Tim Hunter (director)

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

Tim Hunter
Born	(1947-06-15) June 15, 1947 (age 78) 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
Relatives	Aileen Hamilton, (aunt)

Career

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

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

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

Filmography

Film

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)

Unrealized projects

• Modern Bride (1983)^[4]
• Edward Ford (1980s)^[5]
• RoboCop 2 (1989)^[6]
• Nightwood Bar (1993)^[7]
• Guns and Roses (1993)^[8]
• The Story of Junk (1999)^[9]
• Fade (1999)^[10]
• New Orleans (2006)^[11]
• This is the Water (2018)^[12]

Television

Year	Title	Notes
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"