Bryan Gordon

Biography

Bryan Gordon is a television and film director and writer. He has been nominated three times for the Directors Guild of America Award and in 2002 received the Directors Guild award for comedy directing. He’s been nominated for an Emmy twice – both for his work on the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, which he continues to direct now in its eighth season. He has directed such TV series as The Office, Weeds, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The West Wing, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Freaks and Geeks and The Wonder Years. He's directed numerous pilots - among them One Tree Hill - setting the look and design for the long running series. Most recently, he directed the TBS pilot The Band for the 2011 season. In 2009 and 2010, he directed and produced the series Party Down for the Starz Network, that stars Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Lizzy Caplan, Jane Lynch, Megan Mullally, Martin Starr, and Ryan Hansen. He started his career as a comedy writer on Fridays and as an independent filmmaker that included writing and directing the Academy Award winning short Ray’s Male Heterosexual Dance Hall and the feature film Pie in the Sky starring Anne Heche, John Goodman, and Josh Charles, as well as direc…

Directed

1. The Office (2005) — Director
2. The Wonder Years (1988) — Director
3. Weeds (2005) — Director
4. Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) — Director
5. Freaks and Geeks (1999) — Director
6. Career Opportunities (1991) — Director
7. One Tree Hill (2003) — Director
8. The West Wing (1999) — Director
9. Grace and Frankie (2015) — Director
10. Ally McBeal (1997) — Director
11. Party Down (2009) — Director
12. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006) — Director
13. Childrens Hospital (2008) — Director
14. The Neighbors (2012) — Director
15. Mr. Sunshine (2011) — Director
16. Sports Night (1998) — Director
17. Trophy Wife (2013) — Director
18. Boston Public (2000) — Director
19. Bad Teacher (2014) — Director
20. Action (1999) — Director
21. Andy Richter Controls the Universe (2002) — Director
22. How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) (2013) — Director
23. Man Up! (2011) — Director
24. Free Agents (2011) — Director
25. Pie in the Sky (1996) — Director
26. Jack & Bobby (2004) — Director
27. Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987) — Director
28. Do Over (2002) — Director
29. American Playhouse (1982) — Director
30. Maybe It's Me (2001) — Director
31. Life Is Wild (2007) — Director
32. The Michael Richards Show (2000) — Director
33. Bakersfield P.D. (1993) — Director
34. Help Me Help You (2006) — Director
35. The O'Keefes (2003) — Director
36. M.Y.O.B. (2000) — Director
37. The Arnold Palmer (2012) — Director
38. Divide & Conquer (2014) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Corrina, Corrina (1994) — Business Associate
2. Amazing Stories (1985) — father
3. Sour Grapes (1998) — Doug
4. Panic in Echo Park (1977)
5. The Seeding of Sarah Burns (1979) — Roger Deems
6. Diary of a Young Comic (1979)