Jim McKay (director)

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Jim McKay is an American television director, producer and writer. He has directed episodes of The Wire, Big Love and Criminal Intent as well as writing and directing Everyday People and Angel Rodriguez.

For The Wire McKay directed the fourth episode of the fourth season, "Refugees".[1][2] Show runner David Simon had seen McKay's HBO films and describes them as "masterful, ordinary-life movies" and thought that McKay would be perfect for the series based on their shared characteristics of accumulating drama in small moments.[3] McKay has worked with several cast members of the show on other projects including Reg E. Cathey and Jamie Hector on Everyday People and Wendell Pierce on Life Support.

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  1. ^ "Refugees". Dennis Lehane, Ed Burns. The Wire. HBO. 2004-10-31. No. 04, season 4.
  2. ^ Episode guide - episode 41 Refugees. HBO (2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-03.
  3. ^ Jim King (2003). 3rd Exclusive David Simon interview. The Wire at AOL. Retrieved on 2007-11-05. Page 5

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