Farino, Julian

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Farino, Julian

PERSONAL

Born in London, England; married Branka Katic (anactress), August 31, 2000; children: Louis, Joe. Education:Attended Cambridge University.

Addresses: Agent—Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., 3rdFloor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Independent Talent Group, Oxford House, 76 Oxford St., London W1D1BS United Kingdom.

Career: Director and producer. Directed a number of documentaries for Granada Television.

Awards, Honors: Television Award (with others), bestdrama serial, British Academy of Film and TelevisionArts, Certificate of Merit (with Catherine Wearing),television—drama–miniseries, San Francisco International Film Festival, 1999, both for Our Mutual Friend;Television Award nomination (with others), best single drama, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 2003, for Flesh and Blood;Television Producer of the Year Award, episodic, Producers Guild of America, Emmy Award nominations, outstanding director for acomedy series, 2006, and outstanding comedy series(with others), 2007, Directors Guild of America Award nomination, outstanding directorial achievement incomedy series, 2006, 2007, Emmy Award nomination(with others), outstanding comedy series, 2007, Television Producer of the Year Award nomination, episodic, Producers Guild of America, 2008, all for Entourage.

CREDITS

Film Director:

The Last Yellow, Capitol Films, 1999.

The Hero,2008.

Television Work; Series:

Supervising producer, Entourage,HBO, 2005.

Co–executive producer, Entourage, HBO, 2007.

Television Director; Miniseries:

Our Mutual Friend, BBC and PBS, 1989.

Byron,BBC and BBC America, 2003.

Television Director; Movies:

Flesh and Blood (also known as Flesh & Blood), BBC,2002.

Television Director; Specials:

"The Winter's Tale," Savage Skies, PBS, 1996.

7Up 2000, BBC, 2000.

14 up 2000, Granada, 2007.

Also directed One of the Girls; The Gift; They Call UsNutters.

Television Director; Pilots:

How to Make It in America, HBO, 2008.

Television Director; Episodic:

In Suspicious Circumstances, ITV, 1994.

"Coming to Terms," Medics, ITV, 1995.

"Certain Risks," Medics, ITV, 1995.

Out of the Blue, BBC, 1996.

Wokenwell, 1997.

Bob & Rose, ITV1, 2001.

"The Cold War," Sex and the City, HBO, 2004.

"Splat!," Sex and the City, HBO, 2004.

Entourage, HBO, 2004–2007.

"Stealing from Saturn," Rome, BBC and HBO, 2005.

"A Barbecue for Betty," Big Love, HBO, 2006.

"The Ceremony," Big Love, HBO, 2006.

"Oh Pioneers," Big Love, HBO, 2007.

"Back from Vacation," The Office (also known as The Office: US Version), NBC, 2007.

"The Deposition," The Office(also known as The Office: US Version), NBC, 2007.

Also directed episodes of Coronation Street(also knownas Corrieand The Street), ITV and CBC.