John David Coles

John David Coles is an American film and television director. Coles is probably most notable for his directing on the popular HBO sitcom, Sex and the City. In addition to Sex and the City, Coles has directed episodes of Grey's Anatomy, Law & Order, The West Wing and Desperate Housewives. Coles served as a producer on Wonderland, and Songs in Ordinary Time.
Previous to these movies and TV series, John Coles directed a documentary about Amherst while in college, which later aired on PBS. He also worked as an assistant editor to Francis Ford Coppola, and also directed industrial films for AT&T and Pepsi-Cola. He also made his television debut with shorts for NBC's Saturday Night Live.
== Director filmography ==
* Trump Unauthorized (2005) (TV)
* Grey's Anatomy (2005) TV Series
** episode 1.05 "Shake Your Groove Thing"
* Desperate Housewives (2004) TV Series
** episode 1.11 "Move On"
* Jack & Bobby (2004) TV Series
** episode 1.06 "Valentino"
* Karen Sisco (2003) TV Series
** episode 1.04 "Justice"
* Push, Nevada (2002) TV Series
* The American Embassy (2002) TV Series
* Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) TV Series
** episode 1.10 "Enemy Within"
* The $treet (2000) TV Series
* Wonderland (2000) TV Series
* The West Wing (1999) TV Series
** episode 4.10 "Arctic Radar"
** episode 4.21 "Life On Mars"
* Maximum Bob (1998) TV Series
* Sex and the City (1998) TV Series 
** episode 2.06 "The Cheating Curve"
** episode 3.13 "Escape from New York"
** episode 3.14 "Sex and Another City"
** episode 5.03 "Luck Be An Old Lady"
** episode 5.04 "Cover Girl"
* Nothing Sacred (1997) TV Series
* Feds (1997) TV Series
* New York News (1995) TV Series
* Friends at Last (1995) (TV)
* Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story (1994) (TV)
* Birdland (1994) TV Series
* Philly Heat (1994) TV Series
* The Good Fight (1992) (TV)
* I'll Fly Away (1991) TV Series
* Darrow (1991) (TV)
* Rising Son (1990/I) (TV)
* Northern Exposure (1990) TV Series
* Signs of Life (1989)
* Crossbow (1988) TV Series
== Awards ==
* 1990, Deauville Film Festival, Nominated with the Critics Award for Rising Son (1990)
* 1999 Deauville Film Festival, Won with the Critics Award for Signs of Life (1999)
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