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name: "Bill L. Norton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-l-norton"
fi1m_id: "bill-l-norton"
imdb_id: "nm0636165"
tmdb_id: 58075
wikidata_id: "Q684771"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "13 August 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:42:20.245002+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Bill L. Norton

## Identity

Bill L. Norton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bill-l-norton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bill-l-norton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0636165
- **TMDB ID:** 58075
- **Wikidata ID:** Q684771
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_L._Norton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q684771, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0636165/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58075

Director. Born 13 August 1943 in Venice, California.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 13 August 1943, Venice, California
- **Also known as:** B.W.L. Norton, Bill Norton , William Lloyd Norton
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_L._Norton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q684771, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0636165/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58075

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md) (80)

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## Biography

Bill L. Norton (born 13 August 1943) is an American film and television director, writer and producer. He is the son of screenwriter William W. Norton and was married to costume designer Rosanna Norton from 1967 to 1979.

Norton wrote and directed the feature film *Cisco Pike* (1971). He also directed *More American Graffiti* (1979) and wrote the screenplay for *Convoy* (1978). His television directing credits include episodes of *Tour of Duty*, *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (2002), *Angel*, *Roswell*, *Medium*, *Ghost Whisperer*, *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* and *The Unit*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Generation Gap* (2008), Director
- *Lincoln Heights* (2007), series, Director
- *The Unit* (2006), series, Director
- *Ghost Whisperer* (2005), series, Director
- *Threshold* (2005), series, Director
- *Medium* (2005), series, Director
- *Las Vegas* (2003), series, Director
- *Hack* (2002), series, Director
- *John Doe* (2002), series, Director
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, Director
- *The Fugitive* (2000), series, Director
- *FreakyLinks* (2000), series, Director
- *The Invisible Man* (2000), series, Director
- *A Crime of Passion* (1999), Director
- *Roswell* (1999), series, Director
- *Angel* (1999), series, Director
- *Sons of Thunder* (1999), series, Director
- *Thirst* (1998), Director
- *Vengeance Unlimited* (1998), series, Director
- *Every Mother's Worst Fear* (1998), Director
- *Bad to the Bone* (1997), Director
- *Our Mother's Murder* (1997), Director
- *A Deadly Vision* (1997), Director
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Vows of Deception* (1996), Director
- *Them* (1996), Director
- *Gone in the Night* (1996), Director
- *Stolen Innocence* (1995), Director
- *Deadly Whispers* (1995), Director
- *Welcome to Paradise* (1995), Director
- *Hercules in the Underworld* (1994), Director
- *Hercules and the Amazon Women* (1994), Director
- *seaQuest DSV* (1993), series, Director
- *False Arrest* (1991), Director
- *Angel of Death* (1990), Director
- *Grand Slam* (1990), Director
- *Tour of Duty* (1987), series, Director, Writer
- *Back to the Beach* (1987), Story
- *Three for the Road* (1987), Director
- *The Twilight Zone* (1985), series, Director
- *Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend* (1985), Director
- *Losin' It* (1983), Story, Screenplay
- *More American Graffiti* (1979), Writer, Director
- *Convoy* (1978), Screenplay, Screenstory
- *Outlaw Blues* (1977), Writer
- *Messiah of Evil* (1975), as Townsperson
- *Gargoyles* (1972), Director
- *Cisco Pike* (1972), Director, Writer
- *Truly Right* (1968), Director
- *Hotel Indiscreet* (1967), Director
- *The Chase* (1966), Camera Operator
- *Coming Soon* (1966), Writer, Director, Camera Operator
- *How to Succeed with Girls* (1964), Screenplay

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