Paris Barclay
American television director and producer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Paris K. C. Barclay (born June 30, 1956) is an American television director, producer, and writer. He is a two-time Emmy Award winner and is among the busiest single-camera television directors, having directed nearly 200 episodes of television to date, for series such as NYPD Blue, ER, The West Wing, CSI, Lost, The Shield, House, Sons of Anarchy, In Treatment, Glee, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, The Watcher, and American Horror Story: NYC. He also serves as an executive producer on many of the shows he directs, and occasionally as a writer or co-creator as well. From 2013 to 2017, Barclay served two terms as the President of the Directors Guild of America.
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| Born | Paris K. C. Barclay (1956-06-30) June 30, 1956 (age 67) Chicago Heights, Illinois, United States |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Occupation | Television director |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Spouse |
Christopher Mason (m. 2008) |
| Children | 2 |
With his ninth Emmy nomination for an episode of Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story in 2023, Barclay became the first Black director to be nominated by the Television Academy in every narrative dramatic category.[1]