Beth McCarthy-Miller

Beth McCarthy-Miller (born September 3, 1963, Elizabeth, New Jersey) is an American television director.^[1]

She was the director of NBC's Saturday Night Live for eleven years.^[2] She left SNL in 2006 at the end of season 31, replaced as director by Don Roy King.^[3] She became a director for Viacom's MTV again in 2003 when she directed the MTV Video Music Awards.

She started out as an intern at MTV, then worked as an assistant to the line producer and then began directing in 1988. During her nine years with MTV, she worked on MTV Unplugged with Nirvana, Neil Young, Elton John, Tony Bennett, and k.d. lang.^[4]

She currently works through her own companies, Catalyst Entertainment and McBeth Productions as a director and producer.

Director

30 Rock
America: A Tribute to Heroes
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Californication
The Colin Quinn Show
Community
Eagles: Hell Freezes Over
Go On
Important Things with Demetri Martin
In the Motherhood
The Jon Stewart Show
Shania Twain: Up! Live in Chicago
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Kids' Choice Awards
Happy Endings
House of Lies
Lip Sync Battle
Mad Love
Man Up!
The Marriage Ref
Marry Me
The Maya Rudolph Show
The Mindy Project
Modern Family
Mr. Sunshine
MTV Unplugged
1996–1999, 2001–2003, 2005 MTV Video Music Awards
Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Event for Autism Education
Nirvana: Live And Loud
The Oprah Winfrey Show
Parks and Recreation
People Magazine Awards
Samantha Who?
Saturday Night Live
The Sound of Music Live!
Super Bowl 35 & 38 half-time shows
Taina
Trophy Wife
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Up All Night
Work It

Awards

Primetime Emmy Award, nominee 8 times
Daytime Emmy Award, nominee 2008
Cable ACE Awards
Directors Guild of America Award, winner 3 of 10 nominations

References

↑ "Beth McCarthy Miller Television Director, Producer". SheMadeIt.org. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
↑ Profile, artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com; accessed May 10, 2015.
↑ "Saturday Night Live". IMDB.
↑ Barrett, Pam. "“SNL” director Beth McCarthy Miller to speak at WFU". wfu.edu. Retrieved January 12, 2015.

Sources

Preceded by Dave Wilson	Saturday Night Live director 1995–2006	Succeeded by Don Roy King

Saturday Night Live

Seasons	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41

History	1975–80 1980–85 1985–90 1990–95 1995–2000 2000–05 2005–10 2010–15 2015–present

Announcers	Don Pardo (1975–81, 1982–2014) Bill Hanrahan (1981) Mel Brandt (1981–82) Darrell Hammond (2014–present)

Directors	Dave Wilson (1975–86, 1989–95) Paul Miller (1986–89) Beth McCarthy-Miller (1995–2006) Don Roy King (2006–present)

Producers	Lorne Michaels (1975–80, 1985–present) Jean Doumanian (1980–81) Dick Ebersol (1981–85) James Signorelli (1976–present)

Related lists	Commercials Cast members Writers Guests Awards DVD releases Incidents

Recurring characters and sketches	Chronological Alphabetical By cast member Musical sketches TV show sketches Weekend Update characters TV Funhouse segments

Characters and sketches	The Barry Gibb Talk Show Bill Brasky Bill Swerski's Superfans Blizzard Man The Blues Brothers The Boston Teens Canteen Boy Celebrity Jeopardy! The Church Lady Coffee Talk The Coneheads The Continental Debbie Downer Ed Grimley Emily Litella Father Guido Sarducci The Folksmen Gerald "T-Bones" Tibbons Hanukkah Harry Hans and Franz Happy Fun Ball Hillary Clinton The Kitchen Boys The Land of Gorch Land Shark Larry the Lobster The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise MacGruber Mango Mary Katherine Gallagher Matt Foley More cowbell Mr. Bill The Nerds Olympia Cafe Pat Roseanne Roseannadanna Samurai Futaba Sarah Palin The Spartan Cheerleaders Sprockets Stefon Stuart Smalley Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber TV Funhouse The Ambiguously Gay Duo The X-Presidents Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Wayne's World Weekend Update What Up with That

