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Paris Barclay

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Paris Barclay

Born Jun 30, 1956 · 70 years64 titles 11 movies · 53 TV
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Biography

Paris Barclay (born June 30, 1956) is an American renowned Emmy-winning director and producer who served as the first African-American and first openly gay President of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) for two terms from 2013 to 2017.

Also known as

Paris K.C. Barclay

Born

Jun 30, 1956

Chicago Heights, Illinois, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

7

Acting credits

60

Directing

3

Writing

10

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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1990 1 title(s)

1991 1 title(s)

1992 1 title(s)

1993 3 title(s)

1994 1 title(s)

1995 1 title(s)

1996 5 title(s)

1997 1 title(s)

1998 1 title(s)

1999 1 title(s)

2000 2 title(s)

2002 5 title(s)

2003 3 title(s)

2004 4 title(s)

2005 3 title(s)

2007 1 title(s)

2008 4 title(s)

2009 3 title(s)

2010 1 title(s)

2011 2 title(s)

2012 1 title(s)

2014 3 title(s)

2015 2 title(s)

2016 1 title(s)

2018 1 title(s)

2021 2 title(s)

2022 3 title(s)

2023 1 title(s)

2024 4 title(s)

2026 1 title(s)

Undated 1 title(s)