---
name: "Marc Buckland"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marc-buckland"
fi1m_id: "marc-buckland"
imdb_id: "nm0118530"
tmdb_id: 1217930
wikidata_id: "Q3845356"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "director"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-07T14:19:13.729420+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."
---

# Marc Buckland

## Identity

Marc Buckland

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marc-buckland
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marc-buckland
- **IMDb ID:** nm0118530
- **TMDB ID:** 1217930
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3845356
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Buckland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3845356, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0118530/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1217930

Director and producer. Born 1 January 1953 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, United States
- **Active:** 1993–2011
- **Frequently works with:** [Craig Zisk](https://film.one/person/craig-zisk.md), [Elodie Keene](https://film.one/person/elodie-keene.md), [Charles Haid](https://film.one/person/charles-haid.md), [Michael Fresco](https://film.one/person/michael-fresco.md), [Randy Zisk](https://film.one/person/randall-zisk.md), [Aaron Sorkin](https://film.one/person/aaron-sorkin.md), [Adam Horowitz](https://film.one/person/adam-horowitz.md), [Adam Nimoy](https://film.one/person/adam-nimoy.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as director, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 83 (4), 2000s 78 (2), 2010s 63 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 72 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 3, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Buckland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3845356, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0118530/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1217930

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The West Wing*](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md) (86)
- **Disney+:** [*My Name Is Earl*](https://film.one/tv/my-name-is-earl.md) (77)
- **Peacock:** [*Grimm*](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Marc Buckland is an American television director and producer. He has directed episodes of numerous series since the late 1980s, including *The West Wing* (1999), *Felicity* (1998), *Sports Night* (1999), *Scrubs* (2001–2003), *My Name Is Earl* (2005–2007), *Grimm* (2011), *Santa Clarita Diet* (2017–2019) and *Stumptown* (2019–2020). He has also served as executive producer on several of these programmes.

Buckland won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for the pilot episode of *My Name Is Earl* (2005). His other credits include directing work on *Ed* (2000–2004), *Better Off Ted* (2009) and *Powerless* (2017).

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Grimm* (2011), Fi1m 63, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md)
- *Better Off Ted* (2009), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-off-ted.md)
- *My Name Is Earl* (2005), Fi1m 77, Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/my-name-is-earl.md)
- *The West Wing* (1999), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Sports Night* (1998), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/sports-night.md)
- *Murder One* (1995), Fi1m 82, Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/murder-one.md)
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *Best Thing Ever* (2026), series, Director
- *Unstable* (2023), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Stumptown* (2019), series, Director
- *Santa Clarita Diet* (2017), series, Director
- *Powerless* (2017), series, Director
- *Bent* (2012), series, Director
- *Grimm* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md)
- *Love Bites* (2011), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Better Off Ted* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-off-ted.md)
- *Deeply Irresponsible* (2007), Director
- *The Jake Effect* (2006), series, Director
- *My Name Is Earl* (2005), series, Director, Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/my-name-is-earl.md)
- *Medical Investigation* (2004), series, Producer, Director
- *Cracking Up* (2004), series, Director
- *Scrubs* (2001), series, Director
- *The Chronicle* (2001), series, Director
- *Next Caller* (2001), series, Executive Producer
- *Ed* (2000), series, Director, Producer
- *Brutally Normal* (2000), series, Director
- *Popular* (1999), series, Director
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Providence* (1999), series, Director
- *Felicity* (1998), series, Director
- *Buddy Faro* (1998), series, Director
- *Sports Night* (1998), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/sports-night.md)
- *Maximum Bob* (1998), series, Director
- *Brooklyn South* (1997), series, Director, Supervising Producer
- *Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer* (1997), Director
- *Murder One* (1995), series, Director, Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/murder-one.md)
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)
- *Doogie Howser, M.D.* (1989), series, as Dr. Anderson
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), series, as Waiter — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)
- *Tour of Duty* (1987), series, Actor
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Ronnie Cevenko

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 2006: Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series (won), for *My Name Is Earl*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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