Bryan Gordon
{{short description|American actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bryan Gordon
| birth_name =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Dover, Delaware, U.S.
| nationality = American
| education =
| occupation = Director, writer, producer, actor
| spouse = Jessie Nelson
| children = Molly Gordon
}}
Bryan Gordon is an American film and television director, writer, actor and producer who is primarily known for directing comedy television shows.{{cite web| url= http://www.espnfrontrow.com/2012/11/front-center-comedy-director-bryan-gordon-on-directing-30-for-30-short-film-the-arnold-palmer/ | title= Front & Center: Comedy director Bryan Gordon on directing 30 for 30 short film, The Arnold Palmer| first= Jennifer |last= Cingari| website= espnfrontrow.com| publisher= ESPN| date= November 12, 2012| access-date= October 3, 2016}}
Early life
Gordon was born and raised in Dover, Delaware.{{cite web| url= http://blogs.delawareonline.com/pulpculture/2009/10/30/curb-yourt-enthusiasm-delaware-style/| title='Curb Your Enthusiasm,' Delaware-style| date= October 30, 2009 | first= Ryan |last= Cormier| website= DelawareOnline.com | access-date= October 3, 2016}} He graduated from Dover High School. He graduated from the University of Delaware{{cite web| title= University of Delaware Prominent Alumni| website= bluehens.com| url= http://www.bluehens.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=29100&ATCLID=209638927| access-date= October 3, 2016}} in 1969. He is Jewish.{{Cite web|last=Handler|first=Rachel|date=March 26, 2021|title=Molly Gordon Didn't Mean to Steal That Scene|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/molly-gordon-profile-shiva-baby.html|url-status=live|access-date=April 7, 2021|website=Vulture|language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326122923/https://www.vulture.com/article/molly-gordon-profile-shiva-baby.html |archive-date=2021-03-26 }}
Career
After college, Gordon moved to New York City and started his career as a comedy writer on the ABC late night variety show Fridays in the early 1980s. He became an independent filmmaker, writing and directing the Academy Award-winning short film Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987). His other film directing credits include his full-length directorial debut Career Opportunities (1991), written by John Hughes and starring Frank Whaley and Jennifer Connelly and Pie in the Sky (1996) starring Josh Charles, Anne Heche and John Goodman.
Gordon has directed episodes on such TV series as Grace and Frankie, The Office, Weeds, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The West Wing, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Sports Night (also starring Josh Charles), Curb Your Enthusiasm (created, written by and starring Larry David, Gordon's co-worker on Fridays), Freaks and Geeks and The Wonder Years.{{IMDb name|330057}}
He has directed numerous television pilots — among them One Tree Hill — setting the look and design for the series. He directed and produced the TBS pilot The Wedding Band that premiered in 2012. Also in 2012, he directed the 30 for 30 documentary short for ESPN, "The Arnold Palmer",{{cite web| url= http://www.espn.com/30for30/film?page=the-arnold-palmer| title= The Arnold Palmer| publisher= ESPN| access-date= October 3, 2016}} which was nominated for a Sports Emmy for Outstanding New Approaches Sports Programming in 2013.{{cite web| title= The Nominees for the 34th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards| date= March 20, 2013| place= New York, New York| url= http://emmyonline.com/sports_34th_nominations| website= emmysonline.com| publisher= The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences| access-date= October 3, 2016| archive-date= November 23, 2020| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201123163208/http://emmyonline.com/sports_34th_nominations| url-status= dead}}
In 2009 and 2010, he directed and produced the series Party Down for the Starz Network. In 2015, he co-created, executive produced, and directed Yahoo Screen original series Sin City Saints.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4145454/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_1 Sin City Saints] at the Internet Movie Database
Honors and awards
Gordon has been nominated three times for the Directors Guild of America Award. In 2002, he received its Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series.{{cite web|url=http://www.dga.org/News/PressReleases/2003/0302-DGA-Announces-Winners-of-2002-Outstanding-Directorial-Achievement-Awards.aspx|title=DGA Announces Winners of 2002 Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards & Recipients of DGA 2003 Special Recognition Awards|date=2 March 2003|publisher=Directors Guild of America|access-date=8 October 2014}}
He also been nominated for an Emmy Award twice — both for his work on the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, which he directed numerous episodes over its entire run.
