 3 Episode 9: Love and Human Remains (2010) Season 7 Episode 13: The Murdoch Sting (2014) Season 7 Episode 15: The Spy Who Came Up to the Cold (2014) Season 8 Episode 4: Holy Matrimony, Murdoch! (2014) Season 8 Episode 5: Murdoch Takes Manhattan (2014)	Yes	No	No
2014–2015	Reign Season 1 Episode 20: Higher Ground (2014) Season 2 Episode 4: The Lamb and the Slaughter (2014) Season 2 Episode 17: Tempting Fate (2015)	Yes	No	No
2014–2015	Beauty & the Beast Season 2 Episode 11: Held Hostage (2014) Season 3 Episode 11: Unbreakable (2015)	Yes	No	No
2015	Haven Season 5 Episode 21: Close to Home (2015) Season 5 Episode 22: A Matter of Time (2015)	Yes	No	No
2016	Shoot the Messenger	Yes	Yes	Yes
2017–2018	Frankie Drake Mysteries Season 1 Episode 3: Healing Hands (2017) Season 1 Episode 5: Out of Focus (2017) Season 2 Episode 5: Dressed to Kill (2018) Season 2 Episode 6: Extra Innings (2018)	Yes	No	No
2018	In Contempt Season 1 Episode 3: Confessions Season 1 Episode 4: The Rules of Engagement Season 1 Episode 9: BLM, Part One Season 1 Episode 10: BLM, Part Two	Yes	No	No
2019	Blindspot – Season 4 Episode 18: 'Ohana	Yes	No	No
2019	Designated Survivor Season 3 Episode 7: #identity/crisis Season 3 Episode 8: #scaredsh*tless	Yes	No	No
2017–2019	Private Eyes Season 2 Episode 6: The P.I. Code (2017) Season 2 Episode 16: Look Who's Stalking (2018) Season 3 Episode 10: Tex Therapy (2019) Season 3 Episode 11: Aye, Aye, Tonya (2019)	Yes	No	No
2019	Carter Season 2 Episode 9: Harley Doesn't Get His Man (2019) Season 2 Episode 10: Harley Takes a Bow (2019)	Yes	No	No
2020	Utopia Falls Season 1 Episode 3: 99 Problems Season 1 Episode 4: Run This Town	Yes	No	No
2020	Batwoman – Season 1 Episode 16: Through the Looking Glass	Yes	No	No
2020	For the Record Season 1 Episode 3: Dinner Music Season 1 Episode 4: Climax	Yes	No	No
2021	Ginny & Georgia Season 1 Episode 5: Boo, B*tch Season 1 Episode 6: I'm Triggered	Yes	No	No
2021	Supergirl – Season 6 Episode 3: Phantom Menaces	Yes	No	No
2020–2021	The Flash Season 6 Episode 11: Love is a Battlefield (2020) Season 7 Episode 8: The People V. Killer Frost (2021)	Yes	No	No
2021	Kung Fu – Season 1 Episode 12: Sacrifice	Yes	No	No
2021–2022	Legends of Tomorrow Season 6 Episode 4: Bay of Squids (2021) Season 7 Episode 12: Too Legit to Quit (2022)	Yes	No	No
2021–2024	Superman & Lois Season 1 Episode 6: Broken Trust (2021) Season 2 Episode 8: Into Oblivion (2022) Season 3 Episode 12: Injustice (2023) Season 4 Episode 2: "A World Without" (2024)	Yes	No	No
2022	BLK, An Origin Story Season 1 Episode 2: John "Daddy" Hall Season 1 Episode 3: Hogan's Alley	Yes	Yes	Yes
2022	FBI: Most Wanted – Season 4 Episode 6: Patent Pending	Yes	No	No
2023	All American – Season 5 Episode 19: Sabotage	Yes	No	No
2023	Pretty Hard Cases – Season 3, Episode 8: Badge Bitch Party	Yes	No	No
2024	Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent – Season 1 Episode 5: Bleeding Heart	Yes	No	No
2024–2025	Alert: Missing Persons Unit Season 2 Episode 8: Alexi Season 3 Episode 8: Carmen	Yes	No	No
2024	Found – Season 2 Episode 7: Missing While Hated	Yes	No	No
2024	Brilliant Minds – Season 1 Episode 11: The Other Woman	Yes	No	No

Awards and nominations

Year	Work	Award/Nomination	Result
2000	My Father's Hands	Acapulco Black Film Festival's Short Film Award	Winner
2000	Drop the Beat	Gemini Awards Best Writing in a Dramatic Series Award	Nominated
2003	Love, Sex and Eating the Bones	Toronto International Film Festival Best Canadian First Feature Film Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)	Winner
2004	Love, Sex and Eating the Bones	Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival Best Canadian Feature Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)	Winner
2004	Love, Sex and Eating the Bones	American Black Film Festival Best Film Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)	Winner
2004	Love, Sex and Eating the Bones	Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival Best Feature Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)	Winner
2004	Love, Sex and Eating the Bones	Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival Audience Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)	Winner
2004	Love, Sex and Eating the Bones	San Francisco Black Film Festival Jury Award, Festival Prize	Nominated
2005	Love, Sex and Eating the Bones	Genie Awards Best Achievement in Direction Award	Nominated
2005	Love, Sex and Eating the Bones	Genie Awards Best Screenplay, Original	Nominated
2007	Doomstown	Gemini Awards Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Award	Winner
2007	Doomstown	Gemini Awards Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Award	Nominated
2008	Guns	Writer's Guild of Canada's WGC Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)	Nominated
2008	Guns	Director's Guild of Canada's DGC Team Award, Television Movie/Mini-Series	Nominated
2010	Guns	Gemini Awards Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Award	Winner
2010	Guns	Gemini Awards Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)	Winner
2012	Home Again	Whistler Film Festival Phillip Borsos Award for Best Canadian Film (shared with Jennifer Holness)	Nominated
2013	Home Again	Director's Guild of Canada Direction – Feature Film Award	Nominated
2013	Home Again	Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival Favourite Feature Film Audience Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)	Winner
2013	Home Again	Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival Best Narrative Feature (shared with Jennifer Holness)	Nominated
2013	The Phantoms	Director's Guild of Canada Direction – Television Movie/Mini-Series Award	Nominated
2014	The Phantoms	Canadian Screen Awards Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Award	Winner
2014	The Phantoms	International Emmy Awards, Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series (shared with Timothy M. Hogan, Rick LeGuerrier and Andrew Wreggitt	Winner
2020	Stateless	Boston Latino Film Festival's Audience Award (shared with Jennifer Holness, Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster and Lea Marin)	Winner
2021	Stateless	Canadian Screen Awards Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary Award (shared with Jennifer Holness, Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster and Lea Marin)	Nominated
2022	For the Record, for "Climax"	Canadian Screen Awards Best Direction, Web Program or Series Award	Nominated