Greg Beeman
Greg Beeman (born 1962 in Honolulu, Hawaii,) is an American film and television director and producer.
He is well known for his work on the television series Smallville, JAG, and Heroes.
He also worked on the TNT apocalyptic/science-fiction series Falling Skies, as executive producer and main director.
Career
Beeman started his career in the mid to late 1980s, directing two low budget television films and guest directing for the television show The Wonder Years. Beeman made his theatrical directing debut in 1988 in License to Drive.
He would continue his work in the television industry but made a string of comedies during the early 1990s. Beeman would work on numerous television projects during the latter stages of the 1990s, most notably as a recurring director on television series JAG.
In 2000 he won a Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs for the television film Miracle in Lane 2.
In 2001, Beeman came on board The WB super-hero series Smallville, as a director and co-executive producer. He later was promoted to executive producer and directed the shows series finale.
The following year he was nominated for a Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs for the television adaptation of A Ring of Endless Light.
In 2006, he became a co-executive producer and director on the NBC series Heroes. He would later be promoted to executive producer.
He directed the 2007 failed Aquaman pilot.
In 2009, he joined The CW drama Melrose Place, as a director and executive producer.
After Melrose Place's cancellation, Beeman boarded the TNT science-fiction/action series Falling Skies, as a director and co-executive produce in 2011. In its second season, Beeman served as executive producer and primary director.
Filmography
Feature credits
Year | Film | Credit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1988 | License to Drive | director | |
1990 | Tales of the Unknown | director, writer | "The Big Garage" |
1992 | Mom and Dad Save the World | director | |
1995 | Bushwhacked | director |
Television credits
Year | Program | Credit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1986 | The Richest Cat in the World | director | TV movie |
Little Spies | director | TV movie | |
1988-1993 | The Wonder Years | director | 3 episodes |
1991-1992 | Eerie, Indiana | director | 1 episode |
1993-1994 | The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | director | 1 episode |
Harts of the West | director | 2 episodes | |
1995 | Problem Child 3: Junior in Love | director | TV Movie |
1995-1996 | Nowhere Man | director | 1 episode |
Strange Luck | director | 2 episodes | |
1995-2005 | JAG | director | 11 episodes |
1996-1999 | The Sentinel | director | |
1996-2001 | Nash Bridges | director, producer | 18 episodes |
1997 | Under Wraps | director | TV movie |
1998 | Brink! | director | TV movie |
1998-2000 | Martial Law | director | 4 episodes |
1999 | Horse Sense | director, producer | TV movie |
1999-2000 | The Strip | director | |
1999-2002 | Providence | director | 2 episodes |
2000 | Miracle in Lane 2 | director, producer | TV movie |
I Spike | director | ||
City of Angels | director | ||
Secret Agent Man | director | 1 episode | |
The Ultimate Christmas Present | director | TV movie | |
2001-2002 | Philly | director | 1 episode |
2001-2011 | Smallville | director, co-executive producer, executive producer | 105 episodes |
2002 | A Ring of Endless Light | director, producer | TV movie |
2006-2010 | Heroes | director, co-executive producer, executive producer | 58 episodes |
2007 | Aquaman | director | pilot |
2009-2010 | Melrose Place | director, executive producer | 16 episodes |
2010-present | Rizzoli & Isles | director | 1 episode |
2010-2011 | The Defenders | director | 1 episode |
No Ordinary Family | director | 1 episode | |
Memphis Beat | director | 1 episode | |
2011-present | Falling Skies | director, co-executive producer, executive producer | 17 episodes |
Once Upon a Time | director | 1 episode | |
2012 | Touch | director | 1 episode |