Mark Mylod

Career

Mylod has directed several television shows in the United Kingdom and the United States, many of them for the BBC. He directed the feature films Ali G Indahouse, The Big White, and What's Your Number? as well as the series Cold Feet, The Royle Family, and Bang Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer.

Mylod co-produced the HBO television series Entourage, where he was also a regular director. He would direct and executive-produce the pilot episode of the U.S. version of the dramedy, Shameless, for Showtime. He remained a co-executive producer and frequent director on the series.

In 2011, Mylod directed and executive produced the pilot of the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time. He would go on to direct the pilot episode for American TV Series The Affair in 2014. In the same year, he directed episodes 3 and 4 of Season 5 of the HBO series Game of Thrones. He returned to the show for Season 6, where he directed episodes 7 and 8 and episodes 2 and 3 of Season 7.

Mylod was a director and executive producer on the HBO drama series Succession (2018–2023), directing 16 episodes and producing 37. He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series three times, for "This Is Not for Tears", "All the Bells Say", and "Connor's Wedding", winning for the latter, as well as winning the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series for All the Bells Say.

The Menu (2022), the first film directed by Mylod in 11 years, was released to critical acclaim.

In January 2024, it was announced that Mylod would be a director on the second season of The Last of Us.

Personal life

Mylod is married to costume designer Amy Westcott, with whom he has four children.

Filmography

Film

Television

Accolades

References

References

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8. (7 December 2022). "'The Menu' Director Mark Mylod Serves Up A Treat".
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