Frederick E.O. Toye (born September 26, 1967) is an American television director and occasional producer. His directorial work in 2016 includes an episode in the final season of ''

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'', the 100th episode of ''

Person of Interest "Person of interest" is a term used by law enforcement in the United States, Canada, and other countries when identifying someone possibly involved in a criminal investigation who has not been arrested or formally accused of a crime. It has no leg ...

'', several episodes for ''

BrainDead ''BrainDead'' is an American political satire science fiction comedy-drama television series created by Robert and Michelle King. The series stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Laurel Healy, a documentary film-maker who takes a job working for he ...

'' and the miniseries ''

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'', and for the

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series ''

Westworld ''Westworld'' is an American science fiction- thriller media franchise that began with the 1973 film ''Westworld'', written and directed by Michael Crichton. The film depicts a technologically advanced Wild-West-themed amusement park populat ...

''.

Early life and education

Toye attended the

University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduate ...

and graduated with a B.A.

Career

Toye began his career as a production assistant for five years and an editor for 15 years, before becoming a television director. He is a frequent collaborator of

J. J. Abrams Jeffrey Jacob Abrams (born June 27, 1966) is an American filmmaker and composer. He is best known for his works in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Abrams wrote and produced such films as ''Regarding Henry'' (1991), '' For ...

. He has directed, edited, and co-produced several episodes of the

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series, ''

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'', as well as serving as a producer and occasional director on the

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science fiction series ''

Fringe Fringe may refer to: Arts * Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world's largest arts festival, known as "the Fringe" * Adelaide Fringe, the world's second-largest annual arts festival * Fringe theatre, a name for alternative theatre * The Fringe, the ...

''. He has also directed episodes of: ''

Lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...

'', ''

Ghost Whisperer ''Ghost Whisperer'' is an American supernatural television series, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005, to May 21, 2010. The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon ( Jennifer Love Hewitt), who has the ability to see and communicate with ...

'', '' Brothers & Sisters'', ''

The 4400 ''The 4400'' (pronounced "the forty-four hundred") is a science fiction television series produced by CBS Paramount Network Television in association with BSkyB, Renegade 83, and American Zoetrope for USA Network in the United States and Sky ...

'', ''

Moonlight Moonlight consists of mostly sunlight (with little earthlight) reflected from the parts of the Moon's surface where the Sun's light strikes. Illumination The intensity of moonlight varies greatly depending on the lunar phase, but even the ful ...

'', '' V'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

'', and other series.

Television work

*''

'' **episode 1.02 "The Kill Floor" **episode 1.04 "The Eyes of Texas" *''

'' **episode 3.11 "The Gospel According to Collier" *''

'' **episode 4.13 "Tuesday" **episode 5.02 "...1..." **episode 5.04 "Mockingbird" **episode 5.13 "30 Seconds" **episode 5.16 "Reprisal" *'' Almost Human'' **episode 1.12 "Beholder" *''

American Gods ''American Gods'' (2001) is a fantasy novel by British author Neil Gaiman. The novel is a blend of Americana, fantasy, and various strands of ancient and modern mythology, all centering on the mysterious and taciturn Shadow. The book was pub ...

'' **episode 2.02 " The Begulling Man" *''

The Boys Boys are young male humans. Boys or The Boys may also refer to: Film and television Films * ''The Boys'' (1962 British film), a courtroom drama by Sidney J. Furie * ''The Boys'' (1962 Finnish film), a war drama by Mikko Niskanen * ''Boys'' ( ...

'' **episode 1.04 "The Female of the Species" **episode 2.04 "Nothing Like It in the World" **episode 3.04 "Glorious Five Year Plan” *''

'' **episode 1.06 "Notes Toward a Post-Reagan Theory of Party Alliance, Tribalism, and Loyalty: Past as Prologue" **episode 1.07 "The Power of Euphemism: How Torture Became a Matter of Debate in American Politics" *'' Brothers & Sisters'' **episode 1.06 "For the Children" **episode 1.10 "Light the Lights" *''

'' **episode 1.12 "Chuck Versus the Undercover Lover" **episode 3.05 "Chuck Versus the First Class" **episode 3.15 "Chuck Versus the Role Models" **episode 4.17 "Chuck Versus the First Bank of Evil" **episode 5.09 "Chuck Versus the Kept Man" *''

'' **episode 5.02 "Page Turner" **episode 7.15 "Vigilante" **episode 8.01 "Indelible" *''

Evil Evil, in a general sense, is defined as the opposite or absence of good. It can be an extremely broad concept, although in everyday usage it is often more narrowly used to talk about profound wickedness and against common good. It is general ...

'' **episode 1.09 "Exorcism Part 2" *''

'' **episode 1.04 "Grace" **episode 1.05 "Silent Kill" *''

'' **episode 1.03 "

The Ghost Network "The Ghost Network" is the third episode of the first season of the American science fiction drama television series ''Fringe''. The episode was written by co-executive producer David H. Goodman and supervising producer J. R. Orci, and was dire ...

" **episode 1.09 "

The Dreamscape "The Dreamscape" is the ninth episode of the first season of the American science fiction drama television series ''Fringe''. It centers on a Fringe investigation of a Massive Dynamic employee who, after believing himself to be under attack by ...

" **episode 1.11 "

Bound Bound or bounds may refer to: Mathematics * Bound variable * Upper and lower bounds, observed limits of mathematical functions Physics * Bound state, a particle that has a tendency to remain localized in one or more regions of space Geography *B ...

