Cast & creator
Paris Barclay
Best known for The Mentalist, Law & Order, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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
17
film credits
65
television credits
7
1990–2026 · acting roles
7.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (82)
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The Mentalist
Director
2008
Law & Order
Director
1990
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Director
2000
American Horror Story
Director
2011
House
Director
2004
NCIS: Los Angeles
Director
2009
The West Wing
Director
1999
Lost
Director
2004
The Good Wife
Director
2009
Monk
Director
2002
Diagnosis: Murder
Director
1993
The Night Agent
Director
2023
Sons of Anarchy
Director
2008Sons of Anarchy
Producer
2008
ER
Director
1994
Glee
Director
2009
Numb3rs
Director
2005
NYPD Blue
Producer
1993NYPD Blue
Supervising Producer
1993NYPD Blue
Director
1993
Will & Grace
Director
1998
Cold Case
Director
2003
How to Get Away with Murder
Director
2014
Weeds
Director
2005
Station 19
Director
2018Station 19
Executive Producer
2018
Empire
Director
2015
The Shield
Director
2002
Sliders
Bureaucrat
1995Sliders
Director
1995
In Treatment
Director
2008In Treatment
Co-Executive Producer
2008In Treatment
Executive Producer
2008
Silk Stalkings
Director
1991
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Director
2022
American Dreams
Director
2002
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Director
2024
Brilliant Minds
Director
2024
Extant
Director
2014
Doctor Odyssey
Executive Producer
2024Doctor Odyssey
Director
2024
Smash
Director
2012
Brooklyn South
Director
1997
Clueless
Director
1996
Fastlane
Director
2002
Dirt
Director
2007Dirt
Director
2007
Manhattan
Director
2014
The Watcher
Director
2022The Watcher
Executive Producer
2022
American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez
Director
2024
Huff
Director
2004
With Love
Director
2021
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Director
1996
Miami Medical
Director
2010
The Chicago Code
Director
2011
City of Angels
Director
2000City of Angels
Producer
2000
The Bastard Executioner
Director
2015The Bastard Executioner
Executive Producer
2015
Pitch
Director
2016
Second Noah
Director
1996
Moon Over Miami
Director
1993
Angel Street
Director
1992TV Revolution
2004
The Cherokee Kid
#1 Bad Cowboy
1996The Cherokee Kid
Director
1996Hate
Director
2005Hate
Writer
2005Dead Lawyers
Director
1MMs
Director
2003
Mama's Boy
Self
2022
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
Executive Producer
2026Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
Director
2026Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
Writer
2026The Street Lawyer
Director
2003
The Big Time
Director
2002
The Normal Heart
2021The Normal Heart
Director
2021
America's Dream
Director
1996
Pedro
Executive Producer
2008Pedro
Story
2008