Colin Bucksey

American director

Verity Lambert

(m. 1973; div. 1987)

Sally Bucksey

(m. 1988)

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Colin Bucksey is a British-born American film and television director.

Career

Since the 1970s, Bucksey has accumulated a number of credits in British TV, directing episodes of Crown Court, Armchair Thriller, Educating Marmalade and Bergerac.

He eventually moved into American TV, directing episodes of Miami Vice, Crime Story, Midnight Caller, Wiseguy, Sliders, Nash Bridges, Lexx, NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Numb3rs, Breaking Bad, The 4400, Burn Notice, Better Call Saul, Briarpatch and others.^[1] More recently, he directed Fargo episodes "The Six Ungraspables" and "Buridan's Ass," the latter episode which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Dramatic Special.

Bucksey also directed the film TV film Blue Money (1985), starring Tim Curry and Dealers (1989), starring Paul McGann and Rebecca De Mornay.

Personal life

Bucksey married Verity Lambert (the first producer of Doctor Who) in 1973. They divorced in 1987. He is now married to Sally Bucksey, with whom he has two sons: Alfred and Theodore.

Filmography

As director

Year	Title	Notes
1976	Couples	2 episodes
1976	Crown Court	3 episodes
1977	Second City Firsts	Episode "Postcards from Southsea"
1977	Premiere	Episode "A Hymn from Jim"
1978	Hazell	Episode "Hazell and the Maltese Vulture"
	Sense of Place	Episode "From the Roots Came the Rapper"
	Z-Cars	Episode "Departures"
	BBC2 Play of the Week	Episode "Fearless Frank"
1978–1983	Play for Today	2 episodes
1979	The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game	Episode "Horsenap"
1980	Armchair Thriller	5 episodes
1981	Wolcott	1 episode
1981	Theatre Box	Episode "Marmalade Atkins in Space"
1982	ITV Playhouse	Episode "Nightlife"
1982–1983	Educating Marmalade	3 episodes
1983	Bergerac	Episode "A Miracle Every Week"
	Video Stars	TV movie
	Bouncing Back	TV movie
1985	Blue Money	TV movie
1986	Screen Two	4 episodes
1986	Call Me Mister	Episode "Long Shot"
1987	Deadly Nightmares	2 episodes
1987–1989	Miami Vice	4 episodes
1988	Crime Story	3 episodes
1989	Dealers
1989	Midnight Caller	3 episodes
1990	Curiosity Kills	TV movie
	DEA	Unknown episodes
	Wiseguy	2 episodes
1991	Death Merchant
1992	Notorious	TV movie
1992	Midnight's Child	TV movie
1993	Anna Lee: Headcase	TV movie
1993	The Untouchables	2 episodes
1994	Terror in the Night	TV movie
1994	Space Precinct	Episode "Double Duty"
1995	Live Shot	2 episodes
1996	A Kidnapping in the Family	TV movie
	September	TV movie
	Sliders	Episode "Obsession"
1996–1999	Nash Bridges	2 episodes
1997	Feds	Episode "Do No Harm"
1997	When Secrets Kill	TV movie
1998	Nightmare Street	TV movie
	Space Island One	4 episodes
	Supply & Demand	3 episodes
	The New Adventures of Robin Hood	3 episodes
1999	CI5: The New Professionals	2 episodes
2000	Harbour Lights	Episode "No More Heroes"
	Urban Gothic	Episode "Vampirology"
	Falling Through
2001	Lexx	5 episodes
2001–2003	In Deep	10 episodes
2001–2003	Holby City	4 episodes
2004	Starhunter	7 episodes
2005	Kojak	2 episodes
2005–2008	NCIS	7 episodes
2006	Night Stalker	Episode "What's the Frequency, Kolchak?"
2006	Eureka	Episode "Primal"
2006–2007	The 4400	3 episodes
2007	Numbers	Episode "Finders Keepers"
2007–2011	Burn Notice	3 episodes
2009	Crash	Episode "Endangered Species"
2009–2012	Breaking Bad	Episodes: "Phoenix," "I See You," "Bullet Points," and "Buyout"
2010	Trauma	Episode "Sweet Jane"
	The Glades	Episode "Honey"
	Medium	Episode "Talk to the Hand"
2011	The Secret Circle	Episode "Loner"
2011	Person of Interest	Episode "Judgment"
2012	House	Episode "Man of the House"
	Damages	Episode "Have You Met the Eel Yet?"
	Elementary	Episode "Lesser Evils"
2012–2014	Franklin & Bash	3 episodes
2012–2015	Revenge	5 episodes
2013	Monday Mornings	Episode "Communion"
	Do No Harm	Episode "Circadian Rhythms"
	Lucky 7	Episode "Gold Star, Inc."
2014	Killer Women	2 episodes
	Fargo	Episodes: "The Six Ungraspables" and "Buridan's Ass"
	The Bridge	2 episodes
	Resurrection	Episode "Miracles"
2015	Battle Creek	Episode "The Hand-Off"
2015	Ray Donovan	4 episodes
2015–2016	Better Call Saul	Episodes: "Hero," "RICO," and "Inflatable"
2016	Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders	Episode "The Harmful One"
	The Family	2 episodes
	Masters of Sex	3 episodes
	The Man in the High Castle	Episode "The Road Less Traveled"
2017	Get Shorty	Episode "Sins of a Chambermaid"
2017	Ten Days in the Valley	Episode "Day 2: Cutting Room Floor"
2017–2019	Billions	7 episodes
2018	Six	Episode "Critical"
2018–2019	The Affair	5 episodes
2019	Wu-Tang: An American Saga	Episode "Assassination Day"
2020	The Sinner	Episode "Part V"
	Briarpatch	2 episodes
	The Great	3 episodes
2022	The Offer (TV series)	2 episodes
2022	Panhandle	Pilot episode "To Bell or Not to Bell?"; also executive producer