Jeremy Podeswa

Jeremy Podeswa
Born1962 (age 61–62)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma materRyerson University
AFI Conservatory
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1984–present

Jeremy Podeswa (born 1962) is a Canadian film and television director. He is best known for directing the films The Five Senses (1999) and Fugitive Pieces (2007). He has also worked as director on the television shows Six Feet Under,[1] Nip/Tuck, The Tudors, Queer as Folk, and the HBO World War II miniseries The Pacific.[2] He has also written several films.

In 2014, he directed episodes five and six of the fifth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones,[3] earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the latter episode. He returned the next season, directing the season premiere and the second episode. He also directed the season premiere as well as the season finale of the seventh season.[4] In 2021, he directed episodes of the TV series adaptation of The Mosquito Coast and the miniseries Station Eleven.

  1. ^ HBO. "Six Feet Under cast and crew". Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  2. ^ HBO. "Jeremy Podeswa on The Pacific". Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Game of Thrones Season 5: What We Know So Far". Watchers on the Wall. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Game of Thrones 67". HBO. Retrieved 22 August 2017.