He has directed nearly 150 hours of television to date, and served as Producer/Executive Producer on such series as Felicity, Alias, Parenthood, Pushing Daisies, Goliath, and Outer Range.
[8] Trilling's first break was selling the screenplay Delivered, a black comedy he co-wrote with his childhood friend and fellow pizza delivery driver, Andrew Liotta.
The script, about an angry, overeducated pizza man who is mistaken for a local serial killer, was produced by Banner Entertainment and premiered at the Seattle Film Festival in 1998.
On the strength of his work on Felicity, he was hired to direct two other dramas for the WB Network; Roswell for Jason Katims and Popular, Ryan Murphy's debut series.
Praised for its honest, funny and emotional examination of family life, it was one of the first television shows to raise awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
In 2016, Trilling teamed up with David E. Kelly to direct the pilot of Goliath for Amazon Prime Video, for which Billy Bob Thornton won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama Series in 2017.
In addition to show running Goliath, he sold multiple projects into development and came aboard to direct and Executive Produce Outer Range, starring Josh Brolin.