A biography for David Nutterhasn’t been written yet.
“I have to find that project that moves me in some way. Anything else, and you're not trusting your gut.”
“The 'Smallville' pilot is the one I get a lot of attention for. I did a couple of earlier ones, but the 'Smallville' pilot is the one that got things really rolling.”
“I don't just want to do something to do something. I've been spoiled by Glen Morgan, Jim Wong, by the 'X-Files' experience.”
“The romance that can never really gel because of the powers that be... that's a great conflict.”
“There's a childlike quality to Tarzan that's quite beautiful and wonderful, but there's also an intelligence and fierceness that's quite powerful as well.”
“I'm a real strong advocate of living up to the intent of the script and follow that as closely as I can.”
“I'm a big believer in respecting the fans. How do I make a science-fiction or fantasy setting relatable? How do you make the characters real?”
“Without having an emotional connection or some relatability to the characters, there's really nothing to root for, in some respect.”
“Brendan Fehr has such charisma and such natural ability.”
“When it comes to films, so much is in the hands of bottom-line guys. There's a lot of fear involved there, and not a lot has to do with the vision of the artist.”
“I'm not a director with a style.”
“All I know is I've had an overall deal with Warner Brothers Television since the 'Smallville' pilot; that was my first pilot for Warner Brothers Television. I have to do pilots for them, but I get a chance to spend time and find the people that work best with me.”
“I feel that I want to do something of worth and value and it's just a question of finding that.”
“Many TV shows will create characters where you get a sense of who they are, but they're just the bad guy out to find you and you don't know why because there's no tone or dimension there.”
“The Red Wedding was, for myself as a director doing this, such a mammoth experience.”
“Really, the audience's objective is to exercise their emotions when they're watching. They want to lean in and care.”
“Fortunately, I'm in a position where I'm reading lots of feature scripts and so forth.”
“I've been a big fan of telling stories with young people that have a strong sense of reality.”
“I think I feel that way - that filmmaking is a responsibility, not only creatively but also financially in that it's a business. You can't forget that.”
“I wanted to keep the same general attitude we created for the show in that there are some similarities to 'The X-Files,' so some of the realistic atmosphere that we created on 'The X-Files' is the same that we've created for 'Millennium.' It's an atmosphere that helps the audience invest themselves in the characters and believe what they're doing.”