Greg Beeman

Greg Beeman
Born	1962 (age 61–62) Honolulu, Hawaii, US
Other names	Gregory Beeman
Occupation(s)	Director and producer
Years active	1986–present
Spouse	Deirdre Sullivan Beeman ​ ​ (m. 1986)​

Greg Beeman (born 1962 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American film and television director and producer and winner of the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement.

He is known for his work on the television series JAG, Smallville, and Heroes. Beeman worked on the TNT apocalyptic/science-fiction series Falling Skies, as executive producer and main director.

Career

Beeman started his directorial career in the late 1980s, guest directing for the television show The Wonder Years, and directing two television films. In 1988, Beeman made his theatrical directing debut in License to Drive. During the early 1990s, Beeman continued work in the television industry, directing episodes of JAG, Harts of the West, Danger Theatre, and Nash Bridges. Beeman also contributed two episodes to the sci-fi series Eerie, Indiana. Beeman would work on numerous television projects during the late 1990s, most notably as a recurring director on television series JAG.

In 2000, Beeman won a Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs for the television film Miracle in Lane 2. The next year, he 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 show's series finale. In 2003, Beeman was again 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. Heroes was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form in 2008. Beeman and fellow Heroes' producers were nominated for a PGA Award in the same year. In 2009, he joined The CW drama Melrose Place, as a director and executive producer. Beeman boarded the TNT science-fiction/action series Falling Skies, as a director and co-executive producer in 2011. In the show's second season, Beeman served as executive producer and primary director. For the TV series Minority Report and American Gothic, Beeman directed as well as acting as co-executive producer.

Filmography

Feature

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
1988	License to Drive	Yes	No
1990	Tales of the Unknown		Yes	"The Big Garage"
1992	Mom and Dad Save the World		No
1995	Bushwhacked

Television

TV movies

Year	Title	Director	Producer
1986	The Richest Cat in the World	Yes	No
	Little Spies
1995	Problem Child 3: Junior in Love
1997	Under Wraps
1998	Brink!
1999	Horse Sense		Yes
2000	Miracle in Lane 2
	The Ultimate Christmas Present		No
2002	A Ring of Endless Light

TV series

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Notes
1988–1993	The Wonder Years	Yes	No	3 episodes
1991–1992	Eerie, Indiana			1 episode
1993–1994	The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.			1 episode
	Harts of the West			2 episodes
1995–1996	Nowhere Man			1 episode
	Strange Luck			2 episodes
1995–2005	JAG			11 episodes
1996–1999	The Sentinel
1996–2001	Nash Bridges		Yes	18 episodes
1998–2000	Martial Law		No	4 episodes
1999–2000	The Strip
1999–2002	Providence			2 episodes
2000	I Spike
	City of Angels
	Secret Agent Man			1 episode
2001–2002	Philly			1 episode
2001–2011	Smallville		Executive	105 episodes
2006–2010	Heroes			58 episodes
2007	Aquaman		No	pilot
2009–2010	Melrose Place		Executive	16 episodes
2010	Rizzoli & Isles		No	1 episode
2010	Blue Bloods			1 episode
2010–2011	The Defenders			1 episode
	No Ordinary Family			1 episode
	Memphis Beat			1 episode
2011	Falling Skies		Executive	17 episodes
	Once Upon a Time		No	1 episode
2012–2013	Touch			1 episode
	Vegas			1 episode
2012–2014	Perception			6 episodes
2014	The Last Ship			1 episode
2015–2016	Heroes Reborn			2 episodes
2015–2017	Lucifer			4 episodes
2015	Minority Report		Executive	6 episodes
2016	American Gothic			13 episodes
2017	No Tomorrow		No	1 episode
	Zoo			1 episode
	Salvation			1 episode
	Midnight, Texas			1 episode
2017–2019	S.W.A.T.			2 episodes
2018	The Rookie			1 episode
2019	Charmed			1 episode
	Swamp Thing			1 episode
2020	Nancy Drew			1 episode
2020–2021	Batwoman			2 episodes
	Stargirl			4 episodes
2021	The Mysterious Benedict Society			1 episode
2022	The Flash			1 episode

External links

• Greg Beeman at IMDb
• Greg Beeman's blog