of his familiarity with the prior pilot. A pilot was filmed in 2014 but the show was not picked up. Cuesta directed and executive produced the pilot episode for CBS drama Blue Bloods in 2010. The series was created by Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess and focuses on a family of New York police officers. He returned to direct the eighth episode of the first season "Chinatown". He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for directing Homelands Pilot episode. In 2011, he directed the film Roadie starring Ron Eldard as a man who returns home to Queens, NY after twenty years on the road with Blue Öyster Cult. Co-written with his brother Gerald Cuesta and featuring supporting roles by Jill Hennessy, Bobby Cannavale, Lois Smith and David Margulies, the film was screened at the Stony Brook Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival and Austin Film Festival in 2011. It was released by Magnolia Pictures on January 6, 2012. In February 2013 Cuesta was set up to direct the film Kill the Messenger for 2014 release date, Jeremy Renner will be leading the film. Filming started in the summer of 2013 in Atlanta. In January 2015 was named as the director, of the pilot episode of Fox Television Studios drama horror series Frankenstein, based on Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. FilmographyFilm L.I.E. (2001) 12 and Holding (2005) Tell-Tale (2009) Roadie (2011) Kill the Messenger (2014) American Assassin'' (2017)Television' References External links 1963 births Living people American television directors American male screenwriters Film directors from New York City School of Visual Arts alumni Screenwriters from New York (state)