Dennie Gordon
Dennie Gordon is an American film and television director. Her directorial television credits include Party of Five, Sports Night, Ally McBeal, The Practice, Grounded for Life, The Loop, White Collar, Burn Notice, Hell on Wheels, Waco, The Office and other series. She has also directed the feature films Joe Dirt, New York Minute and What a Girl Wants.
Dennie Gordon
- Name
- Dennie Gordon
- Birthplace
- Robbinsdale, Minnesota, U.S.
- Education
- Gustavus Adolphus College (BA) Yale University (MFA)
- Occupation
- Film director, television director
- Born
- 1953 · Brooklyn Center.
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- film production
- Languages
- English
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Biography
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In 2000, Gordon won the DGA Award for DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety for episode of the HBO series, Tracey Takes On.. Starring Tracey Ullman. She is a graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College and the Yale School of Drama.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Dennie Gordon • Birthplace — Robbinsdale, Minnesota, U.S. • Education — Gustavus Adolphus College (BA) Yale University (MFA) • Occupation — Film director, television director • Years Active — 1994–present
Filmography
Filmography
• Joe Dirt (2001) • What a Girl Wants (2003) • New York Minute (2004) • My Lucky Star (2013) (Also writer) Television • Year — Title — Director — Executive Producer — Episodes — Notes • 1995 — Picket Fences — * "Witness for the Prosecution" • 1996 — Chicago Hope — * "Life Lines" • Relativity — * "No Job Too Small" • 1996-1997 — Party of Five — * "Hitting Bottom" * "Christmas" * "Deal with It" • 1997 — Michael Hayes — * "Radio Killer" • Nash Bridges — * "Sniper" • 1998 — Dawson's Creek — * "Crossroads" • 1999 — Tracey Takes On... — * "End of the World" * "Books", "Scandal" * "Hair" * "Drugs" * "Dating" • Snoops — * "Bedfellas" • 1998-1999 — Sports Night — * "A Girl Named Pixley" * "The Reunion" * "Kyle Whitaker's Got Two Sacks" * "Shoe Money Tonight" • 1997-2000 — Ally McBeal — * "Out in the Cold" * "Love Unlimited" * "Theme of Life" * "The Kiss" • 1999-2000 — Jack & Jill — * "The #@$%!*& Future" * "Animal Planet: Part 1" * "Not Just a River in Egypt" • 2001 — DAG — * "Guns and Roses" * "Prom" • 2002 — Glory Days — * "Pilot" • 2001-2002 — Grounded for Life — * "Dust in the Wind" * "Safety Dance" * "Take It to the Limit" * "We Are Family" * "Don't Let Me Download" * "Like a Virgin" • 2005 — Beautiful People — * "Point and Shoot" * "Pilot" • Everybody Hates Chris — * "Everybody Hates Christmas" • Kitchen Confidential — * "Rabbit Test" • 2006 — The Office — * "Boys and Girls" * "The Secret" • What About Brian — * "What About Secrets..." • 2007 — 30 Rock — * "The Fighting Irish" • The Wedding Bells — * "Partly Cloudy, with a Chance of Disaster" • 2006-2007 — The Loop — * "Fatty" * "Yeah, Presents" * "The Phantom" * "The Year of the Dog" • 2007 — 12 Miles of Bad Road — * "Collateral Verbiage" • 2008 — Samantha Who? — * "The Birthday" • 2009 — The Ex List — * "The Other Foot" * "Daphne's Idealized Wedding" • 2010 — The Deep End — * "An Innocent Man" • True Jackson, VP — * "True Date" • Notes from the Underbelly — * "The Weekend" • The Good Guys — * "Silvio's Way" • The Glades — * "Breaking 80" • Hellcats — * "Think Twice Before You Go" • 2011 — The Cape — * "Scales" • 2009-2011 — Royal Pains — * "A History of Violins" * "If I Were a Sick Man" • 2011 — Outsourced — * "Take This Punjab and Shove It" • 2009-2011 — White Collar — * "Dentist of Detroit" * "Vital Signs" * "Threads" • 2011 — Suits — * "Dirty Little Secrets" • 2009-2013 — Burn Notice — * "Brother in Arms" * "Under the Gun" * "Eyes Open" * "Hard Times" * "Fast Friends" * "Good Intentions" * "End Run" * "Sins of Omission" • 2014 — Rectify — * "Sleeping Giants" • 2013-2014 — Hell on Wheels — * "Reckoning" * "Chicken Hill" * "Range War" • 2015 — 12 Monkeys — * "Paradox" • Grace and Frankie — * "The Sex" • Under the Dome — * "Legacy" • 2014-2015 — Madam Secretary — * "Lights Out" * "The Rusalka" * "The Necessary Art" * "Need to Know" • 2016 — Bloodline — * "Part 18" • Feed the Beast — * "In Lies the Truth" * "Tabula Rasa" • 2014-2016 — Kingdom — * "Cut Man" * "Help Wanted" * "The Gentle Slope" * "Animator/Annihilator" • 2016 — Empire — * "The Unkindest Cut" • 2017 — Legion — * "Chapter 7" • 2015-2017 — Power — * "New Man" * "You're Not the Man" • 2018 — Waco — * "Stalling for Time" * "Of Milk and Men" • Goliath — * "Tongue Tied" * "Who's Gabriel" * "Fresh Flowers" * "Alo" • 2019 — Jack Ryan — * "Persona Non Grata" * "Dios y Federación" * "Blue Gold" • 2020 — AJ and the Queen — * "Fort Worth" • Hunters — * "At Night, All Birds Are Black" • 2020-2023 — Warrior — * "Enter the Dragon" * "Man on the Wall" * "Gotta Be Crooked Along in a Crooked World" * "You Know When You're Losing a Fight" • 2021 — For All Mankind — * "Don't Be Cruel" * "And Here's to You" • 2022 — Last Light — * "The Dawning" * "Twilight" * "Darkness Falls" * "Dead of Night" * "Illumination" • From Scratch — * "Bitter Almonds" * "Bread and Brine" * "Heirlooms" • 2024 — Halo — * "Thermopylae" * "Halo"
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- 1.DGA AWARDS TV 1990S.
- 2.McNary, Dave. Dennie Gordon to helm 'Lucky Star'. Variety. 2012-10-12.
- 3.Dennie Gordon Biography at tribute.ca
- 4.Login Gustavus Adolphus College. gustavus.edu.
- 5.BBC - Films - Interview - Dennie Gordon. www.bbc.co.uk.
- 6.Dunkley, Cathy. Gordon takes a 'Minute' for Olsens. Variety. 2003-04-14.
- 7.Genzlinger, Neil. Vaulting From Doodling to Derring-Do. The New York Times. 2013-09-20. 0362-4331.
- 8.Gardner, Chris. Matthew Fox on Why He Came Out of Retirement for Action Series 'The Last Light': "It's Good to Be Back". The Hollywood Reporter. 2022-09-05.
- 9.Moreau, Jordan. Horror Anthology Film 'Isolation' Finishes Filming Entirely in Quarantine (EXCLUSIVE). Variety. 2020-07-15.
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