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name: "Norman Buckley"
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born: "25 November 1955"
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# Norman Buckley

Director. Born 25 November 1955 in Limestone.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 25 November 1955, Limestone
- **Active:** 1989–2007

## Biography

Norman Buckley is an American television director and editor. Born on 25 November 1955 in Limestone, Maine, he began his career as an assistant editor on feature films including *Tender Mercies* (1983) and later worked as an editor on television series such as *Fastlane* and *The O.C.*.

He transitioned to directing with episodes of *The O.C.* (2003) and went on to direct multiple episodes of *Chuck* (2007), *Gossip Girl* (2007), *Pretty Little Liars* (2010), *Rizzoli & Isles* (2010), *Jane the Virgin* (2014), *Quantico* (2015) and *Zoo* (2015), among many others. He also served as co-executive producer and producing director on *Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists* (2019) and *Sweet Magnolias*.

Buckley won an American Cinema Editors award in 2008 for editing the pilot of *Chuck* and has been nominated for further ACE awards. He is the brother of actress Betty Buckley.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Chuck* (2007), Fi1m 73, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/chuck.md)
- *When Harry Met Sally...* (1989), Fi1m 84, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/when-harry-met-sally.md)

## Also known for

- *Pretty Little Liars* (2010), Director
- *Once Upon a Time* (2011), Director
- *Gossip Girl* (2007), Director
- *The O.C.* (2003), Director
- *Jane the Virgin* (2014), Director
- *Quantico* (2015), Director
- *Zoo* (2015), Director
- *Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists* (2019), Director

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