Sudz Sutherland

David Sutherland
Sutherland at an event for the Canadian Film Centre in 2015
OccupationsFilm director and screenwriter
Known forDoomstown
Love, Sex and Eating the Bones
Guns

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.[1]

He is married to screenwriter and producer Jennifer Holness, his partner in Hungry Eyes Film & Television.[2]

Movies

Year Work Director Writer Producer
1998 I'm a Big Girl Yes Yes No
Win/Loss/Tie Yes
1999 My Father's Hands No
2000 Speakers for the Dead No
2003 Love, Sex and Eating the Bones Yes
2006 Doomstown
2008 Toronto Stories: Windows Segment
2012 Home Again Yes
The Phantoms No No

Television

Year[1] Work Director Writer Producer
2004 My Brand New Life (Music for Whose Ears)[3] Yes No No
2005–2007 Degrassi: 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"
 Yes
2008 Guns
2008–2009 Heartland
  • Season 2 Episode 9: "Showdown!"
  • Season 2 Episode 10: "True Enough"
 No
2009 Wild Roses
  • Season 1 Episode 12: "Time and Chance"
  • Season 1 Episode 13: "First and Last"
2011 She'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"
 Yes
2013 Cracked
  • Season 2 Episode 7: "Hideaway"
 No
2010–2014 Murdoch 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"
2014–2015 Reign
  • 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"
2015 Haven
  • Season 5 Episode 21: "Close to Home"
  • Season 5 Episode 22: "A Matter of Time"
2016 Shoot the Messenger Yes Yes
2017–2018 Frankie 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"
 No No
2017–2019 Private 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"
2018 In 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"
2019 Blindspot
  • 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"
2020 Utopia 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"
2020–2021 The Flash
  • Season 6 Episode 11: "Love is a Battlefield"
  • Season 7 Episode 8: "The People V. Killer Frost"
2021 Ginny & 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"
2021–2022 Legends of Tomorrow
  • Season 6 Episode 4: "Bay of Squids"
  • Season 7 Episode 12: "Too Legit to Quit"
2021–2024 Superman & 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"
2022 BLK, An Origin Story
  • Season 1 Episode 2: "John "Daddy" Hall"
  • Season 1 Episode 3: "Hogan's Alley"
 Yes Yes
FBI: Most Wanted
  • Season 4 Episode 6: "Patent Pending"
 No No
2023 All American
  • Season 5 Episode 19: "Sabotage"
Pretty Hard Cases
  • Season 3, Episode 8: "Badge Bitch Party"
2024 Found
  • Season 2 Episode 7: "Missing While Hated"
2024–2025 Alert: 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"
2024-2026 Law & 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"
2026 Boston Blue
  • Season 1 Episode 11: "Family Secrets"
  • Season 1 Episode 12: "St. Patrick's Day"

Awards and Nominations

Year Work Award Result
2000 My Father's Hands Acapulco Black Film Festival's Short Film Award Won
Drop the Beat Gemini Awards Best Writing in a Dramatic Series Award Nominated
2003 Love, Sex and Eating the Bones Toronto International Film Festival Best Canadian First Feature Film Award (shared with Jennifer Holness) Won
2004 Victoria 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 Prize Nominated
2005 Genie Awards Best Achievement in Direction Award
Genie Awards Best Screenplay, Original
2007 Doomstown Gemini Awards Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries Award Won
Gemini Awards Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries Award Nominated
2008 Guns Writer's Guild of Canada's WGC Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)
Director's Guild of Canada's DGC Team Award, Television Movie/Minsiseries
2010 Gemini Awards Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries Award Won
Gemini Awards Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries Award (shared with Jennifer Holness)
2012 Home Again Whistler Film Festival Phillip Borsos Award for Best Canadian Film (shared with Jennifer Holness) Nominated
2013 Director's Guild of Canada Direction – Feature Film Award
Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival Favourite Feature Film Audience Award (shared with Jennifer Holness) Won
Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival Best Narrative Feature (shared with Jennifer Holness) Nominated
The Phantoms Director's Guild of Canada Direction – Television Movie/Miniseries Award
2014 Canadian Screen Awards Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries Award Won
International Emmy Awards, Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series (shared with Timothy M. Hogan, Rick LeGuerrier and Andrew Wreggitt
2020 Stateless Boston Latino Film Festival's Audience Award (shared with Jennifer Holness, Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster and Lea Marin)
2021 Canadian Screen Awards Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary Award (shared with Jennifer Holness, Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster and Lea Marin) Nominated
2022 For the Record, for "Climax" Canadian Screen Awards Best Direction, Web Program or Series Award

References

  1. ^ a b "Sudz Sutherland". IMDb. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  2. ^ "At Home with Jennifer Holness & Sudz Sutherland | Sway Magazine". Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  3. ^ Government of Canada, National Film Board of Canad. "National Film Board of Canada". Retrieved July 2, 2023.
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