Anthony Maurice Hemingway (born 1977) is an American television and film director. He has worked extensively in television, directing numerous episodes of ''
CSI: NY
''CSI: NY'' (''Crime Scene Investigation: New York'', stylized as ''CSI: NY/Crime Scene Investigation'') is an American police procedural television series that ran on CBS from September 22, 2004, to February 22, 2013, for a total of nine seaso ...
'', ''
Treme'', ''
True Blood
''True Blood'' is an American fantasy horror drama television series produced and created by Alan Ball. It is based on '' The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', a series of novels by Charlaine Harris. A reboot is currently in development.
The ser ...
'' and ''
Shameless'', among others. He has also directed one feature film, ''
Red Tails
''Red Tails'' is a 2012 American war film directed by Anthony Hemingway in his feature film directorial debut, and starring Terrence Howard and Cuba Gooding Jr. The film is about the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African-American United States ...
'' in 2012. Before becoming a director he worked extensively as an assistant director in television and film.
Career
Hemingway began working in the industry on
Tom Fontana
Tom Fontana (born September 12, 1951) is an American screenwriter, writer, and television producer. Fontana worked on NBC's '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' and created HBO's ''Oz.''
Early life and education
Fontana was born on the west si ...
's HBO prison drama ''
Oz'' as an assistant director. He later worked with Fontana on ''The Jury''. He was the first assistant director on the film ''
Freedomland'' in 2006 which was written by ''The Wire'' writer
Richard Price
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and featured several cast members from that show alongside
Samuel L. Jackson
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. He first worked with Jackson as assistant director on the 2002 film ''
Changing Lanes
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''. He first worked with director/producer
Joe Chappelle
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on the 2000 film ''
Takedown'' and has since collaborated with him on ''The Wire'' and ''
CSI: NY
''CSI: NY'' (''Crime Scene Investigation: New York'', stylized as ''CSI: NY/Crime Scene Investigation'') is an American police procedural television series that ran on CBS from September 22, 2004, to February 22, 2013, for a total of nine seaso ...
''.
For ''
The Wire
''The Wire'' is an American crime drama television series created and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon. The series was broadcast by the cable network HBO in the United States. ''The Wire'' premiered on June 2 ...
'' Hemingway served as the first assistant director on several episodes in the first season
and throughout the second and third season.
He returned in 2006 as a director for the seventh episode of the fourth season "
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".
Showrunner David Simon
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He worked for '' The Baltimore Sun'' City Desk for twelve years (1982–95), wrote '' H ...
said that Hemingway's directing debut proved what they already knew, "that it was time." The experience has led to directing work on several other series for Hemingway.
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In 2012, Hemingway's first feature film ''
Red Tails
''Red Tails'' is a 2012 American war film directed by Anthony Hemingway in his feature film directorial debut, and starring Terrence Howard and Cuba Gooding Jr. The film is about the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African-American United States ...
'' was released, produced by
Rick McCallum
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and
Chas. Floyd Johnson.
HBO is also developing ''Bros'', a comedy set to be directed by Hemingway and written by Ben Cory Jones, that centers on three African-American brothers — two straight and one gay — who are each dealing with love and dating.
In 2020, Anthony Hemingway signed a deal with
20th Television
20th Television (formerly 20th Century Fox Television, 20th Century-Fox Television, and TCF Television Productions, Inc.) is an American television production company that is a division of Disney Television Studios, part of The Walt Disney Comp ...
to produce and direct its own projects.
Personal life
Hemingway identifies as gay, stating that he had known his entire life. He and actor Steven Norfleet started dating in 2014, after being introduced through a mutual friend. They got engaged in June 2018 and married in September 2019.
Filmography
Director
Assistant director
*''
Freedomland'' (2006) First Assistant Director: Second Unit
*''
The Manchurian Candidate
''The Manchurian Candidate'' is a novel by Richard Condon, first published in 1959. It is a political thriller about the son of a prominent U.S. political family who is brainwashed into being an unwitting assassin for a Communist conspiracy.
Th ...
'' (2004) First Assistant Director: Washington, D.C./New York
*''
The Jury'' (2004) First Assistant Director
*''
The Wire
''The Wire'' is an American crime drama television series created and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon. The series was broadcast by the cable network HBO in the United States. ''The Wire'' premiered on June 2 ...
'' (2002–2006) First Assistant Director - 23 episodes
*''The Extreme Team'' (2003) First Assistant Director
*''
Oz'' (2002) First Assistant Director - 4 episodes
*''
Juwanna Mann
''Juwanna Mann'' is a 2002 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Jesse Vaughan, written by Bradley Allenstein, produced by Bill Gerber, and starring Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Vivica A. Fox, Kevin Pollak, Tommy Davidson, Kim Wayans, Gi ...
'' (2002) First Assistant Director
*''
New Best Friend'' (2002) Second Assistant Director
*''
Changing Lanes
''Changing Lanes'' is a 2002 American drama thriller film directed by Roger Michell and starring Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson. The film follows a successful, young Wall Street lawyer (Affleck) who accidentally crashes his car into a vehicle ...
'' (2002) First Assistant Director: Second Unit
*''
Ali
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam ...
'' (2001) Second Assistant Director: New York
*''
Law & Order Criminal Intent'' (2001) First Assistant Director
* ''
The Corner
''The Corner'' is a 2000 HBO drama television miniseries based on the nonfiction book '' The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood'' (1997) by David Simon and Ed Burns, and adapted for television by David Simon and David Mi ...
'' (2000 TV Mini-Series) First Assistant Director - 4 episodes
*''
Takedown'' (2000) Second Assistant Director
*''Monday After the Miracle'' (1998 TV movie) Second Assistant Director
*''Carriers'' (1998 TV movie) Second Assistant Director
References
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