John David Coles

John David Coles Wiki

Occupation: Producer, Director, Editorial Department

John David Coles Biography

John Coles is an award-winning director who has carved a niche for himself with evocative dramatic material distinguished by strong performances. His directorial career ranges from features, television and theater while his production company Talking Wall Pictures has focused on the development of cutting edge feature and television projects. Coles' first feature film, Signs Of Life, starred Beau Bridges, Vincent D'Onofrio and Mary Louise Parker. The film won the International Critics Prize at the Deauville Film Festival and the Best Director award at the Cadiz festival in Spain. Other credits include Rising Son starring Brian Dennehy and Matt Damon (winner of the Audience Award at Deauville); Darrow starring Kevin Spacey; Friends At Last starring Kathleen Turner; The Good Fight, starring Christine Lahti and Against Her Will starring Marlee Matlin. In the world of episodic television, Coles has directed numerous award-winning series, including West Wing, Sex and the City, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy and Damages. Coles also directed and produced Thief which led to Andre Braughers' Emmy award. His executive producer credits include Law & Order: Criminal Intent with Jeff Goldblum, 3LBS with Stanley Tucci, New Amsterdam, and the drama Wonderland, a critically acclaimed series which addressed the frail boundaries of insanity within a New York City hospital's psychiatric ward. Furthermore, Coles continues to write and create original dramas through Talking Wall Pictures, which produced the CBS drama Songs in Ordinary Time (based on the Oprah Book Club pick) starring Sissy Spacek and Beau Bridges and co-created and executive produced the series Crash and Burn. Talking Wall has developed numerous projects with HBO, CBS, New Line, IFC, Bravo and many more. He has worked with numerous distinguished writers, including Academy Award nominated Mike Weller (Hair), Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright (Quills), Kate Robin (Six Feet Under), Janusz Glowacki (Antigone in New York) and Nicholas Meyer (The Human Stain). In the theatre world, Coles was a member of the Circle Rep Lab and an alumni of Wynn Handman at the American Place Theater. His Off-Broadway credits include directing the critically acclaimed play The Impostor starring Austin Pendleton and Calista Flockhart, as well as Johnny Suede, starring Tom DiCillo.Coles started his career as an editor on Francis Coppola's Rumble Fish and The Cotton Club.

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