Education
University of Southern California.
University of Southern California.
After Alfred Hitchcock"s 1946 film Notorious inspired him to become a filmmaker, Ferland went on to study cinema production at the University of Southern California"s School of Cinema and Television, graduating in 1988, and received an internship working as a researcher at Creative Artists Agency. He then moved on to write and direct his first own film, The Babysitter, in 1995 and in 1997 directed Telling Lies in America, which was commended for Excellence in Filmmaking by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. After directing and producing Delivered, he began to direct for television, starting with Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge, an American Broadcasting Company made-for-television movie.
He also directed the award-winning television movies After the Storm and Bang, Bang, You"re Dead in 2001 and 2002 respectively.
After directing the 2004 sequel to the 1987 Dirty Dancing, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, Ferland proceeded to work primarily with television series, and has picked up credits directing for the series Editor, Medical Investigation, House, Doctor of Medicine, Blind Justice, Nip/Tuck, The Unit, Prison Break, Sleeper Cell, Raines, Traveler, Damages, Saving Grace, The Riches, Eleventh Hour, The Blacklist, and most notably The Shield, for which he has directed thirteen episodes. He is a regular director for the Forex series Sons of Anarchy.
Ferland has directed episodes of all six seasons of the show to date. He also directed six episodes of the zombie television series The Walking Dead.
Ferland has directed episodes for Columbia Broadcasting System" Elementary.
He also directed one episode for first season Forex series The Strain, created by Guillermo del Toro. Ferland was born in Beverly, Massachusetts and attended the acclaimed Hollis Brookline High School in Hollis, New Hampshire.