Beth McCarthy-Miller (born September 3, 1963) is an American television director. Shows she has directed include Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock.
Early and personal life McCarthy-Miller was born on September 3, 1963, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. She has four older brothers and four older sisters. She was raised in Cranford, New Jersey. She attended the University of Maryland, where she was a DJ and majored in radio, television and film. While in college she interned at CNN and MTV.
She is married to a high school teacher, with whom she has a son born around 2005.
Career McCarthy-Miller worked as a line producer's assistant and assistant director at MTV and began directing in 1988. During her nine years with MTV, she worked on MTV Unplugged with Nirvana, Neil Young, Elton John, Tony Bennett, and k.d. lang. She worked for The Week in Rock and later The Jon Stewart Show.
She was the director of NBC's Saturday Night Live for eleven years.Profile, artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com; accessed May 10, 2015. She left SNL in 2006 at the end of season 31, replaced as director by Don Roy King. She became a director for Viacom's MTV again in 2003 when she directed the MTV Video Music Awards.
She currently works through her own companies, Catalyst Entertainment and McBeth Productions as a director and producer.
Director filmography YearTitleNotesRef1995–2006Saturday Night Live218 Episodes1996–1999, 2001–2003MTV Video Music Awards1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 20032001Super Bowl XXXV halftime show2001Taina1 Episode2004Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime showSuper Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy2007–201330 Rock24 Episodes2008–2011Kids Choice Awards2008, 2009, 2010, 20112008–2009Samantha Who?2 Episodes2009, 2014–2015Parks and Recreation3 Episodes2011Californication1 Episode2011Mr. Sunshine2 Episodes2011–2020Modern Family23 episodes2012Happy Endings1 Episode2012House of Lies1 Episode2012Up All Night2 Episodes2012–2013Work It2 Episodes2013–2021Brooklyn Nine-Nine6 Episodes2013Community1 Episode2013–2014The Mindy Project3 Episodes2014Trophy Wife1 Episode2015–2019Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt5 Episodes2016–2017Black-ish2 Episodes2016–2019The Good Place6 Episodes2016The Goldbergs1 Episode2016Superstore1 Episode2017–2018Great News8 Episodes2017, 2019Veep3 Episodes2018Life in Pieces1 Episode2018–2021The Kominsky Method7 Episodes2019Abby's1 Episode2019–2024Bob Hearts Abishola80 Episodes2019–2022Young Sheldon3 Episodes2021Call Me Kat1 Episode2022Reboot1 Episode2024The Roast of Tom BradyAired live on Netflix
Awards and nominations
Award Year Nominated work Category Result Primetime Emmy Awards 1999 Saturday Night Live Outstanding Directing for a Variety or Music Program 2000 2002America: A Tribute to Heroes 2003 Saturday Night Live 2006 2009 30 RockOutstanding Directing for a Comedy Series 2011 2013 2014The Sound of Music Live!Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special 2016Adele Live in New York City 2020The Kominsky MethodOutstanding Comedy Series
References
External links
Wake Forest University profile: Beth McCarthy