" **episode 1.15 "

Inner Child In popular psychology and analytical psychology, the inner child is an individual's childlike aspect. It includes what a person learned as a child, before puberty. The inner child is often conceived as a semi-independent subpersonality subordinat ...

" **episode 1.19 "

The Road Not Taken "The Road Not Taken" is a narrative poem by Robert Frost, first published in the August 1915 issue of ''The Atlantic Monthly'', and later published as the first poem in the collection '' Mountain Interval'' of 1916. Its central theme is th ...

" **episode 2.11 " Unearthed" **episode 3.15 " Subject 13" **episode 4.16 " Nothing As It Seems" *''

'' **episode 2.04 "The Ghost Within" **episode 2.18 "Children of Ghosts" **episode 3.07 "Unhappy Medium" **episode 3.09 "All Ghosts Lead to Grandview" **episode 3.14 "The Gravesitter" *''

'' **episode 1.22 "Hybristophilia" **episode 2.20 "Foreign Affairs" **episode 3.04 "Feeding the Rat" **episode 3.13 "Bitcoin for Dummies" **episode 3.14 "Another Ham Sandwich" **episode 4.05 "Waiting for the Knock" **episode 4.19 "The Wheels of Justice" **episode 5.07 "The Next Week" **episode 6.05 "Shiny Objects" *''

Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-O or Hawaii Five-0 may refer to: * Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series), ''Hawaii Five-0'' (2010 TV series), an American action police procedural television series * Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series), ''Hawaii Five-O'' (1968 TV series), an Ame ...

'' **episode 1.11 "Palekaiko" **episode 2.19 "Kalele" **episode 3.02 "Kanalua" *''

Invasion An invasion is a military offensive in which large numbers of combatants of one geopolitical entity aggressively enter territory owned by another such entity, generally with the objective of either: conquering; liberating or re-establishing con ...

'' **episode 1.16 "The Fittest" *''

'' **episode 3.18 " D.O.C." *''

Melrose Place ''Melrose Place'' is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on Fox from July 8, 1992, to May 24, 1999, for seven seasons. The show follows the lives of a group of young adults living in an apartment complex on Melrose Place, in ...

'' **episode 1.04 "Vine" *''

Miami Medical ''Miami Medical'' (formerly titled ''Miami Trauma'') is an American medical drama television series that aired on CBS from April 2 to July 2, 2010. It follows the professional and private lives of a team of trauma surgeons. The series was created ...

'' **episode 1.12 "Down to the Bone" *''

'' **episode 1.02 "

Out of the Past ''Out of the Past'' (billed in the United Kingdom as ''Build My Gallows High'') is a 1947 film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas. The film was adapted by Daniel Mainwaring (using the pseu ...

" **episode 1.04 "Fever" **episode 1.16 "

Sonata Sonata (; Italian: , pl. ''sonate''; from Latin and Italian: ''sonare'' rchaic Italian; replaced in the modern language by ''suonare'' "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ''played'' as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian ''cant ...

" *''

'' **episode 1.07 "Witness" **episode 1.21 "Many Happy Returns" **episode 2.07 "Critical" **episode 2.15 "Booked Solid" **episode 3.02 "Nothing to Hide" **episode 3.09 "The Crossing" **episode 3.21 "Beta" **episode 4.03 "Wingman" **episode 4.16 "Blunt" **episode 4.21 "Asylum" **episode 5.10 "The Day the World Went Away" *''

Revolution In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...

'' **episode 1.10 "Nobody's Fault But Mine" **episode 1.19 "Children of Men" **episode 2.05 "One Riot, One Ranger" **episode 2.17 "Why We Fight" *''

Rizzoli & Isles ''Rizzoli & Isles'' is an American crime drama television series starring Angie Harmon as Jane Rizzoli and Sasha Alexander as Maura Isles. Based on the series of ''Rizzoli & Isles'' novels by Tess Gerritsen, the plot follows Boston Homicide polic ...

'' **episode 2.09 "Gone Daddy Gone" **episode 3.07 "Crazy for You" *''

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'' **episode 1.07 "The Lavender Road" *''

Snowpiercer ''Snowpiercer'' () is a 2013 Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, post-apocalyptic science fiction action film based on the French climate fiction graphic novel ''Le Transperceneige'' by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette ...

'' **episode 1.04 "Without Their Maker" **episode 1.05 "Justice Never Boarded" *'' Undercovers'' **episode 1.09 "A Night to Forget" *'' V'' **episode 1.03 "A Bright New Day" **episode 1.09 "Heretic's Fork" *''

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'' **episode 1.13 "Road Trip" *'' The Walking Dead'' **episode 11.03 " Hunted" **episode 11.04 " Rendition" *''

Watchmen ''Watchmen'' is an American comic book Limited series (comics), maxiseries by the British creative team of writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons and colorist John Higgins (comics), John Higgins. It was published monthly by DC Comics in 1986 a ...

'' **episode 1.09 " See How They Fly" *''

'' **episode 1.06 " The Adversary" **episode 1.07 "

Trompe L'Oeil A trompe is a water-powered air compressor, commonly used before the advent of the electric-powered compressor. A trompe is somewhat like an airlift pump working in reverse. Trompes were used to provide compressed air for bloomery furnaces ...

" **episode 2.10 " The Passenger"

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Toye, Frederick E.O. 1967 births American television directors Television producers from California Living people Businesspeople from Los Angeles Visual effects artists University of California, Santa Barbara alumni American film editors