Milan Cheylov

A professional stage actor at 15, Cheylov ran Bootleg Theatre in Toronto for ten years. He acted in theatre, television and film for almost twenty years. He started producing and directing short films and television shows in his mid-twenties. Cheylov moved to LA in 2006 to direct the Emmy-Award-winning action drama "24" (where he also became a producer), among many others. He has directed over 150 episodes of television, from drama (24, Dexter, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Once Upon A Time, Prison Break) to comedy (Rosewood, Las Vegas, Chuck, The Chris Isaak Show). He was Co-Executive producer on Fox TV's Rosewood, and most recently was Co-Executive Producer on ABC's Station 19. Cheylov is married to NY Times-bestselling author Lori Lansens (The Girls, Rush Home Road, The Mountain Story, upcoming This Little Light). They have two children and live in Los Angeles.

As a director, some of his television credits include:

• Street Legal
• Flash Forward
• The Famous Jett Jackson
• PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
• Earth: Final Conflict
• Relic Hunter
• Monk
• The Chris Isaak Show
• The 4400
• Las Vegas
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Prison Break
• 24 (also supervising producer)
• Bones
• Person of Interest
• The Finder
• Once Upon a Time
• The Event
• Dexter
• Rizzoli & Isles
• Wisdom of the Crowd
• Station 19
• Deputy
• The Cleaning Lady
• FBI: International
• Accused

As an actor, he had a regular role on the television series The Edison Twins as well as guest starring on the shows The Twilight Zone, Night Heat, Diamonds and doing voice work on Star Wars: Droids.