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name: "Carla McClosky"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carla-mccloskey"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "5 April 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
updated: "2026-09-16T23:53:44.852403+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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# Carla McClosky

Director. Born 5 April 1951 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 5 April 1951, United States
- **Active:** 1991–2000
- **Also known as:** Carla McCloskey

## Biography

Carla McClosky (also credited as Carla McCloskey) is an American assistant director, production manager and occasional director. Born on 5 April 1951 in the United States, she began her career in the film industry as one of the first women selected for the assistant director role by the Producers Association. She worked as second assistant director or first assistant director (including second-unit and aerial-unit duties) on feature films such as *The 'Burbs* (1989), *Hook* (1991), *Point Break* (1991), *Jurassic Park* (1993) and *Point of No Return* (1993).

McClosky spent many years in television, serving as first assistant director on series including *Ally McBeal* (1999–2000), *Gilmore Girls* (2000–2003) and *The Closer* (2006–2009), and as unit production manager on later seasons of *Gilmore Girls*. She directed one episode of *Gilmore Girls*. She has been married to actor Leigh McCloskey since 1978. She later introduced job-sharing arrangements to the Directors Guild of America and has written books on relationships and stroke recovery.

*Sources: imdb.com, iheart.com, bbsradio.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)
- *Jurassic Park* (1993), Fi1m 91, Second Unit First Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-park.md)
- *Hook* (1991), Fi1m 56, Second Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/hook.md)

## Also known for

- *The 'Burbs* (1989), First Assistant Director
- *Point of No Return* (1993), Second Assistant Director
- *Color of Night* (1994), Second Assistant Director
- *Mr. Baseball* (1992), Second Assistant Director

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