Emmy and PGA Award for his work as an Executive Producer and Director on the Netflix phenomenon, House of Cards (2015). Coles continues to write and create original dramas through Talking Wall Pictures, which produced the CBS drama Songs in Ordinary Time (2000) (based on the Oprah Book Club pick) starring Sissy Spacek and Beau Bridges and co-created and executive produced the series Crash and Burn (2009). Talking Wall has developed numerous projects with HBO, CBS, New Line, IFC, Bravo and worked with numerous distinguished writers, including Academy Award nominated Mike Weller (Hair), Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright (Quills), Kate Robin (Six Feet Under) and Ann Peacock (Nights in Rodanthe). Personal life Coles lives in New York with his wife Laura. He is a Sundance Director’s Lab Alumni and has taught at the Columbia University Graduate Film Program, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and the School of Visual Arts. Directing credits Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021) episode 1.03 "Say Hello To My Little Friends" The Right Stuff (2020) episode 1.02 "Goodies" FBI: Most Wanted (2020) episode 1.12 "Ride or Die" The Sinner (2018) episode 2.03 "Part III" episode 2.08 "Part VIII" Mr. Mercedes (2017) episode 1.03 "Cloudy, With a Chance Of Mayhem" The Son (2017) episode 1.08 "Honey Hunt" Shots Fired (2017) episode 1.07 "Hour Seven: Content Of Their Character" Berlin Station (2016) Mad Dogs (2016) 11.22.63 (2016) Homeland (2015) House of Cards (2014) episode 2.5 "Chapter 18" episode 2.6 "Chapter 19" episode 2.11 "Chapter 24" episode 3.1 "Chapter 27" episode 3.2 "Chapter 28" Trump Unauthorized (2005) (TV) Grey's Anatomy (2005) TV Series episode 1.05 "Shake Your Groove Thing" Desperate Housewives (2004) TV Series episode 1.11 "Move On" Jack & Bobby (2004) TV Series episode 1.06 "Valentino" Karen Sisco (2003) TV Series episode 1.04 "Justice" Push, Nevada (2002) TV Series The American Embassy (2002) TV Series Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) TV Series episode 1.10 "Enemy Within" The $treet (2000) TV Series Wonderland (2000) TV Series The West Wing (1999) TV Series episode 4.10 "Arctic Radar" episode 4.21 "Life On Mars" Maximum Bob (1998) TV Series Sex and the City (1998) TV Series episode 2.06 "The Cheating Curve" episode 3.13 "Escape from New York" episode 3.14 "Sex and Another City" episode 5.03 "Luck Be An Old Lady" episode 5.04 "Cover Girl" Nothing Sacred (1997) TV Series Feds (1997) TV Series New York News (1995) TV Series Friends