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American television director and producer

Rob Thompson
Born	United States
Occupation(s)	Television director, producer, screenwriter
Years active	1975–present

Rob Thompson is an American television director, producer and screenwriter.

As a director, his most notable credits include L.A. Law, The Wonder Years, Doogie Howser, M.D., Dream On, Ed, The Chris Isaak Show, Monk and Northern Exposure. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for his work in the latter series as a part of the producing and writing team in 1992.

References

"Primetime Emmy Awards and Nominations for Rob Thompson". Primetime Emmy® Award Database. Retrieved January 4, 2012.

External links

Rob Thompson at IMDb

v t e Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series
1971–2000	Daniel Petrie for "Hands of Love" (1971) Robert Butler for "Dust Bowl Cousins" (1972) Charles S. Dubin for "Knockover" (1973) David Friedkin for "Cross Your Heart, Hope to Die" (1974) James Cellan Jones for Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1975) Glenn Jordan for "Rites of Friendship" (1976) John Erman for "Second Hour" (1977) Gene Reynolds for "Prisoner" (1978) Roger Young for "Cop" (1979) Roger Young for "Lou" (1980) Robert Butler for "Hill Street Station" (1981) David Anspaugh for "Personal Foul" (1982) Jeff Bleckner for "Life in the Minors" (1983) Thomas Carter for "The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall" (1984) Will Mackenzie for "My Fair David" (1985) Will Mackenzie for "Atomic Shakespeare" (1986) Marshall Herskovitz for "Pilot" (thirtysomething) (1987) Marshall Herskovitz for "Therapy" (1988) Eric Laneuville for "I'm in the Nude" (1989) Michael Zinberg for "Vietnam" (1990) Eric Laneuville for "All God's Children" (1991) Rob Thompson for "Cicely" (1992) Gregory Hoblit for "Pilot" (NYPD Blue) (1993) Charles Haid for "Into That Good Night" (1994) Christopher Chulack for "Hell and High Water" (1995) Christopher Chulack for "Fear of Flying" (1996) Barbara Kopple for "The Documentary" (1997) Paris Barclay for "Hearts and Souls" (1998) David Chase for "The Sopranos" (1999) Thomas Schlamme for "Noël" (2000)
2001–present	Alan Ball for "Pilot" (Six Feet Under) (2001) John Patterson for "Whitecaps" (2002) Chris Misiano for "Twenty Five" (2003) Walter Hill for "Deadwood" (2004) Michael Apted for "The Stolen Eagle" (2005) Jon Cassar for "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." (2006) Alan Taylor for "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (2007) Daniel Attias for "Transitions" (2008) Lesli Linka Glatter for "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" (2009) Martin Scorsese for "Boardwalk Empire" (2010) Patty Jenkins for "Pilot" (The Killing) (2011) Rian Johnson for "Fifty-One" (2012) Vince Gilligan for "Felina" (2013) Lesli Linka Glatter for "From A to B and Back Again" (2014) David Nutter for "Mother's Mercy" (2015) Miguel Sapochnik for "Battle of the Bastards" (2016) Reed Morano for "Offred" (2017) Adam McKay for "Celebration" (2018) Nicole Kassell for "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" (2019) Lesli Linka Glatter for "Prisoners of War" (2020) Mark Mylod for "All the Bells Say" (2021) Sam Levinson for "Stand Still Like the Hummingbird" (2022) Peter Hoar for "Long, Long Time" (2023)

Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series

1971–2000

Daniel Petrie for "Hands of Love" (1971)
Robert Butler for "Dust Bowl Cousins" (1972)
Charles S. Dubin for "Knockover" (1973)
David Friedkin for "Cross Your Heart, Hope to Die" (1974)
James Cellan Jones for Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1975)
Glenn Jordan for "Rites of Friendship" (1976)
John Erman for "Second Hour" (1977)
Gene Reynolds for "Prisoner" (1978)
Roger Young for "Cop" (1979)
Roger Young for "Lou" (1980)
Robert Butler for "Hill Street Station" (1981)
David Anspaugh for "Personal Foul" (1982)
Jeff Bleckner for "Life in the Minors" (1983)
Thomas Carter for "The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall" (1984)
Will Mackenzie for "My Fair David" (1985)
Will Mackenzie for "Atomic Shakespeare" (1986)
Marshall Herskovitz for "Pilot" (thirtysomething) (1987)
Marshall Herskovitz for "Therapy" (1988)
Eric Laneuville for "I'm in the Nude" (1989)
Michael Zinberg for "Vietnam" (1990)
Eric Laneuville for "All God's Children" (1991)
Rob Thompson for "Cicely" (1992)
Gregory Hoblit for "Pilot" (NYPD Blue) (1993)
Charles Haid for "Into That Good Night" (1994)
Christopher Chulack for "Hell and High Water" (1995)
Christopher Chulack for "Fear of Flying" (1996)
Barbara Kopple for "The Documentary" (1997)
Paris Barclay for "Hearts and Souls" (1998)
David Chase for "The Sopranos" (1999)
Thomas Schlamme for "Noël" (2000)

2001–present

Alan Ball for "Pilot" (Six Feet Under) (2001)
John Patterson for "Whitecaps" (2002)
Chris Misiano for "Twenty Five" (2003)
Walter Hill for "Deadwood" (2004)
Michael Apted for "The Stolen Eagle" (2005)
Jon Cassar for "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." (2006)
Alan Taylor for "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (2007)
Daniel Attias for "Transitions" (2008)
Lesli Linka Glatter for "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" (2009)
Martin Scorsese for "Boardwalk Empire" (2010)
Patty Jenkins for "Pilot" (The Killing) (2011)
Rian Johnson for "Fifty-One" (2012)
Vince Gilligan for "Felina" (2013)
Lesli Linka Glatter for "From A to B and Back Again" (2014)
David Nutter for "Mother's Mercy" (2015)
Miguel Sapochnik for "Battle of the Bastards" (2016)
Reed Morano for "Offred" (2017)
Adam McKay for "Celebration" (2018)
Nicole Kassell for "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" (2019)
Lesli Linka Glatter for "Prisoners of War" (2020)
Mark Mylod for "All the Bells Say" (2021)
Sam Levinson for "Stand Still Like the Hummingbird" (2022)
Peter Hoar for "Long, Long Time" (2023)

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