---
name: "Norberto Barba"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/norberto-barba"
fi1m_id: "norberto-barba"
imdb_id: "nm0053157"
tmdb_id: 104404
wikidata_id: "Q1590541"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "12 September 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "director"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-26T15:00:44.440886+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."
---

# Norberto Barba

## Identity

Norberto Barba

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/norberto-barba
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** norberto-barba
- **IMDb ID:** nm0053157
- **TMDB ID:** 104404
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1590541
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norberto_Barba, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1590541, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0053157/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/104404

Director. Born 12 September 1963 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 12 September 1963, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1990–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Christopher Misiano](https://film.one/person/christopher-misiano.md), [Darnell Martin](https://film.one/person/darnell-martin.md), [John Behring](https://film.one/person/john-behring.md), [Aaron Lipstadt](https://film.one/person/aaron-lipstadt.md), [Adam Bernstein](https://film.one/person/adam-bernstein.md), [Adam Davidson](https://film.one/person/adam-davidson.md), [Constantine Makris](https://film.one/person/constantine-makris.md), [Daniel Sackheim](https://film.one/person/daniel-sackheim.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as director, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 72 (1), 2000s 76 (2), 2010s 74 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 66 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 3, Mystery 3, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norberto_Barba, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1590541, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0053157/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/104404

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Fringe*](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md) (80), [*The Mentalist*](https://film.one/tv/the-mentalist.md) (71)
- **Netflix:** [*Better Call Saul*](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md) (84)
- **Hulu:** [*Law & Order*](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) (72)
- **Peacock:** [*Grimm*](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Norberto Barba is an American television and film director. Born on 12 September 1963 in the Bronx, New York, he studied at Regis High School in New York City, spent two years at Columbia University, and graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts before becoming a Director Fellow at the American Film Institute.

Barba made his directorial debut with the 1992 short film *Chavez Ravine* and went on to direct the features *Blue Tiger* (1994) and *Solo* (1996), as well as the television movie *Apollo 11* (1996). He has directed numerous episodes of series including *Better Call Saul* (2015), *Grimm* (2011), *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), *The Mentalist* (2008), *Fringe* (2008), *The Strain* (2014) and *S.W.A.T.* (2017), and has also served as a producer on several of these programmes. He received an Imagen Award for his work on *Better Call Saul*.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Better Call Saul* (2015), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Grimm* (2011), Fi1m 63, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md)
- *Fringe* (2008), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *The Mentalist* (2008), Fi1m 71, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mentalist.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *CIA* (2026), series, Director
- *Reacher* (2022), series, Director
- *Wu-Tang: An American Saga* (2019), series, Director
- *FBI* (2018), series, Director
- *Mayans M.C.* (2018), series, Director
- *S.W.A.T.* (2017), series, Director
- *Ice* (2016), series, Director
- *Pure Genius* (2016), series, Director
- *Designated Survivor* (2016), series, Director
- *Preacher* (2016), series, Director
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *The Strain* (2014), series, Director
- *The Bridge* (2013), series, Director
- *Grimm* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md)
- *Against the Wall* (2011), series, Director
- *Suits* (2011), series, Director
- *Lights Out* (2011), series, Director
- *The Event* (2010), series, Director
- *Trauma* (2009), series, Director
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, Director
- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, Director — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mentalist.md)
- *Fringe* (2008), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *In Treatment* (2008), series, Director
- *Blade: The Series* (2006), series, Director
- *Conviction* (2006), series, Director
- *Threshold* (2005), series, Director
- *Numb3rs* (2005), series, Director
- *CSI: NY* (2004), series, Director
- *Medical Investigation* (2004), series, Director
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, Director
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, Director
- *Level 9* (2000), series, Director
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Terror in the Mall* (1998), Director
- *Lost in the Bermuda Triangle* (1998), Director
- *Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon* (1996), Director
- *Solo* (1996), as Rebel Soldier · Director
- *New York Undercover* (1994), series, Director
- *Blue Tiger* (1994), Director
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

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