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name: "John E. Gallagher"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-gallagher"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "15 February 1958"
died: "2 March 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T22:37:28.849832+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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# John E. Gallagher

Director. Born 15 February 1958. Died 2 March 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 15 February 1958
- **Died:** 2 March 2019
- **Active:** 1994–2009
- **Also known as:** John Gallagher, John E. Gallagher III
- **Works often with:** Christopher Misiano, Dean Parisot, Dee Johnson, Félix Alcalá, Gloria Muzio, Jacque Elaine Toberen

## Biography

John E. Gallagher was an American television director. He was born on 15 February 1958 and died on 2 March 2019.

He began his career in the mid-1980s as a production assistant on films including *Born on the Fourth of July* (1989) and *State of Grace* (1990), later working as an assistant director on titles such as *Out for Justice* (1991), *The Specialist* (1994) and *Evita* (1996). Gallagher directed episodes of series including *Third Watch* (2004–2005), *ER* (2006, 2008), *Criminal Minds* (2007–2011), *The Good Wife* (2010) and *The Blacklist* (as first assistant director, 2013–2018).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *ER* (1994), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *The Good Wife* (2009), Director

## Also known for

- *Criminal Minds* (2005), Director
- *The Blacklist* (2013), First Assistant Director
- *The Specialist* (1994), Second Assistant Director
- *Hard Target* (1993), Second Assistant Director
- *The Scarlet Letter* (1995), Second Assistant Director
- *Out for Justice* (1991), Second Second Assistant Director
- *Evita* (1996), Second Assistant Director
- *Third Watch* (1999), Director

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