Paris Barclay

Biography

Paris Barclay (born June 30, 1956) is an American renowned Emmy-winning director and producer who served as the first African-American and first openly gay President of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) for two terms from 2013 to 2017.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

60

Birth Date

1956-06-30 00:00:00

Birth Place

Chicago Heights, Illinois, USA

Known For

• 

  Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
• 

  The Big Time
• 

  The Cherokee Kid
• Dead Lawyers
• 

  Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
• 

  The Normal Heart

Credits

• directing (45 credits)

  • Dead Lawyers

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Brilliant Minds

    - Once Upon a Time in America (2025) ... director directing
    2024
  • Doctor Odyssey

    - The Wave (2) (2025) ... director directing

    - Crew Week (2025) ... director directing

    - Hot Tub Week (2025) ... director directing

    - I Always Cry at Weddings (2024) ... director directing

    - Singles Week (2024) ... director directing
    2024
  • Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

    - Kill or Be Killed (2024) ... director directing

    - Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (2024) ... director directing
    2024
  • American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez

    - Birthday Money (2024) ... director directing

    - Pray the Gay Away (2024) ... director directing
    2024
  • The Night Agent

    - Murky Waters (2026) ... director directing

    - The Isolation Play (2026) ... director directing
    2023
  • DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

    - God of Forgiveness, God of Vengeance (2022) ... director directing

    - Silenced (2022) ... director directing
    2022
  • The Watcher

    - Someone to Watch Over Me (2022) ... director directing

    - Blood Sacrifice (2022) ... director directing
    2022
  • The Normal Heart

    director

    directing
    2021
  • Station 19

    - What Are You Willing to Lose (2023) ... director directing

    - Even Better Than the Real Thing (2023) ... director directing

    - Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire (2022) ... director directing

    - Forever and Ever, Amen (2021) ... director directing

    - I Guess I'm Floating (2021) ... director directing
    2018
  • Empire

    - The Tameness of a Wolf (2016) ... director directing
    2015
  • How to Get Away with Murder

    - I'm Not Her (2017) ... director directing
    2014
  • Manhattan

    - Last Reasoning of Kings (2014) ... director directing
    2014
  • Extant

    - Shelter (2014) ... director directing
    2014
  • Smash

    - The Coup (2012) ... director directing
    2012
  • American Horror Story

    - The Sentinel (2022) ... director directing

    - Bad Fortune (2022) ... director directing
    2011
  • Glee

    - 2009 (2015) ... director directing

    - 100 (2014) ... director directing

    - Lights Out (2013) ... director directing

    - Diva (2013) ... director directing

    - Dance with Somebody (2012) ... director directing
    2009
  • NCIS: Los Angeles

    - Hand-to-Hand (2010) ... director directing

    - Pushback (2009) ... director directing
    2009
  • The Good Wife

    - Lifeguard (2009) ... director directing
    2009
  • Sons of Anarchy

    - Red Rose (2014) ... director directing

    - Faith and Despondency (2014) ... director directing

    - Greensleeves (2014) ... director directing

    - Black Widower (2014) ... director directing

    - You Are My Sunshine (2013) ... director directing
    2008
  • In Treatment

    - Adele - Week Seven (2010) ... director directing

    - Sunil - Week Seven (2010) ... director directing

    - Adele - Week Six (2010) ... director directing

    - Sunil - Week Six (2010) ... director directing

    - Jesse - Week Five (2010) ... director directing
    2008
  • The Mentalist

    - Red Brick and Ivy (2008) ... director directing
    2008
  • Hate

    director

    directing
    2005
  • Weeds

    - The Three Coolers (2008) ... director directing
    2005
  • Numb3rs

    - Dirty Bomb (2005) ... director directing
    2005
  • Lost

    - Stranger in a Strange Land (2007) ... director directing
    2004
  • House

    - Three Stories (2005) ... director directing
    2004
  • The Street Lawyer

    director

    directing
    2003
  • Cold Case

    - True Calling (2008) ... director directing

    - The Good Death (2007) ... director directing

    - Saving Sammy (2006) ... director directing

    - Willkommen (2006) ... director directing

    - Honor (2005) ... director directing
    2003
  • The Big Time

    director

    directing
    2002
  • Monk

    - Mr. Monk Is Underwater (2008) ... director directing

    - Mr. Monk and the Rapper (2007) ... director directing
    2002
  • The Shield

    - Spanish Practices (2007) ... director directing

    - Grave (2005) ... director directing

    - Scar Tissue (2003) ... director directing
    2002
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    - Coup de Grace (2009) ... director directing

