Kevin Dowling is a multifaceted American director, writer, and producer with a vast portfolio of work in features, television, and theatre. He made his film debut with "The Sum of Us," a critically acclaimed production starring Russell Crowe and Jack Thompson, which won an impressive 17 awards including "Best Feature" at the Montreal and Sydney Film Festivals, four Australian Critics Awards, and six A.F.I. nominations.
Dowling's extensive television credits include directing over 170 episodes of various shows, such as "The Americans," "Bosch," "The Strain," "Jack Ryan," "The Walking Dead," "Heroes," "Dead Like Me," "Outsourced," "Go On," "Ed," "Judging Amy," "Joan of Arcadia," and "CSI:NY." He also developed and directed the pilot of "Necessary Roughness" for the USA network, and has produced and directed numerous other series, including "Ed," "Close to Home," "K-Ville," "The Catch," and "The Son."
On the stage, Dowling has directed several notable productions, including the award-winning New York premiere of "The Sum of Us" at the Cherry Lane Theatre, starring Tony Goldwyn, which earned an Obie and the Outer Critics Circle Award. He has also directed the New York premiere of Jay Tarses' play "Man in his Underwear" at Playwrights Horizons, the critically acclaimed New York revival of David Mamet's comedy "A Life in the Theater" starring F. Murray Abraham, and Ralph Waite in Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie."
Dowling's work at the Williamstown Theatre Festival includes directing Inge's "Picnic" starring Blythe Danner, Tony Goldwyn, and Gwyneth Paltrow, O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten" starring Christine Lahti, Jamey Sheridan, and Pat Hingle, and an earlier production of "The Sum of Us." He produced the musical "Buddy" at the Shubert Theatre and served as the maintaining director of "The Nerd" on Broadway, where he directed Peter MacNicol, Robert Joy, and Peter Riegert.
Prior to "The Nerd," Dowling collaborated with composer Alan Menken on a Broadway musical based on Jackie Gleason's "The Honeymooners." He was a Founding Member and Artistic Director of The Actor's Ensemble for eight years, directing over 20 plays, including the first full-scale New York production of Lanford Wilson's "This Is The Rill Speaking," the New York premiere of Dan Lauria's "Game Plan," his own "A Child's Piece," and revivals of plays by Harold Pinter and Sam Shepard.
Dowling later produced Shepard's comedy hit "True West," which ran for two years at the Cherry Lane Theatre and featured notable actors such as John Malkovich, Gary Sinise, James Belushi, Gary Cole, Randy Quaid, and Dennis Quaid. He also served as Artistic Director of the Cherry Lane Theatre from 1982 to 1995.
