Sudz Sutherland

Sudz works on both sides of the fence as a freelance writer and director for TV dramas and feature films. He has directed episodes for Netflix's Ginny and Georgia, CW's Superman and Lois, and CBC's For The Record. Sudz's feature film, Home Again, won the prestigious PAFF BAFTA Festival Choice Award in Los Angeles and was nominated for Best Direction from the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC). Home Again is the follow up to his multiple award winning and Genie nominated debut feature film Love, Sex and Eating the Bones. His Dramatic series 'Shoot the Messenger,' with writer/producer Jennifer Holness was aired on the CBC and WGN America. Sudz is currently developing a comedy series for CFC-Netflix, #relationshipgoals, and will be producing and directing on a powerful new documentary series, BLK: An Origin Story, that he co-created about lost Black History in Canada. Sudz directed The Phantoms, which won an International Kids Emmy. He also won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction for the TV movie as well as garnering a Director's Guild of Canada Best Direction nomination. The Dream Street Pictures project aired on CBC. Sudz also co-created his first television series, the half-hour comedy 'She's The Mayor' with Jennifer Holness and Min Sook Lee. He also wrote and directed several episodes. The show received numerous critical nods and is distributed by BBC WorldWide. Previous to this, Sudz was involved with the feature film Toronto Stories, an anthology in conjunction with three other directors and was invited to TIFF. Sudz also co-wrote and directed the dramatic miniseries Guns for CBC based on four families caught up in illegal gun trafficking. Starring Colm Feore and Elisha Cuthbert, Guns won five Gemini Awards including Best Writing and Directing for Sudz. Sudz also wrote and directed the triple Gemini award-winning (Best Direction, Best Supporting Actress, Best Television Movie) Doomstown, an MOW for CTV/Sarrazin- Couture. Sudz's episodic television directing work includes: NBCs Blindspot, CWs Flash, Supergirl and Batwoman, Netflix's Designated Survivor and Ginny and Georgia, Syfy Network's Haven, CW's Reign, Beauty and the Beast, CBC's Cracked, numerous Murdoch Mysteries and Frankie Drake, Heartland and Wild Roses. He directed the pilot and second episode of Da Kink in my Hair for Global, Degrassi: The Next Generation for CTV, The Famous Jett Jackson for Disney, Drop the Beat for CBC, Skin Deep III for Life Network, Tell It Like It Is for W Network, Brand New Life for NFB/YTV and Canadian Geographic for Kids for TVO. Sudz's powerful half-hour dramatic debut, My Father's Hands screened at The Toronto International Film Festival. It won the $20,000 HBO Short Film Award at the Acapulco Black Film festival, and in Canada it went on to win prizes at the Yorkton Film Festival (four awards including best drama, script, direction and best actor). The film was also nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Short. In addition, Sudz co-directed the National Film Board's documentary film, Speakers for the Dead.