Stephen Surjik

Stephen Surjik (born 1960) is a Canadian film and television director, and producer.

He is known for his work on the film Wayne's World 2, the Marvel Television series Daredevil and The Punisher, the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy and The Witcher.

He was nominated three times for Gemini Awards for best direction, for Little Criminals, Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery and Intelligence, and received four Emmy Award nominations for Weapons of Mass Distraction.

Career

Born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1960, he studied at the Concordia University in Montreal and received a Best Director award at the 14th Canadian Student Film & Video Festival in 1982 for Second Story Man.

After working as production designer and art director in the mid-80s, he moved on, directing for the series The Kids in the Hall. In 1993 Surjik made his feature film debut with Wayne's World 2, starring fellow Canadian Mike Myers.

For television, he has directed films such as the 1996 Grand Prix "Cinéma Tout Ecran" award-winning Little Criminals, the Emmy-nominated Weapons of Mass Distraction, starring Ben Kingsley and Gabriel Byrne, and the CBC movie Intelligence. His episodic credits include Da Vinci's Inquest, Legacy, The Handler, Road to Avonlea, Due South, X-Files, Warehouse 13 and pilots for Bull, Miss Miami and Zoe Busiek: Wildcard and Intelligence. His more recent television work includes; Common Law, Burn Notice, Graceland, Person of Interest, Arrow and The Flash.

Radio show In 2018 Surjik launched his own radio show and podcast on Brigade-Radio-One called Field Report with Ethan Dettenmaier

Filmography Short film Shipbuilder (1985)

Feature film Wayne's World 2 (1993) I Want Candy (2007)

TV series Year Title Director Producer Notes 1990–1991 Maniac Mansion 2 episodes 1990–1993 The Kids in the Hall Film segments, 24 episodes 1991 Max Glick Episode "Odd Couple" 1992–1995 Road to Avonlea 5 episodes 1994 The X-Files Episode: "Excelsis Dei" 1998–2005 Da Vinci's Inquest 10 episodes 1999 Due South Episode: "A Likely Story" Legacy 2 episodes 2000–2001 Bull 2 episodes 2001 Soul Food Episode: "The Root" 2002 The American Embassy Episode: "China Cup" Miss Miami TV Pilot 2003 Wild Card Episode: "Pilot" 2003–2004 The Handler 2 episodes 2005 Terminal City 2 episodes 2005–2006 Da Vinci's City Hall 2 episodes 2005–2007 Intelligence 8 episodes 2006 Monk Episodes: "Mr. Monk Bumps His Head" and "Mr. Monk Can't See a Thing" 2007-2010 Psych 7 episodes 2007–2013 Burn Notice 10 episodes 2008–2009 Flashpoint 3 episodes 2009 The Listener 2 episodes Eureka Episode: "Shower the People" 2009–2011 Warehouse 13 6 episodes;Also supervising producer of 13 episodes 2010 Shattered 2 episodes The Good Guys 2 episodes 2011 No Ordinary Family Episode: "No Ordinary Proposal" 2012 Common Law 2 episodes 2012–2016 Person of Interest 7 episodes 2013 The Blacklist Episode: "General Ludd" 2014 Reckless Episode: "Stand Your Ground" Arrow Episode: "Corto Maltese" 2014–2015 Graceland 2 episodes 2015 The Flash Episode: "Fallout" 2015–2016 The Romeo Section 2 episodes 2015–2018 Daredevil 4 episodes 2015–2019 Jessica Jones 3 episodes 2016 Bates Motel Episode: "Unfaithful" 2016–2018 Luke Cage 2 episodes 2017 Designated Survivor Episode: "Warriors" Hand of God Episode: "What Do You Hear..." The Defenders Episode: "Ashes, Ashes" The Punisher Episode: "Memento Mori" 2017–2018 Iron Fist 2 episodes 2017–2019 The Gifted 3 episodes 2018 Six Episode: "Dua" Runaways Episode: "Earth Angel" 2018–2019 Lost in Space 2 episodes 2019 Instinct Episode: "Stay Gold" See Episode: "Silk" 2019–2022 FBI 5 episodes 2019–2020 The Umbrella Academy 4 episodes 2021 The Witcher 2 episodes 2022 Reacher 1 episode 2022–2024 Law & Order: Organized Crime 3 episodes 2023 FUBAR 2 episodes 2025-2026 Chicago P.D. 2 episodes 2025 The Abandons Episode: "Piety and Rage" 2026 Elsbeth Episode: "High Class Problems"

TV movies Mary Silliman's War (1994) Grand Larceny (1995) Long Island Fever (1995) Little Criminals (1995) Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997) Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery (2005)

Acting roles Year Title Role Notes 1990 The Kids in the Hall Prisoner Episode 5 1993 Wayne's World 2 Director Uncredited 1999 The City Garston Episode "Shadows"