---
name: "Gary Fleder"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gary-fleder"
fi1m_id: "gary-fleder"
imdb_id: "nm0001219"
tmdb_id: 5501
wikidata_id: "Q1494859"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "19 December 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "director"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T04:08:00.556060+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."
---

# Gary Fleder

## Identity

Gary Fleder

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gary-fleder
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gary-fleder
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001219
- **TMDB ID:** 5501
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1494859
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Fleder, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1494859, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001219/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5501

Director. Born 19 December 1965 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 19 December 1965, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Agatha Barnes](https://film.one/person/agatha-barnes.md), [Brad Anderson](https://film.one/person/brad-anderson.md), [Clark Johnson](https://film.one/person/clark-johnson.md), [Leslie Libman](https://film.one/person/leslie-libman.md), [Maria Sten](https://film.one/person/maria-sten.md), [Michael Fields](https://film.one/person/michael-fields.md), [M. J. Bassett](https://film.one/person/mj-bassett.md), [Nick Gomez](https://film.one/person/nick-gomez.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as director, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 89 (1), 2000s 84 (1), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 79 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Crime 3, Drama 3, Mystery 2, Action & Adventure 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Fleder, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1494859, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001219/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5501

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Shield*](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md) (84)

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## Biography

Gary Fleder is an American film and television director, screenwriter and producer. He was born on 19 December 1965 in Norfolk, Virginia. He graduated from Boston University and the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

Fleder began his career directing episodes of *Tales from the Crypt* in the early 1990s. His feature films include *Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead* (1995), *Kiss the Girls* (1997), *Don't Say a Word* (2001), *Impostor* (2001), *Runaway Jury* (2003) and *Homefront* (2013). He has directed episodes of numerous television series, including *The Shield* (2002), *Life on Mars* (2008), *Kingdom* (2014–2016) and *Reacher* (2022).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Neagley* (2026), Fi1m 64, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/neagley.md)
- *The Shield* (2002), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), Fi1m 89, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *Neagley* (2026), series, Director — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/neagley.md)
- *Reacher* (2022), series, Director
- *Tiny Pretty Things* (2020), series, Director
- *Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector* (2020), series, Director
- *A Midsummer's Nightmare* (2017), Executive Producer, Director
- *The Bold Type* (2017), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Guilt* (2016), series, Director
- *Zoo* (2015), series, Director
- *Kingdom* (2014), series, Director
- *Scorpion* (2014), series, Director
- *TURN: Washington's Spies* (2014), series, Director
- *Star-Crossed* (2014), series, Director
- *Homefront* (2013), Director
- *Beauty and the Beast* (2012), series, Director
- *Vegas* (2012), series, Director
- *The River* (2012), series, Director
- *Happy Town* (2010), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Life Unexpected* (2010), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *The Express* (2008), Director
- *Life on Mars* (2008), series, Director
- *October Road* (2007), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *The Evidence* (2006), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Blind Justice* (2005), series, Director
- *Runaway Jury* (2003), Director, Producer
- *The Shield* (2002), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *Impostor* (2001), Director, Producer
- *Don't Say a Word* (2001), Director
- *Going to California* (2001), series, Director
- *L.A. Doctors* (1998), series, Director
- *From the Earth to the Moon* (1998), series, Director
- *Kiss the Girls* (1997), Director
- *Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead* (1995), Director
- *The Companion* (1994), Director
- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, Director
- *Terminal Round* (1988), Director
- *His Big Break* (1986), Editor
- *Poses* (1986), Director, Producer, Writer
- *The Haunting in Wicker Park*, Director
- *Bodyman*, Director
- *Breakaway Ray*, Director

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