Career
Poul served as executive producer for the HBO original series, Six Feet Under, on which he made his directing debut. He directed four episodes of the series from seasons two through five.
He later directed the pilot for CBS' series Swingtown, of which he directed a total of four episodes. He also directed the 2010 CBS Films romantic comedy The Back-Up Plan, originally titled Plan B.
He signed a new deal with HBO in April 2011. He is an executive producer Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom. He has also directed 5 episodes of the show in the first two seasons.
Credits
Producer
- Film
- Black Rain (1989)
- Candyman (1992)
- Inside Out (1992)
- 'Til There Was You (1997)
- Woman on Top (2000)
- Television
- Tales of the City (1993)
- My So-Called Life (1994-1995)
- More Tales of the City (1998)
- Six Feet Under (2001-2005)
- Further Tales of the City (2001)
- Swingtown (2008)
- Perception
- Good Christian Bitches
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Television director
- Six Feet Under (2001) 4 episodes:
- episode 2.10 "The Secret" (2002)
- episode 3.04 "Nobody Sleeps" (2003)
- episode 4.05 "That's My Dog" (2004)
- episode 5.04 "Time Flies" (2005)
- Rome (2005), 2 episodes:
- episode 1.06 "Egeria" (2005)
- episode 2.03 "These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero" (2007)
- Big Love (2006) 2 episodes:
- episode 1.11 "Where There's a Will (Big Love)" (2006)
- episode 2.03 "Reunion" (2007)
- Swingtown (2008) 4 episodes:
- episode 1.01 "Pilot" (2008)
- episode 1.02 "Love Will Find a Way" (2008)
- episode 1.08 "Puzzlerama" (2008)
- episode 1.13 "Take It To The Limit" (2008)
- The Newsroom (2012-13), 5 episodes:
- episode 1.04 "I'll Try to Fix You" (2012)
- episode 1.09 "The Blackout Part II: Mock Debate" (2012)
- episode 2.01 "First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Lawyers" (2013)
- episode 2.05 "News Night with Will McAvoy" (2013)
- episode 2.09 "Election Night, Part II" (2013)
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Theatre
"Vagabond Stars" 1978 (lyricist) Pre-Broadway: Berkshire Theatre Festival. Starring: Lewis Stadlen, Marilyn Sokol, Robert M. Rosen aka Robert Ozn, Paul Kreppel
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