    - All In (2009) ... director directing

    - You Kill Me (2007) ... director directing

    - Meet Market (2007) ... director directing
    2000
  • The West Wing

    - The Indians in the Lobby (2001) ... director directing

    - The Portland Trip (2000) ... director directing
    1999
  • The Cherokee Kid

    director

    directing
    1996
  • America's Dream

    director

    directing
    1996
  • Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

    director

    directing
    1996
  • Clueless

    - Secrets & Lies (1997) ... director directing
    1996
  • Sliders

    - The Breeder (1997) ... director directing

    - El Sid (1996) ... director directing

    - Gillian of the Spirits (1996) ... director directing
    1995
  • ER

    - Mars Attacks (2000) ... director directing

    - Calling Dr. Hathaway (1997) ... director directing

    - Ask Me No Questions, I'll Tell You No Lies (1996) ... director directing
    1994
  • NYPD Blue

    - Is Paris Burning? (1997) ... director directing

    - Upstairs, Downstairs (1997) ... director directing
    1993
  • Diagnosis: Murder

    - Witness to Murder (1995) ... director directing
    1993
  • Silk Stalkings

    - Tricks of the Trade (1995) ... director directing
    1991
  • Law & Order

    - Ain't No Love (2005) ... director directing
    1990

• production (7 credits)

  • Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It

    executive producer

    production
    2026
  • Doctor Odyssey

    executive producer

    production

    - The Wave (2) (2025) ... executive producer production

    - The Wave (1) (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Double-Booked (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Crew Week (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Hot Tub Week (2025) ... executive producer production
    2024
  • The Watcher

    executive producer

    production

    - Haunting (2022) ... executive producer production

    - The Gloaming (2022) ... executive producer production

    - Occam's Razor (2022) ... executive producer production

    - Someone to Watch Over Me (2022) ... executive producer production

    - Götterdämmerung (2022) ... executive producer production
    2022
  • Station 19

    executive producer

    production

    - One Last Time (2) (2024) ... executive producer production

    - How Am I Supposed to Live Without You (1) (2024) ... executive producer production

    - Ushers of the New World (2024) ... executive producer production

    - Give It All (2024) ... executive producer production

    - With So Little to Be Sure Of (2024) ... executive producer production
    2018
  • Pedro

    executive producer

    production
    2008
  • Sons of Anarchy

    - A Mother’s Work (2013) ... producer production

    - You Are My Sunshine (2013) ... producer production

    - Aon Rud Persanta (2013) ... producer production

    - Huang Wu (2013) ... producer production

    - John 8:32 (2013) ... producer production
    2008
  • In Treatment

    - Adele - Week Seven (2010) ... executive producer production

    - Jesse - Week Seven (2010) ... executive producer production

    - Sunil - Week Seven (2010) ... executive producer production

    - Frances - Week Seven (2010) ... executive producer production

    - Adele - Week Six (2010) ... executive producer production
    2008

• writing (3 credits)

  • Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It

    writer

    writing
    2026
  • Pedro

    story

    writing
    2008
  • Hate

    writer

    writing
    2005

• actors (5 credits)

  • Mama's Boy

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • The Normal Heart

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Will & Grace

    - Partners 'n' Crime (2006) ... Director actor actors
    1998
  • The Cherokee Kid

    #1 Bad Cowboy

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Sliders

    - The Breeder (1997) ... Bureaucrat actor actors
    1995