- Jim McKay (director)
Jim McKay is an American
television director , producer and writer. He has directed episodes of "The Wire", "Big Love " and " Criminal Intent" as well as writing and directing "Everyday People" and "Angel Rodriguez ".For "The Wire" McKay directed the fourth episode of the fourth season, "Refugees".cite episode
title = Refugees
episodelink = Refugees (The Wire episode)
series = The Wire
serieslink = The Wire (TV series)
credits = Dennis Lehane, Ed Burns
writers =
network = HBO
station =
city =
airdate = 2004-10-31
season = 4
number = 04] cite web
year = 2006
title = Episode guide - episode 41 Refugees
publisher = HBO
accessdate = 2006-10-03
url = http://www.hbo.com/thewire/episode/season4/episode04.shtml]Show runner David Simon had seen McKay's HBO films and describes them as "masterful, ordinary-life movies" and thought that McKay would be perfect for the series based on their shared characteristics of accumulating drama in small moments.Cite web|url=http://members.aol.com/TheWireHBO/exclusive4-5.html|title=3rd Exclusive David Simon interview|accessdate=2007-11-05|publisher=The Wire at AOL|year=2003|author=Jim King Page 5] McKay has worked with several cast members of the show on other projects includingReg E. Cathey andJamie Hector on "Everyday People" andWendell Pierce on "Life Support".Filmography
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Big Love "
**Episode "Take Me As I Am" (2007) Director
**Episode "Dating Game" (2007) Director
*"Life Support" (2007) Writer
*"Law & Order Criminal Intent "
**Episode "Flipped" (2007) Director
**Episode "Maltese Cross" (2006) Director
*"The Wire"
**Episode "Refugees" (2006) Director
*"Everyday People" (2004) Writer and Director
*"Angel Rodriguez " (2005) Producer, Writer and Director
*"Our Song" (2000) Producer, Writer and Director
*"Girls Town " (1996) Writer and DirectorReferences
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