Bradley Buecker is an American television and film director, producer, and editor. He is well known for his work with Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk for their series Glee and American Horror Story.
Bradley Buecker | |
|---|---|
| Born | Piqua, Ohio |
| Other names | Brad Buecker |
| Occupation(s) | Television and film director, producer and editor |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Notable work | Glee American Horror Story |
| Spouse | Robyn VanTol Buecker |
Career
Buecker's first credited job in the entertainment industry was as an editor for the TV documentary Hollywood Remembers Dustin Hoffman. He worked as an editor during 2002 on the ABC reality series The Bachelor.
In 2005 he was hired as an editor on the FX series Nip/Tuck, where he first worked for Murphy and Falchuk.[1]
He went on to edit the pilot episode of Glee for Murphy, Falchuk, and Ian Brennan and became a mainstay editor for the entire run of the series. During its run is when Buecker directed his first hour of television, with the episode "Never Been Kissed". He served as an executive producer and main director on the series' last season, directing the series finale.
Buecker was involved with the development of Falchuk/Murphy's American Horror Story. He served as editor of the first episode, as well as a co-executive producer during the anthology series' first cycle, Murder House. He helmed the series' first season finale, "Afterbirth". With the commencement of the second series, Asylum, Buecker was promoted to executive producer, as well as serving as director for the premiere, "Welcome to Briarcliff".
He directed the 4th episode, "Haunted House", of Brennan, Murphy and Falchuk's Fox series Scream Queens and the 2nd episode of the 2nd series, Warts and All.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Contribution | Notes |
| 2015 | Billy Boy | Director, producer, editor | |
| Television | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Season | Episode name | Episode # | Date | Contribution | Notes |
| Glee | Season 2 | "Never Been Kissed" | 6 | November 9, 2010 | Supervising producer, director | |
| "Comeback" | 13 | February 15, 2011 | ||||
| "Original Song" | 16 | March 11, 2011 | ||||
| "Funeral" | 21 | May 17, 2011 | ||||
| Season 3 | "The First Time" | 5 | November 8, 2011 | Co-executive producer, director | ||
| "Hold On to Sixteen" | 8 | December 6, 2011 | ||||
| "On My Way" | 14 | February 21, 2012 | ||||
| "Saturday Night Glee-ver" | 16 | April 17, 2012 | ||||
| Season 4 | "Thanksgiving" | 8 | November 29, 2012 | |||
| "Sadie Hawkins" | 11 | January 24, 2013 | ||||
| "Feud" | 16 | March 14, 2013 | ||||
| "Shooting Star" | 18 | April 11, 2013 | ||||
| "All or Nothing" | 22 | May 19, 2013 | ||||
| Season 5 | "Love, Love, Love" | 1 | September 26, 2013 | Executive producer, director | ||
| "Frenemies" | 9 | February 25, 2014 | ||||
| "Bash" | 15 | April 8, 2014 | ||||
| "Old Dog, New Tricks" | 19 | May 6, 2014 | ||||
| Season 6 | "Loser Like Me" | 1 | January 9, 2015 | |||
| "Homecoming" | 2 | January 9, 2015 | ||||
| "A Wedding" | 8 | February 20, 2015 | Co-directed with Ian Brennan | |||
| "Dreams Come True" | 13 | March 20, 2015 | ||||
| Survivor's Remorse | Season 1 | "The Decisions" | 4 | October 25, 2014 | Director | |
| The New Normal | Season 1 | "Stay-At-Home Dad" | 13 | January 15, 2013 | Director, co-executive producer | |
| "Dairy Queen" | 15 | January 29, 2013 | ||||
| American Horror Story | Murder House | "Murder House" | 3 | October 19, 2011 | ||
| "Afterbirth" | 12 | December 21, 2011 | ||||
| Asylum | "Welcome to Briarcliff" | 1 | October 17, 2012 | Director, executive producer | ||
| "Tricks and Treats" | 2 | October 24, 2012 | ||||
| Coven | "The Dead" | 7 | November 20, 2013 | |||
| "Protect the Coven" | 11 | January 15, 2014 | ||||
| Freak Show | "Blood Bath" | 8 | December 3, 2014 | |||
| "Orphans" | 10 | December 17, 2014 | ||||
| "Curtain Call" | 13 | January 21, 2015 | ||||
| Hotel | "Chutes and Ladders" | 2 | October 14, 2015 | [2] | ||
| "Mommy" | 3 | October 21, 2015 | [3] | |||
| "She Gets Revenge" | 10 | December 16, 2015 | [4] | |||
| "Be Our Guest" | 12 | January 13, 2016 | [5] | |||
| Roanoke | "Chapter 1" | 1 | September 14, 2016 | |||
| "Chapter 10" | 10 | November 16, 2016 | [6] | |||
| Cult | "Election Night" | 1 | September 5, 2017 | |||
| "Mid-Western Assassin" | 6 | October 10, 2017 | ||||
| "Charles (Manson) in Charge" | 10 | November 7, 2017 | ||||
| Apocalypse | "The End" | 1 | September 12, 2018 | |||
| "Sojourn" | 8 | October 31, 2018 | ||||
| "Apocalypse Then" | 10 | November 14, 2018 | ||||
| 1984 | "Camp Redwood" | 1 | September 18, 2019 | |||
| Scream Queens | Season 1 | "Haunted House" | 4 | October 6, 2015 | Director | [7] |
| "Dorkus" | 12 | December 8, 2015 | ||||
| Season 2 | "Warts and All" | 2 | September 27, 2016 | |||
| 9-1-1 | Season 1 | "Pilot" | 1 | January 3, 2018 | Director; executive producer | |
| "Worst Day Ever" | 4 | January 24, 2018 | ||||
| "Heartbreaker" | 6 | February 7, 2018 | ||||
| "A Whole New You" | 10 | March 21, 2018 | ||||
| Season 2 | "7.1" | 12 | September 24, 2018 | |||
| "Merry ExMas" | 20 | November 26, 2018 | ||||
| "Broken" | 24 | April 15, 2019 | ||||
| "Careful What You Wish For" | 27 | May 6, 2019 | ||||
| "This Life We Choose" | 28 | May 13, 2019 | ||||
| Season 3 | "Sink Or Swim" | 30 | September 30, 2019 | |||
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Season 1 | "Pilot" | 1 | January 19, 2020 | Director; executive producer | |
| "Yee-Haw" | 2 | January 20, 2020 | ||||
| "Studs" | 5 | February 10, 2020 | ||||
| "Austin, We Have A Problem" | 10 | March 9, 2020 | ||||
| Season 2 | "Back In The Saddle" | 1 | January 18, 2021 | |||
| "2100" | 2 | January 25, 2021 | ||||
Notes
- ^ "Bradley Buecker". TV.com. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
- ^ "Episode Title: (#502) "Chutes and Ladders"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- ^ "Episode Title: (#503) Mommy". The Futon Critic. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ^ "(#510) "She Gets Revenge"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
- ^ "(#512) "Be Our Guest"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ^ "(#610) "Chapter 10"" (Press release). The Futon Critic. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
- ^ Michele, Lea (June 20, 2015). "#ScreamQueens we're back! Let's do this!". Twitter. Retrieved September 22, 2015.