---
name: "Glenn Steelman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/glenn-steelman"
fi1m_id: "glenn-steelman"
imdb_id: "nm0824706"
tmdb_id: 1517249
wikidata_id: "Q5569123"
roles: ["First assistant director","Director"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-23T12:07:07.681756+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."
---

# Glenn Steelman

## Identity

Glenn Steelman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/glenn-steelman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** glenn-steelman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0824706
- **TMDB ID:** 1517249
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5569123
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Steelman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5569123, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0824706/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1517249

First assistant director and director. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** First assistant director, Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Also known as:** Glenn L. Steelman
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Steelman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5569123, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0824706/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1517249

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*This Is Us*](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md) (76)

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## Biography

Glenn L. Steelman is an American television director and first assistant director. He began in the camera and electrical departments on independent films in the late 1980s and early 1990s, later working as a second assistant director on several films before moving primarily to television assistant director roles from the mid-1990s.

Steelman has served as first assistant director on numerous series, including 50 episodes of *This Is Us* (2016–2022). His directing credits include three episodes of *Make It or Break It* (2010–2012), one episode of *Switched at Birth* (2015), and one episode of *This Is Us* (2022).

*Sources: imdb.com, grokipedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *This Is Us* (2016), Fi1m 76, Director, First Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *This Is Us* (2016), series, First Assistant Director, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md)
- *Switched at Birth* (2011), series, Director
- *Black Widow* (2008), First Assistant Director
- *Man in the Chair* (2007), First Assistant Director
- *Dementia* (1999), Producer
- *Almost Dead* (1994), Production Assistant
- *The Perfect Weapon* (1991), Production Assistant

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