Digital Shorts	Boombox Dick in a Box Hugs I Just Had Sex I'm on a Boat Jizz in My Pants Lazy Sunday Like a Boss Jack Sparrow The Creep YOLO 3-Way (The Golden Rule)

Films based on sketches	Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979) The Blues Brothers (1980) Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures (1986) Bob Roberts (1992) Mo' Money (1992) Mr. Saturday Night (1992) Wayne's World (1992) Wayne's World 2 (1993) Coneheads (1993) It's Pat (1994) Stuart Saves His Family (1995) A Night at the Roxbury (1998) Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) Superstar (1999) Office Space (1999) The Ladies Man (2000) A Mighty Wind (2003) Harold (2008) MacGruber (2010)

Related topics	Broadway Video "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" Jim Henson "A Limo For A Lame-O" "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" The Lonely Island discography Saturday Night Saturday Night Live Band Saturday Night Live in the 2000s Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday Saturday Night Live Korea (episodes) SNL Milano SNL Québec 40th Anniversary Special SNL Studios Strategery 30 Rock Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series

1971-1989	John Rich for "All in the Family" (1971) Gene Reynolds for "Pilot" (MASH) (1972) Gene Reynolds for "Deal Me Out" (1973) Hy Averback for "Alcoholics Unanimous" (1974) Hy Averback for "Bombed" (1975) Alan Alda for "Dear Sigmund" (1976) Paul Bogart for "Edith's 50th Birthday" (1977) Paul Bogart for "California, Here We Are" (1978) Paul Bogart for "Too Good Edith" (1979) Noam Pitlik for "Fog" (1980) Alan Alda for "The Life You Save" (1981) Alan Alda for "Where There's a Will, There's a War" (1982) James Burrows for "Showdown: Part II" (1983) Jay Sandrich for "Pilot" (The Cosby Show) (1984) Jay Sandrich for "Pilot" (The Golden Girls) (1985) Terry Hughes for "Isn't It Romantic?" (1986) Will Mackenzie for "'A,' My Name is Alex" (1987) Steve Miner for "Pilot" (The Wonder Years*) (1988) Barnet Kellman for "Brown Like Me" (1989)

1990-2009	James Burrows for "Woody Interruptus" (1990) Peter Bonerz for "Uh Oh: Part II" (1991) Tom Cherones for "The Contest" (1992) James Burrows for "The Good Son" (1993) David Lee for "The Matchmaker" (1994) Gordon Hunt for "The Alan Brady Show" (1995) Andy Ackerman for "The Rye" (1996) Andy Ackerman for "The Betrayal" (1997) Thomas Schlamme for "Pilot" (Sports Night) (1998) Thomas Schlamme for "Small Town" (1999) James Burrows for "Lows in the Mid-Eighties" (2000) Todd Holland for "Bowling" (2001) Bryan Gordon for "Special Section" (2002) Tim Van Patten for "Boy Interrupted" (2003) Tim Van Patten for "An American Girl in Paris: Part Deux" (2004) Marc Buckland for "Pilot" (My Name Is Earl) (2005) Richard Shepard for "Pilot" (Ugly Betty) (2006) Barry Sonnenfeld for "Pie-lette" (2007) Paul Feig for "Dinner Party" (2008) Jason Winer for "Pilot" (Modern Family) (2009)

2010-2029	Michael Spiller for "Halloween" (2010) Robert B. Weide for "Palestinian Chicken" (2011) Lena Dunham for "Pilot" (Girls) (2012) Beth McCarthy-Miller for "Hogcock!" / "Last Lunch" (2013) Jill Soloway for "Best New Girl" (2014) Chris Addison for "Election Night" (2015)

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