Directing
Bryan Gordon
Dover, Delaware, USA
Bryan Gordon is a television and film director and writer. He has been nominated three times for the Directors Guild of America Award and in 2002 received the Directors Guild award for comedy directing. He’s been nominated for an Emmy twice – both for his work on the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, which he continues to direct now in its eighth season. He has directed such TV series as The Office, Weeds, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The West Wing, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Freaks and Geeks and The Wonder Years. He's directed numerous pilots - among them One Tree Hill - setting the look and design for the long running series. Most recently, he directed the TBS pilot The Band for the 2011 season. In 2009 and 2010, he directed and produced the series Party Down for the Starz Network, that stars Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Lizzy Caplan, Jane Lynch, Megan Mullally, Martin Starr, and Ryan Hansen. He started his career as a comedy writer on Fridays and as an independent filmmaker that included writing and directing the Academy Award winning short Ray’s Male Heterosexual Dance Hall and the feature film Pie in the Sky starring Anne Heche, John Goodman, and Josh Charles, as well as directing the film Career Opportunities. He was born and raised in Dover, Delaware. He graduated from Dover High School and the University of Delaware where he has been honored as a member of the University’s Wall of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bryan Gordon, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting credits
6.7When Manny Singer's wife dies, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and withdrawn. To help cope with looking after Molly, he hires sassy housekeeper Corrina Washington, who coaxes Molly out of her shell and shows father and daughter a whole new way of life. Manny and Corrina's friendship delights Molly and enrages the other townspeople.
Corrina, Corrina
1994
5.9The bond between cousins is tested when one wins a fortune with the other's money at Atlantic City.
Sour Grapes
1998
5.4A young doctor tries to convince everyone about an impending epidemic, but he is accused of creating panic.
Panic in Echo Park
1977
7.5A young woman volunteers to carry an embryo transplant for a couple that has tried and failed to have a baby. Soon, however, she begins to have second thoughts about giving up the baby after it's born.
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
1979
7.0A time capsule of the L.A. comedy scene in the 1970s, "Diary of a Young Comic" casts Richard Lewis as a fictionalized version of himself - a young New York comic who comes out to Los Angeles to seek his fame and fortune.
Diary of a Young Comic
1979
Behind the camera
6.9Josie, the daughter of the town's wealthiest businessman, faces problems at home and wishes to leave town but is disoriented. Her decision is finalized after she falls asleep in a Target dressing room. She awakens to find herself locked in the store overnight with the janitor, Jim, the town "no hoper" and liar.
Career Opportunities
1991
6.6A young man obsessed with traffic patterns attempts to reunite with his first love.
Pie in the Sky
1996
6.6A young man obsessed with traffic patterns attempts to reunite with his first love.
Pie in the Sky
1996
6.7An older widower accidentally stumbles into a lively, eccentric male dance class in a desolate mall, finding a new lease on life.
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
1987
6.7An older widower accidentally stumbles into a lively, eccentric male dance class in a desolate mall, finding a new lease on life.
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
1987
Arnold Palmer achieved 92 tournament wins, seven major championships, a Congressional Gold Medal, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom. But many hearing that name will think first of the eponymous lemonade-and-iced-tea beverage. Will Arnett, Peter Jacobsen, Fuzzy Zoeller, Jim Thorpe, Fred Funk, and Brad Faxon are fans of both the man and the drink. They lend their insight to director Bryan Gordon's exploration of the history, mystery, and industry surrounding "The Arnold Palmer."
The Arnold Palmer
2012
Gets into the heads of a big family: four children finding their way to adulthood in these complicated times and the parents whose lives they're sucking dry to get there.
Divide & Conquer
2014