David Straiton

Director

Biography

David Straiton started out as a commercial director working for Pepsi, Coke, McDonald’s, and Ford before breaking into narrative television. Credits include House, The Good Doctor, The Brave, Narcos, The Gifted, and Shooter (to name a few). He recently Executive Produced and directed Blood Drive, the critically acclaimed television series, for Syfy network.

Directed 74

2020s

2024
High Potential
Director
78
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
Director
74
2023
The Company You Keep
Director
73
2020
DC's Stargirl
Director
73

2010s

2018
Magnum P.I.
Director
67
2017
The Gifted
Director
73
Marvel's Inhumans
Director
52
The Good Doctor
Director
81
Blood Drive
Director
70
2016
MacGyver
Director
60
American Gothic
Director
2015
Rosewood
Director
67
Minority Report
Director
59
2014
Rush
Director
Star Trek: Enterprise - Storm Front
Director
2013
The Originals
Director
83
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Director
75
Graceland
Director
75
Hemlock Grove
Director
70
Bates Motel
Director
81
2012
The Finder
Director
75
The Firm
Director
67
2011
Hell on Wheels
Director
81
Grimm
Director
80
CHAOS
Director
The Cape
Director
55
2010
Detroit 1-8-7
Director
73
Hawaii Five-0
Director
75

2000s

1990s

1999
Angel
Director
79
Survivor
Director
Providence
Director
67
1998
Legacy
Director
Da Vinci's Inquest
Director
76
Charmed
Director
75
Dawson's Creek
Director
69
1997
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
Director
51
La Femme Nikita
Director
75
1996
Traders
Director
1995
The Weinerville Chanukah Special
Director
1994
The Secret World of Alex Mack
Director
76

Produced 4

2020s

2026
Last Moon
Executive Producer

2010s

2017
Blood Drive
Executive Producer
70
2016
MacGyver
Co-Executive Producer
60
2013
Hemlock Grove
Co-Executive Producer
70

Created 1

2020s

2026
Blue Skies
Creator
81