Greg Yaitanes

Greg Yaitanes
Born	Gregory Charles Yaitanes (1970-06-18) June 18, 1970 Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States
Occupation(s)	Television director, film director
Awards	2008 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series

Gregory Charles Yaitanes (born June 18, 1970) is an American television and film director. He is also an angel investor in Twitter.

Yaitanes has directed and produced shows including Damages, Lost, Prison Break, Heroes and Grey's Anatomy. His Emmy Award came in 2008 as result of his work on House, M.D..

Yaitanes grew up in Wellesley, Massachusetts, where he directed his very first film, Salad Bar: The Movie. At the age of 18, Yaitanes moved to Los Angeles and attended the University of Southern California Film School. By 23, he landed his first directorial job.

Yaitanes is one of Twitter's original investors and a frequent guest speaker at the company.

Active in the Greek community, Yaitanes helped produce Greek America Foundation's Gabby Awards and directed the opening of the 2011 Gabby Awards on Ellis Island.

Yaitanes resides between New York and Los Angeles and has two boys.

Selected Directing career

• Castle Rock (2018)
  • The Queen, episode 7 (2018)
• Genius (2018)
  • Picasso, episodes 7 & 8 (2018)
• Manhunt: Unabomber (2017)
• Underground (2016)
  • "Things Unsaid" (2017)
• Quarry (2016)
• Banshee (2013)
  • "Pilot" (2013)
  • "Half Deaf Is Better Than All Dead" (2013)
  • "We Shall Live Forever" (2013)
  • "Little Fish" (2014)
  • "The Thunder Man" (2014)
  • "Homecoming" (2014)
• Damages (2007, 2009)
  • "Jesus, Mary and Joe Cocker" (2007)
  • "A Pretty Girl in a Leotard" (2009)
• Lost (2004–2005, 2009)
  • "He's Our You" (2009)
  • "Special" (2005)
  • "Solitary" (2004)
• House (2004–2012)
  • "Nobody's Fault" (2012)
  • "Bombshells" (2011)
  • "Two Stories" (2011)
  • "Small Sacrifices" (2011)
  • "Unplanned Parenthood" (2011)
  • "Unwritten" (2011)
  • "Now What?" (2011)
  • "Black Hole" (2010)
  • "Help Me" (2010)
  • "Open and Shut" (2010)
  • "Ignorance is Bliss" (2009)
  • "Know Unknowns" (2009)
  • "Instant Karma" (2009)
  • "Epic Fail" (2009)
  • "Both Sides Now" (2009)
  • "House Divided" (2009)
  • "Simple Explanation" (2009)
  • "Unfaithful" (2009)
  • "The Itch" (2008)
  • "Lucky Thirteen" (2008)
  • "House's Head" (2008)
  • "Sleeping Dogs Lie" (2006)
  • "Daddy's Boy" (2005)
  • "Damned If You Do" (2004)
• Heroes (2007–2009)
  • "Cold Snap" (2009)
  • "It's Coming" (2008)
  • "Cautionary Tales" (2007)
• Grey's Anatomy (2007)
  • "Six Days, Parts 1 & 2" (2007)
• Prison Break (2006, 2008)
  • "Under and Out" (2008)
  • "Brother's Keeper" (2006)
  • "Bolshoi Booze" (2006)
• Commander in Chief (2006)
• Bones (2005–2006)
  • "The Woman at the Airport" (2006)
  • "The Man in the Fallout Shelter" (2005)
  • "Pilot" (2005)
• CSI: NY (2005)
• Nip/Tuck (2005)
  • "Madison Berg" (2005)
• Alias (2005)
  • "Touching Evil (2004)
• Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (miniseries, 2003)
• Skin (2003)
  • Endorsement (2003)
• Las Vegas (2003–2004)
• Cold Case (2003–2004)
• CSI: Miami (2002–2005)
• The Invisible Man (2001)
• Salad Bar: The Movie (1987)

External links

• Greg Yaitanes at IMDb