Laura Belsey is an American television director. She is best known for directing '' The Walking Dead'', ''

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'', and '' Dr. Death''.

Life and career

Laura was born in

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and raised in

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. She began directing commercials after graduating from

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. She won a Gold Lion from the

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. Belsey's work in television has received numerous critical accolades. Forbes wrote that "

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", one of the episodes she directed of '' The Walking Dead'', "might actually be the best episode in series history." ''

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'' wrote that "Belsey demonstrates an immediate gift for naturalistic exchanges between these characters. From an execution standpoint, this episode was a brilliant breath of fresh air." Another Belsey-directed ''The Walking Dead'' episode, "

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" is "one of the most brilliant episodes in the show's 10-year history, according to Walking Dead executive producer and former showrunner Scott Gimple." Zach Marsh of ''FilmSpeak'' gave the episode an "A+" - the highest possible grade on the site - calling it the series' best episode and adding that it "belongs on the same kind of "best episodes of the decade" lists. Also from ''FilmSpeak'': "Laura Belsey delivers another home run for "The Walking Dead". Her collaboration tonight with Morgan is the kind of director-actor output that we more commonly associate with cinema than with television, but the results are just as powerful." ''

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'' wrote of ''

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''s Les Enfants du Sang, it's "Laura Belsey's direction that pushes the episode toward comedic greatness." ''

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'' noted that her episode "

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" for ''

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'' "is damn near perfect." while Geeks Worldwide declared that "Human Target is probably among the best directed Arrow episodes to date." Laura is a member of the

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(DGA). In August 2023, Laura Belsey was elected National Vice President of the Directors Guild of America, a position formerly held by

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Selected filmography

* 2013-2014 – '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (2 episodes) * 2014-2017 – ''

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'' (4 episodes) * 2018 – ''

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'' (2 episodes) * 2018-2019 – ''

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'' (2 episodes) * 2018-2019 – '' Queen of the South'' (2 episodes) * 2018-2019 – ''

'' (2 episodes) * 2016-2019 – ''

'' (7 episodes; " Canary Cry", "

", " Honor Thy Fathers", "

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" " The Longbow Hunters", " Prochnost") * 2019 – '' Animal Kingdom'' (1 episode) * 2019 – ''

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'' (1 episode; " Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two") * 2019 – '' Bosch'' (1 episode) * 2019-2020 – '' S.W.A.T.'' (2 episodes) * 2019-2021 – '' The Walking Dead'' (6 episodes; "

", "

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", " The Tower", " One More", "

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", "

") * 2021 – ''

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'' (1 episode) * 2021 – ''

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'' (1 episode) * 2021 – ''

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'' (2 episodes) * 2021 – ''

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'' (1 episode) * 2022 - ''

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'' (1 episode) * 2022 – '' Moonhaven'' (2 episodes) * 2023 - '' National Treasure: Edge of History'' (1 episode) * 2023 - ''

'' (1 episode) * 2023 - '' Dr. Death'' (4 episodes) * 2024 - '' Hightown'' (1 episode) * 2024 - ''

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'' (2 episodes) * 2024 - ''

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'' (2 episodes)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Belsey, Laura American television directors American women television directors Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)