---
name: "Bryan Gordon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bryan-gordon"
fi1m_id: "bryan-gordon"
imdb_id: "nm0330057"
tmdb_id: 122583
wikidata_id: "Q2927155"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "director"
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-07T12:39:29.072764+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."
---

# Bryan Gordon

## Identity

Bryan Gordon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bryan-gordon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bryan-gordon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0330057
- **TMDB ID:** 122583
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2927155
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Gordon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2927155, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330057/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/122583

Director. Born 1 January 1953 in Dover, Delaware, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, Dover, Delaware, USA
- **Active:** 1988–2009
- **Frequently works with:** [Arlene Sanford](https://film.one/person/arlene-sanford.md), [Bethany Rooney](https://film.one/person/bethany-rooney.md), [Thomas Schlamme](https://film.one/person/thomas-schlamme.md), [Alex Graves](https://film.one/person/alex-graves.md), [Danny Leiner](https://film.one/person/danny-leiner.md), [Dennie Gordon](https://film.one/person/dennie-gordon.md), [Lesli Linka Glatter](https://film.one/person/lesli-linka-glatter.md), [Paul Feig](https://film.one/person/paul-feig.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as director, over 10 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 1990s 80 (4), 2000s 77 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 73 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 8, Drama 7, Crime 1, Family 1, Sport 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Gordon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2927155, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330057/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/122583

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Wonder Years*](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md) (82), [*One Tree Hill*](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md) (66), [*Ally McBeal*](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md) (63)
- **Paramount+:** [*Freaks and Geeks*](https://film.one/tv/freaks-and-geeks.md) (88), [*Weeds*](https://film.one/tv/weeds.md) (76)
- **HBO Max:** [*The West Wing*](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md) (86), [*Curb Your Enthusiasm*](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md) (84)
- **Apple TV:** [*Party Down*](https://film.one/tv/party-down.md) (82)
- **Peacock:** [*The Office*](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Bryan Gordon is an American television and film director and writer. He began his career as a comedy writer on the ABC variety series *Fridays* in the early 1980s.

As an independent filmmaker, he wrote and directed the Academy Award-winning short *Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall* (1987) and directed the features *Career Opportunities* (1991) and *Pie in the Sky* (1995). He has directed episodes of series including *The Wonder Years*, *Freaks and Geeks* (1999), *The West Wing* (1999), *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (from 2000), *The Office*, *Weeds*, *One Tree Hill*, *Party Down* (also as producer) and *Grace and Frankie*.

Gordon received a Directors Guild of America Award for comedy directing and was twice nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for *Curb Your Enthusiasm*. He is married to filmmaker Jessie Nelson; their daughter is actress Molly Gordon. He attended the University of Delaware.

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

## On Fi1m (10)

- *Party Down* (2009), Fi1m 82, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/party-down.md)
- *The Office* (2005), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *Weeds* (2005), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/weeds.md)
- *One Tree Hill* (2003), Fi1m 66, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *Freaks and Geeks* (1999), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/freaks-and-geeks.md)
- *The West Wing* (1999), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Sports Night* (1998), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/sports-night.md)
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), Fi1m 63, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md)
- *The Wonder Years* (1988), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

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

- *Grace and Frankie* (2015), series, Director
- *Bad Teacher* (2014), series, Director
- *Divide & Conquer* (2014), Director
- *Trophy Wife* (2013), series, Director
- *How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)* (2013), series, Director
- *The Arnold Palmer* (2012), Director
- *The Neighbors* (2012), series, Director
- *Man Up!* (2011), series, Director
- *Free Agents* (2011), series, Director
- *Mr. Sunshine* (2011), series, Director
- *Portlandia* (2011), series, Consulting Producer
- *Party Down* (2009), series, Director, Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-down.md)
- *Childrens Hospital* (2008), series, Director
- *Life Is Wild* (2007), series, Director
- *Help Me Help You* (2006), series, Director
- *Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip* (2006), series, Director
- *Weeds* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/weeds.md)
- *The Office* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *Jack & Bobby* (2004), series, Director
- *One Tree Hill* (2003), series, Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)
- *The O'Keefes* (2003), series, Director
- *Do Over* (2002), series, Director
- *Andy Richter Controls the Universe* (2002), series, Director
- *Maybe It's Me* (2001), series, Director
- *The Michael Richards Show* (2000), series, Director
- *Boston Public* (2000), series, Director
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *M.Y.O.B.* (2000), series, Director
- *Freaks and Geeks* (1999), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/freaks-and-geeks.md)
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Action* (1999), series, Director
- *Sports Night* (1998), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/sports-night.md)
- *Sour Grapes* (1998), as Doug
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), series, Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md)
- *Pie in the Sky* (1996), Director, Writer
- *Corrina, Corrina* (1994), as Business Associate
- *Bakersfield P.D.* (1993), series, Director
- *Career Opportunities* (1991), Director
- *The Wonder Years* (1988), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md)
- *Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall* (1987), Director, Writer
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, as father
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, Director, Writer
- *Fridays* (1980), series, Writer
- *The Seeding of Sarah Burns* (1979), as Roger Deems
- *Diary of a Young Comic* (1979), Actor
- *Panic in Echo Park* (1977), Actor

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