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Paris Barclay

Directing

Born June 30, 1956 · Chicago Heights, Illinois, USA

Also known as Paris K.C. Barclay

Biography

Paris Barclay (born June 30, 1956) is an American renowned Emmy-winning director and producer who served as the first African-American and first openly gay President of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) for two terms from 2013 to 2017.

Awards & recognition

  • GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award · 2001
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Directing for a Drama Series · 1999
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Directing for a Drama Series · 1998
  • Directors Guild of America Award
  • Primetime Emmy Award

Filmography48 titles

House

2004Director

The Mentalist

2008Director

Sons of Anarchy

2008Director, Producer

The West Wing

1999Director

Station 19

2018Director, Executive Producer

The Shield

2002Director

American Horror Story

2011Director

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

2022Director

Lost

2004Director

Monk

2002Director

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

Director

How to Get Away with Murder

2014Director

Cold Case

2003Director

ER

1994Director

The Night Agent

2023Director

Huff

2004Director

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

2024Director

The Good Wife

2009Director

In Treatment

2008Co-Executive Producer, Director, Executive Producer

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000Director

Sliders

1995as Bureaucrat

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

Director

The Chicago Code

2011Director

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009Director

Weeds

2005Director

Brilliant Minds

2024Director

Law & Order

1990Director

American Sports Story

2024Director

The Watcher

2022Executive Producer

Empire

2015Director

Manhattan

2014Director

Diagnosis: Murder

1993Director

NYPD Blue

1993Director, Producer, Supervising Producer

Numb3rs

2005Director

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

1996Director

Will & Grace

1998as Director

Glee

2009Director

Dirt

2007as Director

Fastlane

2002Director

Doctor Odyssey

2024Director, Executive Producer

Smash

2012Director

Extant

2014Director

With Love

2021Director

Silk Stalkings

1991Director

Pitch

2016Director

The Bastard Executioner

2015Director, Executive Producer

The Cherokee Kid

1996as #1 Bad Cowboy

Mama's Boy

2022as Self