---
name: "Billy Gierhart"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/billy-gierhart"
fi1m_id: "billy-gierhart"
imdb_id: "nm0317382"
tmdb_id: 934273
wikidata_id: "Q4912596"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "director"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-13T21:47:24.310560+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."
---

# Billy Gierhart

## Identity

Billy Gierhart

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/billy-gierhart
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** billy-gierhart
- **IMDb ID:** nm0317382
- **TMDB ID:** 934273
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4912596
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Gierhart, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4912596, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317382/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/934273

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 2002–present
- **Also known as:** Bill Gierhart
- **Frequently works with:** [Guy Ferland](https://film.one/person/guy-ferland.md), [Gwyneth Horder-Payton](https://film.one/person/gwyneth-horder-payton.md), [Seith Mann](https://film.one/person/seith-mann.md), [Adam Arkin](https://film.one/person/adam-arkin.md), [Clark Johnson](https://film.one/person/clark-johnson.md), [Karen Gaviola](https://film.one/person/karen-gaviola.md), [Paris Barclay](https://film.one/person/paris-barclay.md), [Phil Abraham](https://film.one/person/phil-abraham.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as director, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 75 (3), 2010s 72 (5), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 71 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 9, Action & Adventure 5, Crime 4, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 3, Mystery 1, Western 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Gierhart, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4912596, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317382/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/934273

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Justified*](https://film.one/tv/justified.md) (87), [*The Shield*](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md) (84), [*Sons of Anarchy*](https://film.one/tv/sons-of-anarchy.md) (67), [*Once Upon a Time*](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md) (65)
- **AMC+:** [*Rectify*](https://film.one/tv/rectify.md) (87), [*Hell on Wheels*](https://film.one/tv/hell-on-wheels.md) (52)
- **Netflix:** [*The Walking Dead*](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md) (68), [*The Night Agent*](https://film.one/tv/the-night-agent.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Billy Gierhart, also credited as Bill Gierhart, is an American television director and former steadicam operator. He worked as a steadicam operator on series including *Pacific Blue*, *Huff*, *Swingtown* and *The Shield* before making his directorial debut on the latter show's penultimate episode, 'Possible Kill Screen', in 2008.

His directing credits include episodes of *Lone Star*, *Terriers*, *The Chicago Code*, *Sons of Anarchy*, *Torchwood*, *Breakout Kings*, *The Walking Dead*, *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.*, *Once Upon a Time*, *Justified*, *Timeless*, *S.W.A.T.* and *The Night Agent*. He has also served as an executive producer on *S.W.A.T.*. He is married to Cherie Gierhart.

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

## On Fi1m (9)

- *The Night Agent* (2023), Fi1m 64, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-night-agent.md)
- *Rectify* (2013), Fi1m 87, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/rectify.md)
- *Hell on Wheels* (2011), Fi1m 52, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/hell-on-wheels.md)
- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), Fi1m 65, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md)
- *Justified* (2010), Fi1m 87, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/justified.md)
- *The Walking Dead* (2010), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md)
- *Sons of Anarchy* (2008), Fi1m 67, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/sons-of-anarchy.md)
- *Torchwood* (2006), Fi1m 73, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/torchwood.md)
- *The Shield* (2002), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *The Night Agent* (2023), series, Director — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-night-agent.md)
- *S.W.A.T.* (2017), series, Director, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Marvel's Inhumans* (2017), series, Director
- *Timeless* (2016), series, Director
- *Marvel's Jessica Jones* (2015), series, Director
- *The Bastard Executioner* (2015), series, Director
- *Once Upon a Time in Wonderland* (2013), series, Director
- *Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* (2013), series, Director
- *Rectify* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/rectify.md)
- *Hemlock Grove* (2013), series, Director
- *Red Widow* (2013), series, Director
- *Zero Hour* (2013), series, Director
- *Hell on Wheels* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/tv/hell-on-wheels.md)
- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md)
- *The Walking Dead* (2010), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md)
- *Justified* (2010), series, Director — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/justified.md)
- *Sons of Anarchy* (2008), series, Director — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/sons-of-anarchy.md)
- *The Mist* (2007), Steadicam Operator, Camera Operator
- *Torchwood* (2006), series, Director — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/torchwood.md)
- *Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure* (2003), Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
- *The Shield* (2002), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *Diary of Lust* (2000), Steadicam Operator
- *Running Time* (1997), Camera Operator

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