Paris Barclay

Who is Paris Barclay?

Paris K.C. Barclay is an American television director and producer, and the President of the Directors Guild of America. He is a two-time Emmy Award winner and is among the busiest single-camera television directors, having directed over 130 episodes of television to date, for series such as NYPD Blue, ER, The West Wing, CSI, Lost, The Shield, House, Law & Order, Monk, Numb3rs, City of Angels, Cold Case, and more recently Sons of Anarchy, The Mentalist, Weeds, NCIS: Los Angeles, The Good Wife, In Treatment, Glee, and Smash.

Barclay is executive producer and principal director of FX’s highest rated series ever, Sons of Anarchy, which aired season six in 2013 and has been renewed for a seventh and final season.

Between seasons of Sons of Anarchy, Barclay returned to directing music videos: helming LL Cool J's "Take It". Also, Barclay is developing a feature film biopic about the late Congresswoman Barbara Jordan starring Viola Davis, which he will direct and produce.