David "Sudz" Sutherland is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His credits include the films Doomstown, Love, Sex and Eating the Bones, Guns, Speakers for the Dead and Home Again, as well as episodes of Drop the Beat, Da Kink in My Hair, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Wild Roses, Jozi-H, Reign, She's the Mayor, Designated Survivor, Shoot the Messenger, Murdoch Mysteries, Frankie Drake Mysteries, Batwoman and Superman & Lois.
He is married to screenwriter and producer Jennifer Holness, his partner in Hungry Eyes Film & Television.
Movies YearWorkDirectorWriterProducer1998I'm a Big Girlrowspan=9 rowspan=3 Win/Loss/Tie1999My Father's Handsrowspan=5 2000Speakers for the Dead2003Love, Sex and Eating the Bonesrowspan=4 2006Doomstown2008Toronto Stories: Windows Segment2012Home AgainThe Phantoms
Television YearWorkDirectorWriterProducer2004My Brand New Life (Music for Whose Ears)rowspan=38 rowspan=2 rowspan=12 2005–2007Degrassi: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 17: "Queen of Hearts" Season 4 Episode 18: "Modern Love" Season 6 Episode 12: "The Bitterest Pill" Season 6 Episode 13: "If You Leave" 2007'Da Kink in My Hair Season 1 Episode 1: "Rules are Made" Season 1 Episode 5: "Love Can't Wrap Up in a Paper" Season 1 Episode 6: "Every Hoe Have Him Stick" Season 2 Episode 9: "Computer Love" rowspan=2 2008Guns2008–2009Heartland Season 2 Episode 9: "Showdown!" Season 2 Episode 10: "True Enough" rowspan=2 2009Wild Roses Season 1 Episode 12: "Time and Chance" Season 1 Episode 13: "First and Last"2011She's the Mayor Season 1 Episode 1: "She's the Mayor?" Season 1 Episode 3: "The Empress' New Clothes" Season 1 Episode 4: "Proclamation" Season 1 Episode 7: "An Officer and a Mayor" Season 1 Episode 12: "Strange Bedfellows" Season 1 Episode 13: "The Return of Frank Crumb"2013Cracked Season 2 Episode 7: "Hideaway"rowspan=5 2010–2014Murdoch Mysteries Season 3 Episode 7: "Blood and Circuses" Season 3 Episode 9: "Love and Human Remains" Season 7 Episode 13: "The Murdoch Sting" Season 7 Episode 15: "The Spy Who Came Up to the Cold" Season 8 Episode 4: "Holy Matrimony, Murdoch!" Season 8 Episode 5: "Murdoch Takes Manhattan" 2014–2015Reign Season 1 Episode 20: "Higher Ground" Season 2 Episode 4: "The Lamb and the Slaughter" Season 2 Episode 17: "Tempting Fate" Beauty & the Beast Season 2 Episode 11: "Held Hostage" Season 3 Episode 11: "Unbreakable" 2015Haven Season 5 Episode 21: "Close to Home" Season 5 Episode 22: "A Matter of Time" 2016Shoot the Messenger2017–2018Frankie Drake Mysteries Season 1 Episode 3: "Healing Hands" Season 1 Episode 5: "Out of Focus" Season 2 Episode 5: "Dressed to Kill" Season 2 Episode 6: "Extra Innings" rowspan=15 rowspan=15 2017–2019Private Eyes Season 2 Episode 6: "The P.I. Code" Season 2 Episode 16: "Look Who's Stalking" Season 3 Episode 10: "Tex Therapy" Season 3 Episode 11: "Aye, Aye, Tonya" 2018In Contempt Season 1 Episode 3: "Confessions" Season 1 Episode 4: "The Rules of Engagement" Season 1 Episode 9: "BLM, Part One" Season 1 Episode 10: "BLM, Part Two"2019Blindspot Season 4 Episode 18: "'Ohana"Designated Survivor Season 3 Episode 7: "#identity/crisis" Season 3 Episode 8: "#scaredsh*tless"Carter Season 2 Episode 9: "Harley Doesn't Get His Man" Season 2 Episode 10: "Harley Takes a Bow" 2020Utopia Falls Season 1 Episode 3: "99 Problems" Season 1 Episode 4: "Run This Town"Batwoman Season 1 Episode 16: "Through the Looking Glass"For the Record Season 1 Episode 3: "Dinner Music" Season 1 Episode 4: "Climax"2020–2021The Flash Season 6 Episode 11: "Love is a Battlefield" Season 7 Episode 8: "The People V. Killer Frost" 2021Ginny & Georgia Season 1 Episode 5: "Boo, B*tch" Season 1 Episode 6: "I'm Triggered"Supergirl Season 