---
name: "David Platt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-platt"
fi1m_id: "david-platt"
imdb_id: "nm0686853"
tmdb_id: 1223983
wikidata_id: "Q5238607"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "director"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-09T04:00:39.701429+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Platt

## Identity

David Platt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-platt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-platt
- **IMDb ID:** nm0686853
- **TMDB ID:** 1223983
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5238607
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Platt_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5238607, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0686853/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223983

Director. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Active:** 1980–2013
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 5 directing, 2 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Gloria Muzio](https://film.one/person/gloria-muzio.md), [Alex Zakrzewski](https://film.one/person/alex-zakrzewski.md), [Christopher Misiano](https://film.one/person/christopher-misiano.md), [Félix Enríquez Alcalá](https://film.one/person/felix-alcala.md), [Jace Alexander](https://film.one/person/jace-alexander.md), [Jean de Segonzac](https://film.one/person/jean-de-segonzac.md), [Jim McKay](https://film.one/person/jim-mckay.md), [Kate Woods](https://film.one/person/kate-woods.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as director, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 48 (1), 1990s 78 (2), 2000s 84 (3), 2010s 63 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 76 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 3, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Platt_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5238607, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0686853/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223983

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Wire*](https://film.one/tv/the-wire.md) (90)
- **Paramount+:** [*The Good Wife*](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md) (84)
- **Disney+:** [*House*](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md) (78)
- **Hulu:** [*Law & Order*](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) (72)
- **Netflix:** [*The Blacklist*](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David Platt is an American television director and producer. He began his career in the sound department as a boom operator on films including *Friday the 13th Part 2* (1981) before moving into directing in the mid-1990s.

Platt is best known for his extensive work on the *Law & Order* franchise, directing 29 episodes of *Law & Order* (1996–2005) and 54 episodes of *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (2000–2010). He has also directed episodes of *The Wire* (the 2006 episode 'Alliances'), *House* (five episodes), *Suits*, *The Blacklist*, *Marvel's Agent Carter*, *Elementary*, *Lie to Me*, *The Good Wife* and other series.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

### Directed (5) — the average rests on these

- *The Blacklist* (2013), Fi1m 63, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *The Good Wife* (2009), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *House* (2004), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *The Wire* (2002), Fi1m 90, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wire.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

### Crew (2)

- *Quiz Show* (1994), Fi1m 84, Boom Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/quiz-show.md)
- *Friday the 13th* (1980), Fi1m 48, Boom Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/friday-the-13th.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Big Dogs* (2020), series, Director
- *The Planters* (2019), Associate Producer
- *Queen of the South* (2016), series, Director
- *Marvel's Agent Carter* (2015), series, Director
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *Elementary* (2012), series, Director
- *A Gifted Man* (2011), series, Director
- *Unforgettable* (2011), series, Director
- *Suits* (2011), series, Director
- *Body of Proof* (2011), series, Director
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *Lie to Me* (2009), series, Director
- *Law & Order: Trial by Jury* (2005), series, Director
- *House* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *Queens Supreme* (2003), series, Director
- *Hack* (2002), series, Director
- *The Wire* (2002), series, Director — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wire.md)
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, Director
- *The Education of Max Bickford* (2001), series, Director
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, Director
- *Judging Amy* (1999), series, Director
- *Quiz Show* (1994), Boom Operator — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/quiz-show.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *The Local Stigmatic* (1990), Boom Operator
- *Luther the Geek* (1989), Producer
- *Invasion U.S.A.* (1985), Boom Operator
- *Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter* (1984), Boom Operator
- *Baby It's You* (1983), Boom Operator
- *Vigilante* (1983), Boom Operator
- *Friday the 13th Part 2* (1981), Boom Operator
- *The Children* (1980), Production Manager
- *Friday the 13th* (1980), Boom Operator — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/friday-the-13th.md)

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