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. 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 ...

Career Opportunities (1991)

Josie, 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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bryan Gordon
CAST:  Jennifer Connelly  •  John Candy  •  Frank Whaley  •  Dermot Mulroney

Josie, 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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bryan Gordon
CAST:  Jennifer Connelly  •  John Candy  •  Frank Whaley  •  Dermot Mulroney

Sour Grapes (1998)

The bond between cousins is tested when one wins a fortune with the other's money at Atlantic City.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry David
CAST:  Steven Weber  •  Craig Bierko  •  Viola Harris  •  Jennifer Leigh Warren

The bond between cousins is tested when one wins a fortune with the other's money at Atlantic City.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry David
CAST:  Steven Weber  •  Craig Bierko  •  Viola Harris  •  Jennifer Leigh Warren

Panic in Echo Park (1977)

A young doctor tries to convince everyone about an impending epidemic, but he is accused of creating panic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Llewellyn Moxey
CAST:  Dorian Harewood  •  Robin Gammell  •  Catlin Adams  •  Norman Bartold

A young doctor tries to convince everyone about an impending epidemic, but he is accused of creating panic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Llewellyn Moxey
CAST:  Dorian Harewood  •  Robin Gammell  •  Catlin Adams  •  Norman Bartold

Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987)

In this short film, our unemployed hero finds that getting that great job depends a lot on whom you choose to dance with at Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bryan Gordon
CAST:  John Achorn  •  Tim Choate  •  Joe D'Angerio  •  Boyd Gaines

In this short film, our unemployed hero finds that getting that great job depends a lot on whom you choose to dance with at Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bryan Gordon
CAST:  John Achorn  •  Tim Choate  •  Joe D'Angerio  •  Boyd Gaines

Pie in the Sky (1996)

A young man obsessed with traffic patterns attempts to reunite with his first love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bryan Gordon
CAST:  Josh Charles  •  Anne Heche  •  John Goodman  •  Christine Lahti

A young man obsessed with traffic patterns attempts to reunite with his first love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bryan Gordon
CAST:  Josh Charles  •  Anne Heche  •  John Goodman  •  Christine Lahti

Corrina, Corrina (1994)

When 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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jessie Nelson
CAST:  Whoopi Goldberg  •  Ray Liotta  •  Tina Majorino  •  Joan Cusack

When 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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jessie Nelson
CAST:  Whoopi Goldberg  •  Ray Liotta  •  Tina Majorino  •  Joan Cusack

The Arnold Palmer (2012)

92 tournament wins, seven major championships, a Congressional Gold Medal, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom. These are just a few of the accomplishments that have solidified the legend of Arnold Palmer. However, for an entire generation the "Arnold Palmer" name ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bryan Gordon
CAST:  Will Arnett

92 tournament wins, seven major championships, a Congressional Gold Medal, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom. These are just a few of the accomplishments that have solidified the legend of Arnold Palmer. However, for an entire generation the "Arnold Palmer" name ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bryan Gordon
CAST:  Will Arnett

Divide & Conquer (2014)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bryan Gordon
CAST:  Greg Grunberg  •  Diane Farr  •  Taylor John Smith  •  Tucker Albrizzi

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bryan Gordon
CAST:  Greg Grunberg  •  Diane Farr  •  Taylor John Smith  •  Tucker Albrizzi

The Seeding of Sarah Burns (1979)

A 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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sandor Stern
CAST:  Kay Lenz  •  Martin Balsam  •  Cassie Yates  •  Charles Siebert

A 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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sandor Stern
CAST:  Kay Lenz  •  Martin Balsam  •  Cassie Yates  •  Charles Siebert