Anthony Hemingway


Anthony Maurice Hemingway is an American television and film director. He has worked extensively in television, directing numerous episodes of CSI: NY, Treme, True Blood and Shameless, among others. He has also directed one feature film, Red Tails. Before becoming a director he worked extensively as an assistant director in television and film.

Career

Hemingway began working in the industry on Tom Fontana's HBO prison drama Oz as an assistant director. He later worked with Fontana on The Jury. He was the first assistant director on the film Freedomland in 2006 which was written by The Wire writer Richard Price and featured several cast members from that show alongside Samuel L. Jackson. He first worked with Jackson as assistant director on the 2002 film Changing Lanes. He first worked with director/producer Joe Chappelle on the 2000 film Takedown and has since collaborated with him on The Wire and CSI: NY.
For The Wire Hemingway served as the first assistant director on several episodes in the first season and throughout the second and third season. He returned in 2006 as a director for the seventh episode of the fourth season "Unto Others". Showrunner David Simon said that Hemingway's directing debut proved what they already knew, "that it was time." The experience has led to directing work on several other series for Hemingway.
In 2012, Hemingway's first feature film Red Tails was released. It was executive produced by George Lucas, who originated the project. It was produced by Rick McCallum and Chas. Floyd Johnson.
HBO is also developing Bros, a comedy set to be directed by Hemingway and written by Ben Cory Jones, that centers on three African-American brothers — two straight and one gay — who are each dealing with love and dating.
In 2020, Anthony Hemingway signed a deal with 20th Television to produce and direct its own projects.

Personal life

Hemingway is gay, stating that he had known his entire life. He and actor Steven G. Norfleet started dating in 2014, after being introduced through a mutual friend. They got engaged in June 2018 and married in September 2019.

Filmography

Director

Film
  • Red Tails
Television
YearTitleEpisode
2025Boston Blue"Pilot"
"Faith and Family"
2025Forever"Ghosted"
2025Forever"Fourth Quarter"
2025Forever"Deep End"
2025Forever"Forever..."
2025Power Book IV: Force"A Seat at the Table"
2023True Lies"Pilot"
2021Genius"Aretha: Respect"
2021Genius"Aretha: Young, Gifted and Black"
2021Genius"Aretha: Amazing Grace"
2021Genius"Aretha: Chain of Fools"
2021Genius"Aretha: No One Sleeps"
2020Power Book II: Ghost"The Stranger"
2019All Rise"Sweet Bird of Truth"
2018The Purge"What Is America?"
2018The Purge"Take What's Yours"
2018Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G."Wherever It Leads"
2018Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G."Nobody Talks"
2018Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G."Take Your Best Shot"
2018Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G."Tupac Amaru Shakur"
2018Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G."Unsolved?"
2017Shots Fired"Hour Three: Someone's Son"
2016Goliath"Cover Your Ass"
2016American Crime Story"The Dream Team"
2016American Crime Story"100% Not Guilty"
2016American Crime Story"Conspiracy Theories"
2016American Crime Story"A Jury in Jail"
2016American Crime Story"Manna from Heaven"
2015Glee"The Rise and Fall of Sue Sylvester"
2015Empire"Unto the Breach"
2015Shameless"Crazy Love"
2015Major Crimes"Internal Affairs"
2014The Newsroom"Boston"
2014The Newsroom"Contempt"
2014American Horror Story: Freak Show"Test of Strength"
2014Shameless"Emily"
2014–2020Power"Whoever He Is"
2014–2020Power"Exactly How We Planned"
2014–2020Power"Not Exactly How We Planned"
2013Major Crimes"All In"
2013Treme"This City"
2013Treme"Yes We Can Can"
2013Low Winter Sun"Ann Arbor"
2013The Newsroom"Red Team III"
2013Major Crimes"Boys Will Be Boys"
2013True Blood"At Last"
2013Shameless"Cascading Failures"
2013Shameless"The American Dream"
2012Vegas"Estinto"
2012Treme"Tipitina"
2012Once Upon a Time"Child of the Moon"
2012Treme"Careless Love"
2012Treme"Knock with Me - Rock with Me"
2012Shameless"Father's Day"
2011CSI: NY"Air Apparent"
2011The Closer"A Family Affair"
2011Fringe"Wallflower"
2011Falling Skies"What Hides Beneath"
2011Treme"Accentuate the Positive"
2010Treme"All on a Mardi Gras Day"
2010Treme"At the Foot of Canal Street"
2010True Blood"Evil Is Going On"
2010Undercovers"Jailbreak"
2010Community"Epidemiology"
2008The Closer"Tijuana Brass"
2008True Blood"Plaisir d'Amour"
2008Heroes"Angels and Monsters"
2008Criminal Minds"3rd Life"
2008The Wire"Clarifications"
2008CSI: NY"Personal Foul"
2008CSI: NY"Like Water for Murder"
2008Battlestar Galactica"Six of One"
2008ER"Tandem Repeats"
2007ER"Under the Influence"
2007The Black Donnellys"The Only Thing Sure"
2007CSI: Miami"Burned"
2007Shark"Backfire"
2007CSI: NY"The Thing About Heroes"
2007CSI: NY"The Lying Game"
2007Tell Me You Love Me
2006Close to Home"Prodigal Son"
2006Justice"Wrongful Death"
2006CSI: NY"Hung Out to Dry"
2006CSI: NY"Heroes"
2006The Wire"Unto Others"

Assistant director

First Assistant
  • Freedomland Second Unit
  • The Manchurian Candidate Washington, D.C./New York unit
  • The Jury
  • The Wire 23 episodes
  • The Extreme Team
  • Oz 4 episodes
  • Juwanna Mann
  • Changing Lanes Second Unit
  • Law & Order Criminal Intent
  • The Corner 4 episodes
Second Assistant
  • New Best Friend
  • Ali New York unit
  • Takedown
  • Monday After the Miracle
  • ''Carriers''