David Petrarca (born November 10, 1965) is an American director and producer of theatre, television and film. He was director at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago from 1988 until 2005. His work as a director includes HBO's Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones, Big Love, Hung, and True Blood as well as Marco Polo, Jessica Jones and numerous other projects for Netflix. Other recent projects include The Alienist and Warrior. He worked as an executive producer on Those Who Kill, ABC series Eli Stone and Drop Dead Diva. He was the recipient of a TCG/NEA Director Fellowship and has served as associate artistic director for the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and the Chelsea Theatre Centre in New York City, and on the NEA Theatre Panel. He has taught at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, the O'Neill Center and Northwestern University and has developed new work for New York Stage and Film and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. In 1996, Petrarca was chosen by the Chicago Tribune as a "Chicagoan of the Year". In 2006, he completed filming Save the Last Dance 2 for Paramount Pictures. As of mid-2017, he was working on the screenplay of Wendy MacLeod's Schoolgirl Figure, a film adaptation of David Lindsay-Abaire's Fuddy Meers, as well as a film about the legendary mime, Marcel Marceau. Selected works As film director Save the Last Dance 2 (2006) As television executive producer Career Opportunities In Murder and Mayhem (2022-) Those Who Kill (2014) Drop Dead Diva (2009) Eli Stone (2008–2009) Everwood (2004–2005) As television director 68 Whiskey (episode #6: "Fight or Flight") The Alienist (episode #8: "Psychopathia Sexualis") Big Love (8 episodes) Boardwalk Empire (episode #14 "Ourselves Alone") Brothers & Sisters (episode #11: "Family Day") Cupid (episode #10: "Hung Jury") Dawson's Creek (7 episodes) Dirty Sexy Money (episode #6: "The Game") Drop Dead Diva (3 episodes) Early Edition (episode #61: "Number One with a Bullet") Eli Stone (7 episodes) Everwood (12 episodes) Felicity (episode #70: "The Last Thanksgiving") Full Circle (2 episodes) Game of Thrones (2 episodes) Gilmore Girls (episode #11: "Paris Is Burning") Glory Days (episode #7: "There Goes the Neighborhood") Gracepoint (2 episodes) Happy! (episode #6: "The Scrapyard of Childish Things") Hemlock Grove (episode #21: "Unicorn") Hung (2 episodes) Jack & Bobby (4 episodes) Jack & Jill (4 episodes) Jessica Jones (2 episodes) Joan of Arcadia (episode #6: "Bringeth It On") Knightfall (2