Beth McCarthy-Miller (born September 3, 1963, Elizabeth,

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) is an American television director. Shows she has directed include ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Early life

McCarthy-Miller was born on September 3, 1963, in Elizabeth,

. She attended the

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, where she was a DJ and majored in radio, television and film. While in college she interned at CNN and MTV.

Career

McCarthy-Miller worked as a line producer's assistant and assistant director at MTV and began directing in 1988. During her nine years with MTV, she worked on '' MTV Unplugged'' with Nirvana,

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, Tony Bennett, and k.d. lang. She worked for ''

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'' and later '' The Jon Stewart Show.'' She was the director of NBC's ''

'' for eleven years. She left ''SNL'' in 2006 at the end of season 31, replaced as director by Don Roy King. She became a director for Viacom's MTV again in 2003 when she directed the

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. She currently works through her own companies, Catalyst Entertainment and McBeth Productions as a director and producer.

Director

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'' *'' Abby's'' *'' Adele Live in New York City'' *'' America: A Tribute to Heroes'' *'' black-ish'' *'' Bob Hearts Abishola'' *''

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'' *'' The Colin Quinn Show'' *''

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'' *''Eagles: Hell Freezes Over'' *''

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'' *'' The Good Place'' *'' Great News'' *'' Important Things with Demetri Martin'' *'' In the Motherhood'' *'' The Jon Stewart Show'' *''

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: Up! Live in Chicago'' * 2008, 2009, 2010,

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'' *'' House of Lies'' *'' The Kominsky Method'' *'' LA to Vegas'' *'' Lip Sync Battle'' *''

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'' *'' Man Up!'' *'' The Marriage Ref'' *'' Marry Me'' *'' Match Game'' (2016 version) *'' The Maya Rudolph Show'' *'' The Mindy Project'' *'' Modern Family'' *'' Mr. Sunshine'' *'' MTV Unplugged'' *1996–1999, 2001–2003, 2005

*''Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Event for Autism Education'' *'' Nirvana: Live And Loud'' *'' The Oprah Winfrey Show'' *'' Parks and Recreation'' *'' People Magazine Awards'' *'' Samantha Who?'' *''

'' *'' The Sound of Music Live!'' *

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& 38 half-time shows *'' Taina'' *'' Trophy Wife'' *'' Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' *'' Up All Night'' *'' Veep'' *'' Work It'' *'' Young Sheldon''

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Wake Forest University profile: Beth McCarthy
* 1963 births American television directors American women television producers American women television directors Living people Directors Guild of America Award winners Artists from Elizabeth, New Jersey Television producers from New Jersey 21st-century American women {{tv-director-stub