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Travis Sutherland
Sudz Sutherland at a CFC event in L.A. - Honouring John Fawcett and Graeme Manson (16759132838).jpg
Sutherland at an event for the Canadian Film Centre in 2015
Nationality Canadian
Occupation Film director and screenwriter
Known for Doomstown
... and Eating the Bones
Guns

Travis "Sudz" Sutherland is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His credits include the films Doomstown, ... 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, Degrassi: The Next Generation, 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.

Filmography

Year Work Director Writer Producer
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 ... 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

Television

Year Work Director Writer Producer
2004 My Brand New Life (Music for Whose Ears) Yes No No
2005–2007 Degrassi: The Next Generation: Season 4 Episode 17: Queen of Hearts (2005)

Season 4 Episode 18: Modern Love (2005)

Season 6 Episode 12: The Bitterest Pill (2007)

Season 6 Episode 13: If You Leave (2007)

Yes No No
2007 'da Kink in My Hair: Season1 Episode 1: Rules are Made

Season 1 Episode 5: Love Can't Wrap Up in a Paper

(Writer) Season 1 Episode 6: Every Hoe Have Him Stick

(Writer) Season 2 Episode 9: Computer Love (2009)

Yes Yes No
2008 Guns Yes Yes No
2008–2009 Heartland: Season 2 Episode 9: Showdown! (2008)

Season 2 Episode 10: True Enough (2009)

Yes No No
2009 Wild Roses: Season 1 Episode 12: Time and Chance

Season 1 Episode 13: First and Last

Yes No No
2011 She's the Mayor: Season 1 Episode 1: She's the Mayor?

Season 1 Episode 3: The Empress' New Clothes

Season 1 Episode 4: Proclamation

Season 1 Episode 7: An Officer and a Mayor

Season 1 Episode 12: Strange Bedfellows

Season 1 Episode 13: The Return of Frank Crumb

Yes Yes No
2013 Cracked: Season 2 Episode 7 Hideaway Yes No No
2010–2014 Murdoch Mysteries: Season 3 Episode 7: Blood and Circuses (2010)

Season 3 Episode 9: Love and Human Remains (2010)

Season 7 Episode 13: The Murdoch Sting (2014)

Season 7 Episode 15: The Spy Who Came Up to the Cold (2014)

Season 8 Episode 4: Holy Matrimony, Murdoch! (2014)

Season 8 Episode 5: Murdoch Takes Manhattan (2014)

Yes No No
2014–2015 Reign: Season 1 Episode 20: Higher Ground (2014)

Season 2 Episode 4: The Lamb and the Slaughter (2014)

Season 2 Episode 17: Tempting Fate (2015)

Yes No No
2014–2015 Beauty & the Beast: Season 2 Episode 11: Held Hostage (2014)

Season 3 Episode 11: Unbreakable (2015)

Yes No No
2015 Haven: Season 5 Episode 21: Close to Home (2015)

Season 5 Episode 22: A Matter of Time (2015)

Yes No No
2016 Shoot the Messenger Yes Yes Yes
2017–2018 Frankie Drake Mysteries: Season 1 Episode 3: Healing Hands (2017)

Season 1 Episode 5: Out of Focus (2017)

Season 2 Episode 5: Dressed to Kill (2018)

Season 2 Episode 6: Extra Innings (2018)

Yes No No
2018 In Contempt: Season 1 Episode 3: Confessions

Season 1 Episode 4: The Rules of Engagement

Season 1 Episode 9: BLM, Part One

Season 1 Episode 10: BLM, Part Two

Yes No No
2019 Blindspot: Season 4 Episode 18: 'Ohana Yes No No
2019 Designated Survivor: Season 3 Episode 7: #identity/crisis

Season 3 Episode 8: #scaredsh*tless

Yes No No
2017–2019 Private Eyes: Season 2 Episode 6: The P.I. Code (2017)

Season 2 Episode 16: Look Who's Stalking (2018)

Season 3 Episode 10: Tex Therapy (2019)

Season 3 Episode 11: Aye, Aye, Tonya (2019)

Yes No No
2019 Carter: Season 2 Episode 9: Harley Doesn't Get His Man (2019)

Season 2 Episode 10: Harley Takes a Bow (2019)

Yes No No
2020 Utopia Falls: Season 1 Episode 3: 99 Problems

Season 1 Episode 4: Run This Town

Yes No No
2020 Batwoman: Season 1 Episode 16: Through the Looking Glass Yes No No
2020 For the Record: Season 1 Episode 3: Dinner Music

Season 1 Episode 4: Climax

Yes No No
2021 Ginny & Georgia: Season 1 Episode 5: Boo, B*tch

Season 1 Episode 6: I'm Triggered

Yes No No
2021 Supergirl: Season 6 Episode 3: Phantom Menaces Yes No No
2020–2021 The Flash: Season 6 Episode 11: Love is a Battlefield (2020)

Season 7 Episode 8: The People V. Killer Frost (2021)

Yes No No
2021 Kung Fu: Season 1 Episode 12: Sacrifice Yes No No
2021–2022 Legends of Tomorrow: Season 6 Episode 4: Bay of Squids (2021)

Season 7 Episode 12: Too Legit to Quit (2022)

Yes No No
2021-2023 Superman & Lois: Season 1 Episode 6: Broken Trust (2021)

Season 2 Episode 8: Into Oblivion (2022)

Season 3 Episode 12: Injustice (2023)

Yes No No
2022 BLK, An Origin Story: Season 1 Episode 2: John "Daddy" Hall

Season 1 Episode 3: Hogan's Alley

Yes Yes Yes
2022 FBI: Most Wanted: 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 ... Party Yes No No
2024 Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent: Season 1 Episode 5: Bleeding Heart Yes No No
2024 Alert: Missing Persons Unit: Season 2 Episode 8: Alexi Yes No No

Awards and nominations

Year Work Award/Nomination Result
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 ... and Eating the Bones Toronto International Film Festival Best Canadian First Feature Film Award (shared with Jennifer Holness) Winner
2004 ... and Eating the Bones Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival Best Canadian Feature Award (shared with Jennifer Holness) Winner
2004 ... and Eating the Bones American Black Film Festival Best Film Award (shared with Jennifer Holness) Winner
2004 ... and Eating the Bones Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival Best Feature Award (shared with Jennifer Holness) Winner
2004 ... and Eating the Bones Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival Audience Award (shared with Jennifer Holness) Winner
2004 ... and Eating the Bones San Francisco Black Film Festival Jury Award, Festival Prize Nominated
2005 ... and Eating the Bones Genie Awards Best Achievement in Direction Award Nominated
2005 ... 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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