He didn't just take the reins on 'Longmire' and 'Prodigal Son,' where he was a series regular - he also directed an episode of 'Fear the Walking Dead' and one of 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' It's probably easier, he admitted in an interview with Nerds and Beyond, to keep his directing and acting separate: 'I've often gotten so caught up in watching my other actors during a scene that I forget my own lines. It's not that unusual for actors to get the chance to direct an episode on their own shows, but Phillips really took the ball and ran with it.