6 Episode 3: "Phantom Menaces"Kung Fu Season 1 Episode 12: "Sacrifice"2021–2022Legends of Tomorrow Season 6 Episode 4: "Bay of Squids" Season 7 Episode 12: "Too Legit to Quit" 2021–2024Superman & Lois Season 1 Episode 6: "Broken Trust" Season 2 Episode 8: "Into Oblivion" Season 3 Episode 12: "Injustice" Season 4 Episode 2: "A World Without" 2022BLK, An Origin Story Season 1 Episode 2: "John "Daddy" Hall" Season 1 Episode 3: "Hogan's Alley"FBI: Most Wanted Season 4 Episode 6: "Patent Pending"rowspan=9 rowspan=9 2023All American Season 5 Episode 19: "Sabotage"Pretty Hard Cases Season 3, Episode 8: "Badge Bitch Party"2024Found Season 2 Episode 7: "Missing While Hated"2024–2025Alert: Missing Persons Unit Season 2 Episode 8: "Alexi" Season 3 Episode 8: "Carmen" Brilliant Minds Season 1 Episode 11: "The Other Woman" Season 2 Episode 4: "Lady Liberty" 2024-2026Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent Season 1 Episode 5: "Bleeding Heart" Season 2 Episode 4: "Hoggs Hollow" Season 2 Episode 7: "The Man in the Stadium" Season 3 Episode 1: "Skin Deep"2026Boston Blue Season 1 Episode 11: "Family Secrets" Season 1 Episode 12: "St. Patrick's Day"
Awards and nominations YearWorkAwardResult2000My Father's HandsAcapulco Black Film Festival's Short Film AwardDrop the BeatGemini Awards Best Writing in a Dramatic Series Award2003Love, Sex and Eating the BonesToronto International Film Festival Best Canadian First Feature Film Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)rowspan=5 2004Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival Best Canadian Feature Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)American Black Film Festival Best Film Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival Best Feature Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival Audience Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)San Francisco Black Film Festival Jury Award, Festival Prizerowspan=3 2005Genie Awards Best Achievement in Direction AwardGenie Awards Best Screenplay, Original2007DoomstownGemini Awards Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries AwardGemini Awards Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries Awardrowspan=3 2008GunsWriter's Guild of Canada's WGC Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)Director's Guild of Canada's DGC Team Award, Television Movie/Minsiseries2010Gemini Awards Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries Awardrowspan=2 Gemini Awards Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)2012Home AgainWhistler Film Festival Phillip Borsos Award for Best Canadian Film (shared with Jennifer Holness)rowspan=2 2013Director's Guild of Canada Direction – Feature Film AwardLos Angeles Pan African Film Festival Favourite Feature Film Audience Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival Best Narrative Feature (shared with Jennifer Holness)rowspan=2 The PhantomsDirector's Guild of Canada Direction – Television Movie/Miniseries Award2014Canadian Screen Awards Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries Awardrowspan=3 International Emmy Awards, Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series (shared with Timothy M. Hogan, Rick LeGuerrier and Andrew Wreggitt2020StatelessBoston Latino Film Festival's Audience Award (shared with Jennifer Holness, Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster and Lea Marin)2021Canadian Screen Awards Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary Award (shared with Jennifer Holness, Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster and Lea Marin)rowspan=2 2022For the Record, for "Climax"Canadian Screen Awards Best Direction, Web Program or Series Award
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