Paris Barclay

DirectorProducerWriterActorProduction Jun 30 (age 69) Chicago Heights, Illinois, USA 1990–2026 (36 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

House

Director

Film

American Horror Story

Director

Film

The Mentalist

Director

Film

Sons of Anarchy

Director

Film

Lost

Director

Film

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

Director

Film

Station 19

Director

Film

How to Get Away with Murder

Director

Filmography

Acting (7)

Movies (3)

Mama's Boy

as Self

The Normal Heart

The Cherokee Kid

as #1 Bad Cowboy

Television (4)

Dirt

as Director

TV Revolution

Will & Grace

as Director

Sliders

as Bureaucrat

Crew (71)

Movies (14)

Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It

2026

Director

Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It

2026

Executive Producer

Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It

2026

Writer

The Normal Heart

2021

Director

Pedro

Executive Producer

Pedro

Story

Hate

Director

Hate

Writer

The Street Lawyer

Director

The Big Time

2002

Director

3.5

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

Director

The Cherokee Kid

Director

America's Dream

Director

Dead Lawyers

Director

Television (57)

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

Director

Brilliant Minds

Director

Doctor Odyssey

Director

Doctor Odyssey

Executive Producer

American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez

Director

The Night Agent

Director

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

Director

The Watcher

Director

The Watcher

Executive Producer

Station 19

Director

Station 19

Executive Producer

Pitch

Director

Empire

Director

The Bastard Executioner

2015

Director

5.8

The Bastard Executioner

2015

Executive Producer

5.8

How to Get Away with Murder

Director

Extant

Director

Manhattan

Director

Smash

Director

American Horror Story

Director

The Chicago Code

Director

Miami Medical

Director

The Good Wife

Director

NCIS: Los Angeles

Director

Glee

Director

The Mentalist

Director

Sons of Anarchy

Director

Sons of Anarchy

Producer

In Treatment

Co-Executive Producer

In Treatment

Director

In Treatment

Executive Producer

Dirt

Director

Numb3rs

Director

Weeds

Director

House

Director

Lost

Director

Huff

Director

Cold Case

Director

1MMs

Director

Monk

Director

The Shield

Director

American Dreams

Director

Fastlane

Director

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Director

City of Angels

Director

City of Angels

Producer

The West Wing

Director

Brooklyn South

Director

Clueless

Director

Second Noah

Director

Sliders

Director

Director

Diagnosis: Murder

Director

Moon Over Miami

Director

Angel Street

Director

Silk Stalkings

Director

Law & Order

Director