Dean White

Dean White is an American screen director and producer. He is an episodic director for the first season of Once Upon a Time. He helmed six episodes for the first season. He has also worked on Chicago Hope and The Shield.

Career
White began his television career as a production assistant on the series Reasonable Doubts in 1991. He went on to become a post production supervisior for Charlie Grace in 1995. He joined the crew of Chicago Hope as an Associate Producer for the second season in 1996. He was promoted to co-producer for the fourth season in 1998. He remained in this role until the sixth season in the 1999 to 2000 television season. He then served as a co-producer for The District in the 2000 to 2001 season.

In Spring 2002 he joined the crew of FX crime drama The Shield as a co-producer for the first season. He returned as a co-producer for the second season in 2003. He remained a co-producer for the third season in 2004 and also made his directorial debut on the series; he helmed the episode "What Power Is..." He was promoted to producer for the fourth season in 2005 and helmed a further two episodes. He left his production role after the fourth season but remained an episodic director for the series. He helmed a further four episodes before its conclusion in 2008.

Following his work on The Shield he has directed episodes of Over There, E-Ring, the FX miniseries Thief, CSI, Prison Break, Saved, The Nine, Men in Trees, Dirt, The Unit, Shark, Friday Night Lights, and Six Degrees.

He joined the crew of Once Upon a Time as an episodic director for the first season in 2011. He helmed the episodes "Snow Falls", "True North", "What Happened to Frederick", "Heart of Darkness", "The Stable Boy" and "A Land Without Magic".

Director

 * "Snow Falls"
 * "True North"
 * "What Happened to Frederick"
 * "Heart of Darkness"
 * "The Stable Boy"
 * "A Land Without Magic"