# Jim McKay (director)

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

## Career

For The Wire McKay directed the fourth episode of the fourth season, "Refugees". 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. 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.

## Filmography

Film
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer |
| 2018 | En el séptimo día | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2000 | Our Song | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 1996 | Girls Town | Yes | Yes | No |
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer |
| 2007 | Life Support | No | Yes | No |
| 2005 | Angel Rodriguez | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2004 | Everyday People | Yes | Yes | No |
TV series
| Year | Title | Episode |
| 2022 | Law & Order: Organized Crime | "Nemesis" |
| 2021 | FBI: Most Wanted | "Dysfunction" |
| 2020 | Better Call Saul | "Dedicado a Max" |
| 2020 | Home Before Dark | "Search Party" |
| 2020 | Home Before Dark | "The Future Is Female" |
| 2019 | Evil | "Vatican III" |
| 2019 | For The People | "The Boxer" |
| 2019 | The Good Fight | "The One Where a Nazi Gets Punched" |
| 2018 | Quantico | "Deep Cover" |
| 2018 | Better Call Saul | “Coushatta” |
| 2018 | Instinct | “Bad Actors” |
| 2018 | The Good Fight | “Day 436” |
| 2018 | The Good Fight | “Day 415” |
| 2017 | Quantico | "Resistance" |
| 2017 | The Good Fight | "Self Condemned" |
| 2017 | The Good Fight | "Social Media and Its Discontents" |
| 2017 | Shades of Blue | “Chaos Is Come Again” |
| 2017 | Shades of Blue | “Unpaid Debts” |
| 2016 | Power | “Trust Me” |
| 2016 | BrainDead | “Goring Oxes: How You Can Survive the War on Government Through Five Easy Steps” |
| 2016 | BrainDead | “Playing Politics: Living Life in the Shadow of the Budget Showdown - A Critique” |
| 2015 | Power | “Time's Up” |
| 2015 | Mr. Robot | "eps1.4_3xpl0its.wmv" |
| 2015 | Mr. Robot | "eps1.2_d3bug.mkv" |
| 2015 | The Good Wife | “KSR” |
| 2015 | The Good Wife | “Taxed” |
| 2015 | The Good Wife | “Innocents” |
| 2015 | The Good Wife | “Dark Money” |
| 2014 | Bosch | "Chapter One: 'Tis the Season" |
| 2014 | Rectify | “Mazel Tov” |
| 2014 | The Good Wife | "Trust Issues" |
| 2014 | The Good Wife | "The Last Call" |
| 2013 | The Good Wife | “Red Team, Blue Team” |
| 2013 | Rectify | “Plato’s Cave” |
| 2013 | Betrayal | “ ...That Is Not What Ships Are Built For” |
| 2013 | Zero Hour | "Sync” |
| 2013 | The Americans | ”Safe House” |
| 2013 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | “Deadly Ambition” |
| 2012 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | “Friending Emily” |
| 2012 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | “Home Invasions” |
| 2012 | Treme | “Saints“ |
| 2012 | Boss | “Louder Than Words” |
| 2012 | Blue Bloods | ”Reagan V. Reagan” |
| 2011 | Boss | ”Slip” |
| 2011 | Boss | "Reflex" |
| 2011 | The Good Wife | "The Death Zone" |
| 2011 | The Good Wife | "Silver Bullet" |
| 2010 | Treme | "Meet De Boys on the Battlefront" |
| 2010 | Law & Order | "Immortal" |
| 2010 | Law & Order | "Four Cops Shot" |
| 2010 | The Good Wife | "Bad Girls" |
| 2010 | In Treatment | ”Jesse: Week Seven” |
| 2010 | In Treatment | ”Jesse: Week Six” |
| 2010 | In Treatment | ”Frances: Week Five” |
| 2010 | In Treatment | ”Jesse: Week Four” |
| 2010 | In Treatment | ”Adele: Week Three” |
| 2010 | In Treatment | ”Jesse: Week Two” |
| 2010 | In Treatment | ”Frances: Week Two” |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | "Unprepared" |
| 2009 | Law & Order | "Dignity" |
| 2009 | Law & Order | "Take-Out" |
| 2009 | Law & Order | "Chattel" |
| 2009 | Hung | "The Rita Flower or the Indelible Stench" |
| 2009 | In Treatment | "April: Week Seven" |
| 2009 | In Treatment | "April: Week Five" |
| 2009 | In Treatment | "April: Week Four" |
| 2009 | Big Love | "Empire" |
| 2008 | Law & Order | "Excalibur" |
| 2008 | Law & Order | "Quit Claim" |
| 2008 | Gossip Girl | "The Ex-Files" |
| 2008 | New Amsterdam | "Keep the Change" |
| 2008 | Breaking Bad | "Cancer Man" |
| 2007 | Big Love | "Take Me As I Am" |
| 2007 | Big Love | "Dating Game" |
| 2007 | Law & Order Criminal Intent | "Flipped" |
| 2006 | Law & Order Criminal Intent | "Maltese Cross" |
| 2006 | The Wire | "Refugees" |