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Greg Yaitanes
Greg Yaitanes
Key Information
Profession Motion picture director and producer
Role Executive Producer and director
First episode "Pilot"
Last episode "All the Wisdom I Got Left"
Birthdate June 18, 1970
Birthplace Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA

Greg Yaitanes, born June 18, 1970 in Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA, is a motion picture director and producer. He is an Executive Producer and director for Banshee. He has also worked as a director and producer on the series House and Drive. He has directed multiple episodes of Heroes, Lost, Damages, Prison Break, Grey's Anatomy and Nash Bridges.

Biography[]

Early life[]

Yaitanes grew up in Wellesley, Massachusetts.Yaitanes moved to Los Angeles aged 18 and attended the University of Southern California Film School.

Career[]

He wrote, produced, edited and directed the film Rorschach (1993).

Yaitanes was so persistent that he once waited seven hours for a 10-minute meeting with action film producer Joel Silver. After screening Yaitanes' work, Silver signed him for his second feature. This led to work directing the film Hard Justice (1995), which was released straight to video. He then directed Double Tap (1997).

He made his television directing debut with "Over the Wire", an episode of new action series Soldier of Fortune, Inc., in fall 1997. He went on to direct two further episodes for the first season.

He has also worked as a director and producer on the series House and Drive. He won an Emmy Award in 2008 for his work on House. He has directed multiple episodes of Heroes, Lost, Damages, Prison Break, Grey's Anatomy and Nash Bridges.

Though he is well-known in Hollywood for his work on several top-watched shows, his technological entrepreneurship has also made him a respected name in Silicon Valley. His investments in start-up companies such as Twitter have earned him a reputation for foresight in technology. 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.

For Banshee he is an Executive Producer and director of the series "Pilot".

Personal life[]

He resides between New York and Los Angeles and has two sons.

Credits[]

Executive Producer[]

Season one credits
Pilot The Rave Meet the New Boss Half Deaf Is Better Than All Dead The Kindred
Wicks Behold a Pale Rider We Shall Live Forever Always the Cowboy A Mixture of Madness
Season two credits
Little Fish The Thunder Man The Warrior Class Bloodlines The Truth About Unicorns
Firekeeper Ways to Bury a Man Evil for Evil Homecoming Bullets and Tears
Season three credits
The Fire Trials Snakes and Whatnot A Fixer of Sorts Real Life Is the Nightmare Tribal
We Were All Someone Else Yesterday You Can’t Hide From the Dead All the Wisdom I Got Left Even God Doesn’t Know What to Make of You We All Pay Eventually

Director[]

Season one credits
Pilot The Rave Meet the New Boss Half Deaf Is Better Than All Dead The Kindred
Wicks Behold a Pale Rider We Shall Live Forever Always the Cowboy A Mixture of Madness
Season two credits
Little Fish The Thunder Man The Warrior Class Bloodlines The Truth About Unicorns
Firekeeper Ways to Bury a Man Evil for Evil Homecoming Bullets and Tears
Season three credits
The Fire Trials Snakes and Whatnot A Fixer of Sorts Real Life Is the Nightmare Tribal
We Were All Someone Else Yesterday You Can’t Hide From the Dead All the Wisdom I Got Left Even God Doesn’t Know What to Make of You We All Pay Eventually

Origins[]

Origins season 1
Olek Drops a Dime A Thief, Not a Killer Carrie at the Gate Looking for My Exit Sugar's Release The Forge
Siobhan Interrupted Kings and Pawns Checking In Carrie and Deva The Women Passed Over The Real Lucas Hood
Origins season 2
Hotwire Allenwood Part 1 Interrogation Part 1 Interrogation Part 2 Interrogation Part 3 The Phone Call
The Diner The Person You Were Meant to Be Allenwood Part 2 Brothers The Priest The Field
Origins season 3
Getting to Know You Takeover Always Be Prepared Busy Night
Bugs and Thugs Already Dead Off Duty The Birthday

External links[]

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