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David "Sudz" Sutherland is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His credits include the films Doomstown, Love, Sex and Eating the Bones, Guns, Speakers for the Dead and Home Again, as well as episodes of Drop the Beat, Da Kink in My Hair, , Wild Roses, Jozi-H, Reign, She's the Mayor, Designated Survivor, Shoot the Messenger, Murdoch Mysteries, Frankie Drake Mysteries, Batwoman and Superman & Lois.
He is married to screenwriter and producer Jennifer Holness, his partner in Hungry Eyes Film & Television.
| 1998 | I'm a Big Girl | Yes | Yes | No |
| 1998 | Win/Loss/Tie | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 1999 | My Father's Hands | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2000 | Speakers for the Dead | Yes | No | No |
| 2003 | Love, Sex and Eating the Bones | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2006 | Doomstown | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2008 | Toronto Stories: Windows Segment | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2012 | Home Again | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2012 | The Phantoms | Yes | No | No |
| 2004 | My Brand New Life (Music for Whose Ears) | Yes | No | No |
| 2005–2007 |
| Yes | No | No |
| 2007 | 'da Kink in My Hair
| Yes | Yes | No |
| 2008 | Guns | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2008–2009 | Heartland
| Yes | No | No |
| 2009 | Wild Roses
| Yes | No | No |
| 2011 | She's the Mayor
| Yes | Yes | No |
| 2013 | Cracked – Season 2 Episode 7: "Hideaway" | Yes | No | No |
| 2010–2014 | Murdoch Mysteries
| Yes | No | No |
| 2014–2015 | Reign
| Yes | No | No |
| 2014–2015 | Beauty & the Beast
| Yes | No | No |
| 2015 | Haven
| Yes | No | No |
| 2016 | Shoot the Messenger | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2017–2018 | Frankie Drake Mysteries
| Yes | No | No |
| 2018 | In Contempt
| Yes | No | No |
| 2019 | Blindspot – Season 4 Episode 18: "'Ohana" | Yes | No | No |
| 2019 | Designated Survivor
| Yes | No | No |
| 2017–2019 | Private Eyes
| Yes | No | No |
| 2019 | Carter
| Yes | No | No |
| 2020 | Utopia Falls
| Yes | No | No |
| 2020 | Batwoman – Season 1 Episode 16: "Through the Looking Glass" | Yes | No | No |
| 2020 | For the Record
| Yes | No | No |
| 2021 | Ginny & Georgia
| Yes | No | No |
| 2021 | Supergirl – Season 6 Episode 3: "Phantom Menaces" | Yes | No | No |
| 2020–2021 | The Flash
| Yes | No | No |
| 2021 | Kung Fu – Season 1 Episode 12: "Sacrifice" | Yes | No | No |
| 2021–2022 | Legends of Tomorrow
| Yes | No | No |
| 2021–2024 | Superman & Lois
| Yes | No | No |
| 2022 | BLK, An Origin Story
| Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2022 | – Season 4 Episode 6: "Patent Pending" | Yes | No | No |
| 2023 | All American – Season 5 Episode 19: "Sabotage" | Yes | No | No |
| 2023 | Pretty Hard Cases – Season 3, Episode 8: "Badge Bitch Party" | Yes | No | No |
| 2024 | – Season 1 Episode 5: "Bleeding Heart" | Yes | No | No |
| 2024–2025 |
| Yes | No | No |
| 2024 | Found – Season 2 Episode 7: "Missing While Hated" | Yes | No | No |
| 2024–2025 | Brilliant Minds
| Yes | No | No |
| 2000 | My Father's Hands | Acapulco Black Film Festival's Short Film Award | Winner |
| 2000 | Drop the Beat | Gemini Awards Best Writing in a Dramatic Series Award | Nominated |
| 2003 | Love, Sex and Eating the Bones | Toronto International Film Festival Best Canadian First Feature Film Award (shared with Jennifer Holness) | Winner |
| 2004 | Love, Sex and Eating the Bones | Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival Best Canadian Feature Award (shared with Jennifer Holness) | Winner |
| 2004 | Love, Sex and Eating the Bones | American Black Film Festival Best Film Award (shared with Jennifer Holness) | Winner |
| 2004 | Love, Sex and Eating the Bones | Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival Best Feature Award (shared with Jennifer Holness) | Winner |
| 2004 | Love, Sex and Eating the Bones | Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival Audience Award (shared with Jennifer Holness) | Winner |
| 2004 | Love, Sex and Eating the Bones | San Francisco Black Film Festival Jury Award, Festival Prize | Nominated |
| 2005 | Love, Sex and Eating the Bones | Genie Awards Best Achievement in Direction Award | Nominated |
| 2005 | Love, Sex and Eating the Bones | Genie Awards Best Screenplay, Original | Nominated |
| 2007 | Doomstown | Gemini Awards Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Award | Winner |
| 2007 | Doomstown | Gemini Awards Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Award | Nominated |
| 2008 | Guns | Writer's Guild of Canada's WGC Award (shared with Jennifer Holness) | Nominated |
| 2008 | Guns | Director's Guild of Canada's DGC Team Award, Television Movie/Mini-Series | Nominated |
| 2010 | Guns | Gemini Awards Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Award | Winner |
| 2010 | Guns | Gemini Awards Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Award (shared with Jennifer Holness) | Winner |
| 2012 | Home Again | Whistler Film Festival Phillip Borsos Award for Best Canadian Film (shared with Jennifer Holness) | Nominated |
| 2013 | Home Again | Director's Guild of Canada Direction – Feature Film Award | Nominated |
| 2013 | Home Again | Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival Favourite Feature Film Audience Award (shared with Jennifer Holness) | Winner |
| 2013 | Home Again | Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival Best Narrative Feature (shared with Jennifer Holness) | Nominated |
| 2013 | The Phantoms | Director's Guild of Canada Direction – Television Movie/Mini-Series Award | Nominated |
| 2014 | The Phantoms | Canadian Screen Awards Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Award | Winner |
| 2014 | The Phantoms | International Emmy Awards, Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series (shared with Timothy M. Hogan, Rick LeGuerrier and Andrew Wreggitt | Winner |
| 2020 | Stateless | Boston Latino Film Festival's Audience Award (shared with Jennifer Holness, Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster and Lea Marin) | Winner |
| 2021 | Stateless | Canadian Screen Awards Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary Award (shared with Jennifer Holness, Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster and Lea Marin) | Nominated |
| 2022 | For the Record, for "Climax" | Canadian Screen Awards Best Direction, Web Program or Series Award | Nominated |
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