Greg Yaitanes

Greg Yaitanes is an Emmy and Golden Globe-winning director and producer known for his distinctive visual world-building and character-driven storytelling. He executive-produced and directed "Presumed Innocent" for AppleTV+, (2024-) the platform's most-viewed limited series, and was a co-executive producer and director on the first season of "House of the Dragon" (HBO, 2022-), including the acclaimed season 1 finale, which broke HBO viewership records and won Best Drama Series at the 2023 Golden Globes. His latest project, "Your Friends and Neighbors" (2025-), starring Jon Hamm, is currently streaming on AppleTV+. Yaitanes continues to expand his body of work with upcoming 2026 projects, including "Spider-Man: Noir" starring Nicolas Cage, "Lucky" starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Annette Bening, and the pilot to the "Yellowstone" (Paramount, 2018-24) spinoff "Y: Marshals" starring Luke Grimes. Throughout his career, Yaitanes has served as executive producer, director, and showrunner for high-profile series such as "Castle Rock" (Hulu, 2018-19), "Manhunt: Unabomber" (Discovery/Spectrum, 2017, 2020), "Banshee" (Cinemax, 2013-16) and "Quarry" (Cinemax, 2016). His directorial work on "House" (Fox, 2004-11) earned him a Primetime Emmy Award in 2008. Under his direction, teams have received 44 Emmy Award nominations and secured seven wins. These include eight nominations for "House of the Dragon" and four for "Presumed Innocent."