- Crew of The Shield
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The Shield is an American television drama series created by Shawn Ryan which aired on FX Networks from 2002 to 2008. The series crew has won a Golden Globe Award and been nominated for several other awards and includes several notable people.
Producers
The series was created by Shawn Ryan. Ryan served as an executive producer for all seven seasons and was the series head writer and show runner throughout its run. Prior to creating the series Ryan had been working as a producer and writer for the supernatural detective series Angel. He began his television career as a writer for the crime drama Nash Bridges. Scott Brazil was a co-executive producer for the first season. He became an executive producer for the second season. He was a regular director for the series until his death during production of the sixth season. Brazil and Ryan had worked together on Nash Bridges.
Several of the series more junior writers became executive producers during its run. Glen Mazzara was an executive story editor for the first season and became an executive producer from the fifth season onwards. Mazzara had also worked with Ryan on Nash Bridges. Kurt Sutter and Scott Rosenbaum were staff writers for the first season and became executive producers for the sixth season onwards. Adam E. Fierro joined the crew as a co-producer and writer for the third season and was promoted to executive producer for the seventh season. Veteran television writer Charles H. Eglee joined the crew as a consulting producer for the third season and was promoted to executive producer from the fifth season onwards.
Emmy Award winning The Sopranos veteran James Manos, Jr. served as a consulting producer and writer for the first two seasons. He left the show to develop the Showtime serial killer drama Dexter. NYPD Blue veteran writer Kevin Arkadie was a co-executive producer for the first season only. Nash Bridges writer and producer Reed Steiner replaced Arkadie as co-executive producer for the second season only. Kevin G. Cremin was the series unit production manager throughout its run and became a co-executive producer from the sixth season onwards.
Angel writing team Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain joined the crew as co-producers for the third season and became supervising producers before leaving at the close of the sixth season. Dean White was a producer and regular director throughout the series run. Star Michael Chiklis joined the crew as a producer from the second season onwards and also regularly directed episodes.
Paul Marks was a co-producer for the first season only. Ann Kindberg worked as a co-producer on the second season only. Post-production supervisor Craig Yahata joined the crew in the third season and eventually became a producer for the seventh season.
Writers
- Shawn Ryan - 21 episodes, all seven seasons
- Kurt Sutter - 18 episodes, all seven seasons
- Glen Mazzara - 16 episodes, all seven seasons
- Scott Rosenbaum - 16 episodes, all seven seasons
- Charles H. Eglee - 15 episodes, seasons 3 to 7
- Adam E. Fierro - 14 episodes, seasons 3 to 7
- Elizabeth Craft - 6 episodes, seasons 4 to 6
- Sarah Fain - 6 episodes, seasons 4 to 6
- Kim Clements - 5 episodes, seasons 2 and 3
- Kevin Arkadie - 3 episodes, season 1
- James Manos Jr. - 2 episodes, seasons 1 and 2
- Reed Steiner - 2 episodes, seasons 2
- Gary Lennon - 2 episodes, season 7
- Lisa Randolph - 2 episodes, season 7
- John Hlavin - 2 episodes, season 7
- Angela Russo - 2 episodes, season 7
- Diego Guttierez - 1 episode, season 3
- Lia L. Langworthy - 1 episode, season 4
- Randy Huggins - 1 episode, season 4
- Jennifer R. Richmond - 1 episode, season 4
- Renee Palyo - 1 episode, season 5
- Tony Soltis - 1 episode, season 5
- Ted Griffin - 1 episode, season 5
- Emily Lewis - 1 episode, season 5
- Elizabeth A. Hansen - 1 episode, season 7
- Jameal Turner - 1 episode, season 7
- Evan Bleiweiss - 1 episode, season 7
Directors
- Guy Ferland - 13 episodes, all 7 seasons
- Scott Brazil - 11 episodes, seasons 1 to 4
- Clark Johnson - 7 episodes, seasons 1, 3, 6 and 7
- Dean White - 7 episodes, season 3 to 7
- Stephen Kay - 6 episodes, seasons 3 to 5 and 7
- Gwyneth Horder-Payton - 5 episodes, seasons 5 to 7
- D. J. Caruso - 4 episodes, seasons 1 and 5
- Michael Chiklis - 4 episodes, seasons 3 and 5 to 7
- Nick Gomez - 3 episodes, seasons 1, 3 and 4
- Paris Barclay - 3 episodes, seasons 2, 4 and 6
- Peter Horton - 3 episodes, seasons 2 and 3
- Felix Alcala - 2 episodes, seasons 2 and 3
- Phillip G. Atwell - 2 episodes, seasons 4 and 5
- Terrence O'Hara - 2 episodes, seasons 2 and 7
- Rohn Schmidt - 2 episodes, seasons 6 and 7
- Gary Fleder - 1 episode, season 1
- Stephen Gyllenhaal - 1 episode, season 1
- Leslie Libman - 1 episode, season 1
- John Badham - 1 episode, season 2
- Scott Winant - 1 episode, season 2
- Davis Guggenheim - 1 episode, season 2
- Brad Anderson - 1 episode, season 2
- David Mamet - 1 episode, season 3
- Vondie Curtis-Hall - 1 episode, season 4
- David Von Ancken - 1 episode, season 4
- Michael Fields - 1 episode, season 6
- Frank Darabont - 1 episode, season 6
- Craig Brewer - 1 episode, season 7
- Billy Gierhart - 1 episode, season 7
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