Guy Ferland Biography
Guy Ferland is a film and television director from the United States. He is a director and producer who has directed and produced films such as Bang Bang You’re Dead (2002), The Walking Dead (2010), and Falling Down (1993).
Guy Ferland Age
Ferland was born on February 18, 1966, in Beverly, Massachusetts, United States of America. He is 57 years old as of February 2023.
Guy Ferland Family
Ferland was born in Beverly, Massachusetts, and attended Hollis/Brookline High School in Hollis, New Hampshire. Rod Ferland, his father, is a high school band instructor who also performs with the Boston Pops Orchestra in Massachusetts.
Guy Ferland Career
After being inspired to become a filmmaker by Alfred Hitchcock’s 1946 film Notorious, Ferland went on to study cinema production at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema and Television, graduating in 1988 and receiving an internship working as a researcher at Creative Artists Agency. Three days after receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree, he secured a job as film director Joel Schumacher’s assistant, and he worked with Schumacher on Cousins, Flatliners, If Looks Could Kill, Dying Young, Falling Down, and The Client until 1994, receiving an associate producer credit in the latter. In 1995, he wrote and directed his debut feature film, The Babysitter, and in 1997, he directed Telling Lies in America.
He began directing for television with Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge, a made-for-television film produced by the American Broadcasting Company. In 2001 and 2002, he directed the award-winning television movies After the Storm and Bang, Bang, You’re Dead. After the Storm was named Best Feature Film at the 2000 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, and Ferland was individually commended on the realism he brought to the film with underwater photography, while for Bang Bang You’re Dead, he received a Daytime Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Directing in a Children’s Special and a Directors Guild of America Award in the category of Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children’s Programs.
He is a regular director on FX’s Sons of Anarchy. To date, Ferland has directed episodes from all six seasons of the show. He also directed six episodes of The Walking Dead, a zombie television show. Ferland has directed episodes of the CBS series Elementary. He also helmed one episode of Guillermo del Toro’s first season FX series The Strain. Also included are episodes from Yellowstone’s second and third seasons. In 2021, he directed two episodes of Coyote and episode #116: “Due Process” of Chicago P.D.’s seventh season. He directed the fifth episode of the American drama series 1923.
Guy Ferland’s Net Worth
Guy has an estimated net worth of 5 million dollars as of 2023.