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Beth McCarthy-Miller

Beth McCarthy-Miller (born September 3, 1963) is an American television director.[1] Shows she has directed include Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock.[2]

Beth McCarthy-Miller

(1963-09-03) September 3, 1963

Early life[edit]

McCarthy-Miller was born on September 3, 1963, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. She attended the University of Maryland, where she was a DJ and majored in radio, television and film. While in college she interned at CNN and MTV.[3]

Career[edit]

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, Neil Young, Elton John, Tony Bennett, and k.d. lang.[4] She worked for The Week in Rock and later The Jon Stewart Show.[3]


She was the director of NBC's Saturday Night Live for eleven years.[5] She left SNL in 2006 at the end of season 31, replaced as director by Don Roy King.[6] She became a director for Viacom's MTV again in 2003 when she directed the MTV Video Music Awards.


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

30 Rock

Abby's

Adele Live in New York City

America: A Tribute to Heroes

black-ish

Bob Hearts Abishola

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Californication

Call Me Kat

The Colin Quinn Show

Community

Dave Attell: Captain Miserable

Eagles: Hell Freezes Over

Go On

The Good Place

Great News

Important Things with Demetri Martin

In the Motherhood

The Jon Stewart Show

: Up! Live in Chicago

Shania Twain

Happy Endings

House of Lies

The Kominsky Method

LA to Vegas

Lip Sync Battle

Mad Love

Man Up!

The Marriage Ref

Marry Me

(2016 version)

Match Game

The Maya Rudolph Show

The Mindy Project

Modern Family

Mr. Sunshine

MTV Unplugged

1996–1999, 2001–2003, 2005

MTV Video Music Awards

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?

Saturday Night Live

The Sound of Music Live!

& 38 half-time shows

Super Bowl 35

Taina

Trophy Wife

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Up All Night

Veep

Work It

Young Sheldon

at IMDb

Beth McCarthy-Miller

Wake Forest University profile: Beth McCarthy