---
name: "Vern Gillum"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/vern-gillum"
fi1m_id: "vern-gillum"
imdb_id: "nm0319412"
tmdb_id: 1174226
wikidata_id: "Q7921852"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "director"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-23T14:05:10.114707+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."
---

# Vern Gillum

## Identity

Vern Gillum

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vern-gillum
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** vern-gillum
- **IMDb ID:** nm0319412
- **TMDB ID:** 1174226
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7921852
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern_Gillum, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7921852, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319412/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1174226

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 1984–2005
- **Frequently works with:** [Daniel Sackheim](https://film.one/person/daniel-sackheim.md), [Fred Gerber](https://film.one/person/fred-gerber.md), [Aaron Lipstadt](https://film.one/person/aaron-lipstadt.md), [Alan J. Levi](https://film.one/person/alan-j-levi.md), [Bobby Roth](https://film.one/person/bobby-roth.md), [Christopher Misiano](https://film.one/person/christopher-misiano.md), [Darnell Martin](https://film.one/person/darnell-martin.md), [David Black](https://film.one/person/david-black.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as director, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 81 (1), 1990s 80 (2), 2000s 76 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 78 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 3, Action & Adventure 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern_Gillum, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7921852, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0319412/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1174226

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*ER*](https://film.one/tv/er.md) (88), [*Firefly*](https://film.one/tv/firefly.md) (83), [*Prison Break*](https://film.one/tv/prison-break.md) (68)
- **Tubi:** [*Miami Vice*](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md) (81)
- **Hulu:** [*Law & Order*](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Vern Gillum is an American television director. He trained at the California School of Fine Arts and the Art Center School in Los Angeles before working in advertising, where he held creative roles at agencies including McCann Erickson and Carson Roberts/Ogilvy Mather. He later founded Vern Gillum & Friends Inc., producing and directing commercials and short subjects.

Gillum began directing episodic television in the late 1980s, with early credits including episodes of *Miami Vice*. His subsequent work includes episodes of *ER* (1994), *Angel* (1999–2004), *Firefly* (2002–2003), *Prison Break* (2005), *Law & Order* (1990), *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993), *Baywatch* (1989), *Miami Vice* (1984), *Dark Angel* (2000) and *Sliders* (1995). He served as supervising producer on *The Big Easy* (1996–1997).

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Prison Break* (2005), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/prison-break.md)
- *Firefly* (2002), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/firefly.md)
- *ER* (1994), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Miami Vice* (1984), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

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

- *Prison Break* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/prison-break.md)
- *Veritas: The Quest* (2003), series, Director
- *Haunted* (2002), series, Director
- *Firefly* (2002), series, Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/firefly.md)
- *The Twilight Zone* (2002), series, Director
- *Witchblade* (2001), series, Director
- *Dark Angel* (2000), series, Director
- *Bull* (2000), series, Director
- *Angel* (1999), series, Director
- *Strange World* (1999), series, Director
- *Prey* (1998), series, Director
- *Pensacola: Wings of Gold* (1997), series, Director
- *Leaving L.A.* (1997), series, Director
- *The Pretender* (1996), series, Director
- *The Big Easy* (1996), series, Director
- *Nash Bridges* (1996), series, Director
- *Space: Above and Beyond* (1995), series, Director
- *The Client* (1995), series, Director
- *The Monroes* (1995), series, Director
- *Live Shot* (1995), series, Director
- *Sliders* (1995), series, Director
- *The Marshal* (1995), series, Director
- *The Watcher* (1995), series, Director
- *ER* (1994), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Under Suspicion* (1994), series, Director
- *Viper* (1994), series, Director
- *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993), series, Director
- *Vanished Without a Trace* (1993), Director
- *The Untouchables* (1993), series, Director
- *Raven* (1992), series, Director
- *Mann & Machine* (1992), series, Director
- *Brotherhood of the Gun* (1991), Director
- *Under Cover* (1991), series, Director
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Gabriel's Fire* (1990), series, Director
- *Nasty Boys* (1990), series, Director
- *Mancuso, F.B.I.* (1989), series, Director
- *Baywatch* (1989), series, Director
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)

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