Pete Chatmon

Director · Cast · Writer

Born

June 1, 1977 · New York City, New York, USA

With a deft ability to balance both half-hour single camera comedies and one-hour dramas, Pete Chatmon has directed over 65 episodes of television including HBO's The Flight Attendant, Insecure, and Silicon Valley, Showtime's Yellowjackets, Starz' Raising Kanan, Hulu's Interior Chinatown, Netflix's You and Dead Boy Detectives, Paramount Plus' Fatal Attraction, CBS's Ghosts and NCIS: Origins, ABC's High Potential and Grey's Anatomy, FX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and the Apple TV+ series Mythic Quest. He is an NAACP Image Awards Nominee for Outstanding Directing In A Comedy Series for his work on The Flight Attendant. Chatmon is in development on The Education of Matt Barnes, for which he will direct the pilot and serve as executive producer. He also served as co-executive producer and producing director on season one of Onyx Collective's Reasonable Doubt. His debut feature as writer/director, Premium, starred Dorian Missick, Zoe Saldana, and Hill Harper, and premiered on Showtime after a limited theatrical run. Chatmon also wrote, produced, and directed 761st, a documentary on the first Black tank battalion in WWII, narrated by Andre Braugher. He is in development on his next feature, a heist film entitled The Withdrawal, that follows a bank teller, seemingly working alone, as he takes over a local bank, giving a small town a crash course in history, crime, and politics as the fate of an entire community sits in the balance. Chatmon's career began in 2001 with the Sundance selection of his NYU thesis film, 3D, starring Kerry Washington. His most recent short film, BlackCard, premiered on HBO, and his narrative podcast, Wednesday Morning, engaged voters around the 2020 election. He continues to give back and educate the next generation of storytellers via his podcast, Let's Shoot! with Pete Chatmon and his book, Transitions: A Director's Journey + Motivational Handbook. Follow him on Instagram and Twitter via @petechatmon.