Episodes Broadcast: 2011

Billy Gierhart began his professional career in the late Nineties as part of the camera crew -- most often operating a steadicam -- on American programmes such as Pacific Blue, Huff and The Shield. It was on the latter in 2008 that he had his first opportunity to direct, and he soon moved on to shows like Sons Of Anarchy and Breakout Kings. In 2011, Gierhart directed four episodes for the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood, which the BBC was now co-producing in the United States with the Starz network. Amongst his Torchwood assignments was the season finale, The Blood Line, which would prove to be the last episode of the series. Gierhart's subsequent credits included The Walking Dead, Once Upon A Time and Agents Of SHIELD. He became an executive producer on the action procedural SWAT, for which he would also direct thirty installments.