Bryan Gordon

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 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 Hes 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 Hes 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 Rays 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 Universitys Wall of Fame Description above from the Wikipedia article Bryan Gordon licensed under CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia