Frequent
Lost director, and fan favorite, Stephen Williams has signed on for the duration of the show, and received a new title as well. The director of twelve of
Lost's most pivotal episodes, the auteur has risen to the role of Co-Executive Producer on the show. The new deal means Williams will be continuing to cast his directorial magic on the show right through to
Lost's final season, which will air in 2010.
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Williams joined
Lost during its freshman season as a director, helming the episodes “All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues,” and “Do No Harm.” He rejoined the production in
Lost's second season as a producer, and directed another seven episodes that season including fan favorites “One of Them,” which introduced the character of Henry Gale (
Michael Emerson), and “Lockdown,” which unveiled
Lost's greatest Easter Egg ever the blast door map.
It was Williams that fans can thank for ridding the series of the embattled duo of Nikki (Kiele Sanchez) and Paulo (Rodrigo Santoro) in the episode “Expose',” where they were symbolically buried alive. Allegory sensitive fans decoded the episode as an expression of creative angst in the face of bowing to the fans will. Williams even appeared, by name, in the episode as the director of the fictional television series “Expose'.”
Collectively, Williams has directed sixteen episodes of
Lost, four times as many as his nearest competitor and just five episodes short of co-executive producer and director Jack Bender. Most recently, Williams was responsible for the touching “Greatest Hits,” which foreshadowed the death of
Lost regular Charlie (
Dominic Monaghan).
Prior to working on
Lost, Williams worked with
Lost show runner Damon Lindelof on
Crossing Jordan where Williams was a frequent director and Lindelof, along with
Heroes' Tim Kring, was a writer and co-producer. Williams' previous credits include work on sci-fi favorites such as
Dark Angel, Odyssey 5,
Psi Factor, and
Earth: The Final Conflict.
- Jon Lachonis, BuddyTV Senior Writer
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
(Image Courtesy of ABC)