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Toye

As a TV director, Toye cut his teeth on network TV action and sci-fi thrillers like “Alias,” “Lost” and “Fringe.” But he also hasn’t shied away from soapy, character-rich dramas such as “The Good Wife.” That experience running the gamut between drama genres served Toye well in recent years, directing episodes of epic series “Westworld,” “Snowpiercer,” “Watchmen” and “The Walking Dead.” In 2024, his prolific output included “The Boys” and new hit “Fallout.” And then there was “Shōgun,” which has now become Toye’s crown achievement in TV directing. Toye helmed four episodes of the Emmy-winning FX drama series, including season finale “A Dream of a Dream.” But it was the season’s penultimate episode, “Crimson Sky,” that earned Toye his first-ever Emmy, for outstanding directing. (And, believe it or not, that repped Toye’s first-ever nomination in the category, despite his hefty body of work over the past two decades.) Toye followed it up by directing the first episode of Prime Video’s prequel series “The Terminal List: Dark Wolf,” starring Chris Pratt and Taylor Kitsch. The show must go on for this “Shōgun” Emmy winner.