---
name: "Jim McBride"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-mcbride"
fi1m_id: "jim-mcbride"
imdb_id: "nm0564319"
tmdb_id: 15206
wikidata_id: "Q1670475"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "16 September 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "director"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-25T17:06:41.771660+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."
---

# Jim McBride

## Identity

Jim McBride

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-mcbride
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-mcbride
- **IMDb ID:** nm0564319
- **TMDB ID:** 15206
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1670475
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McBride, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1670475, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564319/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15206

Director. Born 16 September 1941 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 16 September 1941, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1967–2001
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as director, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 1990s 72 (1), 2000s 86 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Family 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McBride, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1670475, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564319/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15206

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Six Feet Under*](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md) (86)
- **Disney+:** [*The Wonder Years*](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Jim McBride is an American film and television director and screenwriter. He was born on 16 September 1941 in New York City.

His early feature *David Holzman's Diary* (1967), which he directed and co-wrote, is a mockumentary. Later credits include directing and co-writing the remake *Breathless* (1983), directing *The Big Easy* (1986) and *Great Balls of Fire!* (1989), and episodes of the series *The Wonder Years* (1988–1991) and *Six Feet Under* (2001).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Six Feet Under* (2001), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *The Wonder Years* (1988), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Flywheel: Ignition of the Soul* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Alan Jackson: Small Town Southern Man* (2018), Actor
- *My Son's Wedding to My Sister-in-Law* (2009), Director, Editor, Writer
- *Welcome to São Paulo* (2004), Director
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back* (2000), Director
- *Dead by Midnight* (1997), Director
- *Pronto* (1997), Director
- *The Informant* (1997), Director
- *Uncovered* (1995), Director, Screenplay
- *The Wrong Man* (1993), Director
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *Blood Ties* (1991), Director, Co-Producer
- *Great Balls of Fire!* (1989), Director, Screenplay
- *The Wonder Years* (1988), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md)
- *The Big Easy* (1986), Director
- *The Twilight Zone* (1985), series, Director
- *Breathless* (1983), Director, Screenplay
- *Last Embrace* (1979), as Man in Cantina
- *Hot Times* (1974), Director, Writer
- *Glen and Randa* (1971), Director, Screenplay
- *Pictures from Life's Other Side* (1971), Director
- *My Girlfriend's Wedding* (1969), Director, Editor
- *David Holzman's Diary* (1967), Director, Editor, Producer, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Jim McBride](https://film.one/media/person/61379/gallery-619f0bce0495.jpg) Jim McBride — Collezione Biblioteca Comunale G.D. Romagnosi, Salsomaggiore Terme, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Jim_McBride_Adriano_Apr%C3%A0_Salsomaggiore_1981.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jim McBride](https://film.one/media/person/61379/gallery-84db1a53a7af.jpg) Jim McBride — Image via TMDB
- ![Jim McBride](https://film.one/media/person/61379/gallery-b3dab2f64ebd.jpg) Jim McBride — Image via TMDB

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