Terry Cunningham

Born and raised in Cinnaminson, New Jersey, Terry later moved to Phoenix, Arizona where he graduated from Brophy College Preparatory.In 1992 he moved to Los Angeles and quickly landed a PA position on ...Show More

Born and raised in Cinnaminson, New Jersey, Terry later moved to Phoenix, Arizona where he graduated from Brophy College Preparatory.In 1992 he moved to Los Angeles and quickly landed a PA position on Last Action Hero (1993) and found his mentor in Executive Producer Robert E. Relyea. In 1993 Relyea was named President of Production for MGM/UA and Terry joined him as his Executive Assistant. For the next five years, working along side Relyea, Terry helped oversea production of over forty MGM/UA films, including: GoldenEye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Get Shorty (1995), The Birdcage (1996) and Ronin (1998).Upon selling his first screenplay, No Tomorrow (1999), in 1997, Terry decided to leave MGM/UA and pursue a career writing and directing. Independent production company PM Entertainment produced No Tomorrow as well as Terry's screenplays Y2K (1999) and The Stray (2000), which helped pave the way for him to direct his next screenplay The Chaos Factor (2000).Following the HBO World Premiere of The Chaos Factor, Terry went on to direct more films for PM Entertainment as well as Cinetel Films and Reel One Entertainment: The Elite (2001), Con Express (2002), Storm Watch (2002), Global Effect (2002), Descent (2005) and Earthstorm (2006) for Syfy.In 2006 Terry ventured into television directing over 100 hours of the prime-time dramas Desire (2006) and Wicked Wicked Games (2006) for Fox and MyNetworkTV.From 2008 to 2010 Terry traveled throughout Turkey and Peru directing _"The Jack Hunter Trilogy"( 2009)_ and its follow-up miniseries El Dorado (2010).In 2013 Terry directed the critically acclaimed family drama Love Finds You in Sugarcreek (2014) for UpTv, receiving the network's highest ratings ever with 2.2 million unique viewers for its 2014 premiere. It then went on to win Movieguide's 2015 Epiphany Award for Best TV Movie.From 2014 to 2015 Terry continued the series, directing Love Finds You in Charm (2015) and Love Finds You in Valentine (2016). Hide