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Jim McKay

Jim McKay is an American film and television director, producer and writer, a music video and documentary maker, and a haiku poet.

McKay has directed numerous TV shows, including The Wire, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Breaking Bad, New Amsterdam, Gossip Girl, Big Love, Hung, Law & Order, In Treatment, Blue Bloods, Boss, Treme, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Americans, Zero Hour, Betrayal, Bosch, Rectify, Mr. Robot, The Good Wife, BrainDead, Power,  Shades of Blue, Instinct, Quantico, The Good Fight, For the People, Evil, Better Call Saul, Home Before Dark, FBI: Most Wanted, Law & Order: Organized Crime, and Black Bird.

McKay was a Rockefeller Fellow in 2003 and a Guggenheim Fellow in 2004. In 2005, he was a recipient of the Lincoln Center Martin E. Segal Award.

Known For

Credits


Crew Credits

Black Bird (2022)
Show crew as Consulting Producer (6 episodes)
Episode crew as Director
American Rust (2021)
Episode crew as Director (4 episodes)
Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021)
Episode crew as Director
  • Episode 2x10: Nemesis (Jan 6, 2022)
Home Before Dark (2020)
Episode crew as Director (2 episodes)
FBI: Most Wanted (2020)
Show crew as Co-Executive Producer (15 episodes)
Episode crew as Director (4 episodes)
  • Episode 2x06: Dysfunction (Feb 9, 2021)
  • Episode 2x02: Execute (Nov 24, 2020)
  • Episode 2x01: Rampage (Nov 17, 2020)
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Evil (2019)
Episode crew as Director
Instinct (2018)
Episode crew as Director
For the People (2018)
Episode crew as Director
The Good Fight (2017)
Episode crew as Director (5 episodes)
BrainDead (2016)
Episode crew as Director (2 episodes)
Shades of Blue (2016)
Episode crew as Director (2 episodes)
Quantico (2015)
Episode crew as Director (2 episodes)
Mr. Robot (2015)
Episode crew as Director (2 episodes)
Bosch (2015)
Episode crew as Director
Better Call Saul (2015)
Episode crew as Director (2 episodes)
Power (2014)
Episode crew as Director (2 episodes)
Rectify (2013)
Episode crew as Director (2 episodes)
Zero Hour (2013)
Episode crew as Director
  • Episode 1x07: Sync (Jun 29, 2013)
The Americans (2013)
Episode crew as Director
Boss (2011)
Episode crew as Director (3 episodes)
Treme (2010)
Episode crew as Director (2 episodes)
The Good Wife (2009)
Episode crew as Director (11 episodes)
Hung (2009)
Episode crew as Director
In Treatment (2008)
Episode crew as Director
Breaking Bad (2008)
Episode crew as Director
Gossip Girl (2007)
Episode crew as Director
The Wire (2002)
Episode crew as Director
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Episode crew as Director (4 episodes)
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