He is a member of his alma mater the University of Delaware's Wall of Fame.{{cite web| url= http://www.udconnection.com/Awards/Alumni-Awards/Wall-of-Fame/Inductees |title= Inductees to the Wall of Fame| website= UDconnection.com}}
Personal life
Bryan Gordon is married to filmmaker Jessie Nelson. They reside in Los Angeles and have a daughter, actress Molly Gordon (b. 1995).
Filmography
=Film=
| class= "wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Title !! Notes |
| 1987
| Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall | Director and writer |
| 1991
| Director |
| 1995
| Director and writer |
=Television=
| class= "wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Title !! Notes |
| 1977-1978
| Laugh-In | Writer, 2 episodes |
| 1980-1981
| Fridays | Writer, 37 episodes |
| 1991-1992
| Director, 2 episodes |
| 1993
| Director, episode "The Snake Charmer" |
| 1999
| Action | Director, episode "Blood Money" |
| 1999-2000
| Director, 2 episodes |
| rowspan=6|2000
| Director, episode "The Oddball Parade" |
| Sports Night
| Director, episode "Draft Day: Part I — It Can't Rain at Indian Wells" |
| M.Y.O.B.
| Director, 2 episodes |
| Gideon's Crossing
| Director, episode "Freak Show" |
| Boston Public
| Director, episode "Chapter Four" |
| The Michael Richards Show
| Director, episode "The Consultant" |
| 2000-2017
| Director, 9 episodes |
| rowspan=2|2001
| Director, episode "The Stackhouse Filibuster" |
| Dead Last
| Director, episode "Gastric Distress" |
| 2001-2002
| Director, 6 episodes |
| rowspan=3|2002
| Director, episode "Christmas" |
| That Was Then
| Director, episode "Under Noah's Certain Terms" |
| Do Over
| Director, episode "Hollyween (a.k.a. Halloween Kiss)" |
| rowspan=3|2003
| Andy Richter Controls the Universe | Director, episode "Bully the Kid" |
| The O'Keefes
| Director, episode "Election" |
| One Tree Hill
| Director, 2 episodes |
| 2004
| Director, episode "The Lost Boys" |
| 2005-2006
| Director, 2 episodes: "The Alliance" and "The Injury" |
| rowspan=3|2006
| Weeds | Director, episode "Last Tango in Agrestic" |
| Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
| Director, episode "B-12" |
| Help Me Help You
| Director, episode "Raging Bill" |
| 2007
| Director, episode "Pilot" |
| 2009-2010
| Director, 9 episodes; Producer, 15 episodes |
| 2010
| Director, 2 episodes |
| rowspan=4|2011
| Director, 2 episodes |
| The Paul Reiser Show
| Director, episode "Pilot" |
| Man Up!
| Director, episode "Wingmen" |
| Portlandia
| Consulting producer, 6 episodes |
| rowspan=4|2012
| Director, episode "Are You There, Helen? It's Me, God" |
| Wedding Band
| Director and producer, episode "Pilot" |
| 30 for 30
| Director, episode "The Arnold Palmer" |
| Up All Night
| Director, 2 episodes |
| rowspan=3|2013
| How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) | Director, episode "How to Not Screw Up Your Kid" |
| Trophy Wife
| Director, episode "Cold File" |
| Welcome to the Family
| Director, episode "Junior Takes a Stand" |
| 2013-2014
| Director, 2 episodes |
| 2014
| Director, episode "Fieldtrippers" |
| rowspan=2|2015
| Creator and executive producer, 8 episodes; Director, 6 episodes |
| Grace and Frankie
| Director, episode "The Dinner" |
=Acting Work=
| class= "wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |
| 1975
| Ewell | Unknown episode |
| rowspan=2|1979
| Roger Deems | |
| California Fever
| Mel Gaines | Episode "The Underground Jock" |
| 1980
| Dr. Beyers | |
| 1985
| Father | Episode "Fine Tuning" |
| 1994
| Business Associate | |
| 1998
| Doug | |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0330057|Bryan S. Gordon}}
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Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:American television directors
Category:American television producers
Category:American television writers
Category:American male television writers
Category:University of Delaware alumni
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Directors Guild of America Award winners
Category:People from Dover, Delaware
Category:Film directors from Delaware