---
name: "Henry J. Bronchtein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/henry-j-bronchtein"
fi1m_id: "henry-j-bronchtein"
imdb_id: "nm0111391"
tmdb_id: 1219553
wikidata_id: "Q11975102"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T13:19:21.034945+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."
---

# Henry J. Bronchtein

## Identity

Henry J. Bronchtein

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/henry-j-bronchtein
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** henry-j-bronchtein
- **IMDb ID:** nm0111391
- **TMDB ID:** 1219553
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11975102
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bronchtein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11975102, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111391/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219553

Director. Born in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 1980–1999
- **Also known as:** Henry Bronchtein
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 directing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Adisa Iwa](https://film.one/person/adisa-iwa.md), [Andy Wolk](https://film.one/person/andy-wolk.md), [Clark Johnson](https://film.one/person/clark-johnson.md), [Daniel Sackheim](https://film.one/person/daniel-sackheim.md), [Donna Deitch](https://film.one/person/donna-deitch.md), [Elodie Keene](https://film.one/person/elodie-keene.md), [Félix Enríquez Alcalá](https://film.one/person/felix-alcala.md), [James Hayman](https://film.one/person/james-hayman.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 88, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 91 (1), 1990s 88 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bronchtein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11975102, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111391/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219553

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Sopranos*](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md) (94)

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

## Biography

Henry J. Bronchtein is an American director, producer and production manager. Born and raised in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, he attended New York City public schools and studied film at New York University.

He began his career as an assistant director on feature films, including *Raging Bull* (1980) and several directed by Paul Mazursky. His first assistant director credits include *Weekend at Bernie's* (1989), *It Could Happen to You* (1994), *Striptease* (1996) and *A Perfect Murder* (1998).

Bronchtein served as co-executive producer and unit production manager on the HBO series *The Sopranos* (1999–2007), winning two Primetime Emmy Awards for the programme. He directed four episodes of the series, two of which received Directors Guild of America nominations. He has since directed episodes of series including *The Following* (2013) and *Turn: Washington's Spies* (2017).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Directed (2) — the average rests on these

- *The Sopranos* (1999), Fi1m 94, Associate Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Director, Co-Producer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Raging Bull* (1980), Fi1m 91, Other — [page](https://film.one/film/raging-bull.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *TURN: Washington's Spies* (2014), series, Director
- *The Following* (2013), series, Director
- *Luck* (2012), series, Co-Executive Producer, Director
- *John Doe* (2002), series, Director
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, Director
- *The Sopranos* (1999), series, Director, Associate Producer, Co-Producer, Producer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *A Perfect Murder* (1998), First Assistant Director
- *Addicted to Love* (1997), First Assistant Director
- *Striptease* (1996), First Assistant Director
- *Faithful* (1996), Associate Producer
- *Before and After* (1996), First Assistant Director
- *It Could Happen to You* (1994), First Assistant Director
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)
- *The Pickle* (1993), First Assistant Director
- *Amos & Andrew* (1993), First Assistant Director
- *The Super* (1991), First Assistant Director
- *Rising Son* (1990), First Assistant Director
- *Weekend at Bernie's* (1989), First Assistant Director
- *The Kiss* (1988), First Assistant Director
- *Raw Deal* (1986), First Assistant Director
- *The Cotton Club* (1984), Second Assistant Director
- *Eddie and the Cruisers* (1983), First Assistant Director
- *They All Laughed* (1981), Second Assistant Director
- *Raging Bull* (1980), as Other — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/raging-bull.md)
- *The Kirlian Witness* (1978), Best Boy Grip

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