---
name: "Bruce Seth Green"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bruce-seth-green"
fi1m_id: "bruce-seth-green"
imdb_id: "nm0337675"
tmdb_id: 149431
wikidata_id: "Q2926473"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "8 September 1941"
died: "25 January 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "director"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-17T14:45:51.414467+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."
---

# Bruce Seth Green

## Identity

Bruce Seth Green

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bruce-seth-green
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bruce-seth-green
- **IMDb ID:** nm0337675
- **TMDB ID:** 149431
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2926473
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Seth_Green, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2926473, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0337675/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/149431

Director. Born 8 September 1941 in Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. Died 25 January 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 8 September 1941, Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 25 January 2025
- **Active:** 1990–2000
- **Also known as:** Bruce Green
- **Frequently works with:** [Stephen L. Posey](https://film.one/person/stephen-l-posey.md), [Adam Nimoy](https://film.one/person/adam-nimoy.md), [Ashley Gable](https://film.one/person/ashley-gable.md), [Bethany Rooney](https://film.one/person/bethany-rooney.md), [Carl Ellsworth](https://film.one/person/carl-ellsworth.md), [David Grossman](https://film.one/person/david-grossman.md), [Doug Lefler](https://film.one/person/doug-lefler.md), [Gilbert M. Shilton](https://film.one/person/gilbert-m-shilton.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as director, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 75 (4), 2000s 81 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 3, Action & Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Crime 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Seth_Green, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2926473, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0337675/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/149431

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Gilmore Girls*](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md) (81), [*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md) (80)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Xena: Warrior Princess*](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md) (74)
- **Hulu:** [*Law & Order*](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Bruce Seth Green (also credited as Bruce Green) was an American television director and producer. Born on 8 September 1941 in Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York City, he began directing in the 1970s and worked extensively in episodic television until 2001.

His credits include episodes of *Knight Rider* (1982), *MacGyver* (1985), *Babylon 5* (1994), *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* (1995), *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), *Angel* (1999), *Dawson's Creek* (1998), *Gilmore Girls* (2000) and *Law & Order* (1990). He directed eight episodes of *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* and three of *Angel*. His final credit was an episode of *Roswell* in 2001. Green was not related to actor Seth Green, with whom he worked on *Buffy* and *Angel*.

Green died on 25 January 2025 in Santa Monica, California.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)
- *Babylon 5* (1994), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-5.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

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

- *The Chronicle* (2001), series, Director
- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)
- *The Invisible Man* (2000), series, Director
- *Roswell* (1999), series, Director
- *Angel* (1999), series, Director
- *Jack & Jill* (1999), series, Director
- *Mortal Kombat: Kreeya* (1999), Director
- *Mortal Kombat: Conquest* (1998), series, Director
- *Martial Law* (1998), series, Director, Producer
- *V.I.P.* (1998), series, Director
- *Dawson's Creek* (1998), series, Director
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Fire Co. 132* (1996), series, Director
- *American Gothic* (1995), series, Director
- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)
- *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* (1995), series, Director
- *Ärztin in Angst* (1995), Director
- *Babylon 5* (1994), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-5.md)
- *Diagnosis: Murder* (1993), series, Director
- *seaQuest DSV* (1993), series, Director
- *Bodies of Evidence* (1992), series, Director
- *I'll Fly Away* (1991), series, Director
- *Homefront* (1991), series, Director
- *Running Against Time* (1991), Director
- *Over My Dead Body* (1990), series, Director
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Swamp Thing* (1990), series, Director
- *Laker Girls* (1990), Director
- *Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker* (1989), Director
- *The New Lassie* (1989), series, Director
- *Baywatch* (1989), series, Director
- *TV 101* (1988), series, Director
- *Perfect People* (1988), Director
- *In Self Defense* (1987), Director
- *Rags to Riches* (1987), series, Director
- *Rags to Riches* (1987), Director
- *MacGyver* (1985), series, Director
- *The Insiders* (1985), series, Director
- *V* (1984), series, Director
- *Airwolf* (1984), series, Director
- *Max Maven's Mindgames* (1984), Director
- *Automan* (1983), series, Director
- *Nudes in Limbo* (1983), Director, Producer
- *Knight Rider* (1982), series, Director
- *T. J. Hooker* (1982), series, Director
- *The First National Kidisc* (1981), Producer
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, Director
- *Sensual Massage: The Touch of Love* (1980), Director, Producer
- *The Trans-Am Challenge* (1972), Director
- *Bird* (1965), Director

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