Bill Gierhart is an American
television director
A television director is in charge of the activities involved in making a television program or section of a program. They are generally responsible for decisions about the editorial content and creative style of a program, and ensuring the prod ...
and former
steadicam
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operator.
For many years he worked a steadicam operator on the television series ''
Pacific Blue'', ''
Huff'', ''
Swingtown'' and ''
The Shield
''The Shield'' is an American crime drama television series created by Shawn Ryan and starring Michael Chiklis that aired on FX from March 12, 2002 to November 25, 2008 for seven seasons. The show is known for its portrayal of corrupt police ...
'', making his directorial debut on the latter series penultimate episode "
Possible Kill Screen" in 2008.
His other credits as a television director include, ''
Lone Star'', ''
Terriers
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'', ''
The Chicago Code
''The Chicago Code'' is an American crime drama television series created by Shawn Ryan that aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox in the United States. The series was filmed in Chicago, Illinois, originally airing from February 7 to May 23, 20 ...
'', ''
Sons of Anarchy
''Sons of Anarchy'' is an American Action film, action crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter for FX (TV channel), FX. Originally aired from September 3, 2008, to December 9, 2014, ''Sons of Anarchy'' follows the lives of a close-k ...
'', ''
Torchwood
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'', ''
Breakout Kings'', ''
The Walking Dead'' and ''
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''
Filmography
''Sons of Anarchy''
* 1.09 "
Hell Followed" (2008)
* 2.06 "Falx Cerebri" (2009)
* 3.03 "Caregiver" (2010)
* 3.07 "Widening Gyre" (2010)
* 4.04 "Una Venta" (2011)
* 5.09 "Andare Pescare" (2012)
* 6.04 "Wolfsangel" (2013)
* 6.10 "Huang Wu" (2013)
* 7.02 "Toil and Till" (2014)
''The Walking Dead''
* 2.04 "
Cherokee Rose
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Description
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" (2012)
* 2.09 "
Triggerfinger" (2012)
* 3.02 "
Sick" (2013)
* 3.08 "
Made to Suffer" (2013)
* 5.07 "
Crossed" (2014)
* 6.13 "
The Same Boat" (2015)
''Torchwood''
* "
Series 4: Miracle Day" (2011)
** 2 - "
Rendition"
** 3 - "
Dead of Night
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"
** 4 - "
Escape to L.A."
** 10 - "
The Blood Line"
''The Chicago Code''
1.07 "Black Hand and the Shotgun Man" (2011)
''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''
* 1.09 "
Repairs
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" (2013)
* 1.20 "
Nothing Personal" (2014)
* 2.09 "
...Ye Who Enter Here" (2014)
* 2.11 "
Aftershocks" (2014)
* 2.22 "
S.O.S. Part 2" (2014)
* 3.21 "
Absolution
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" (2016)
* 4.01 "
The Ghost" (2016)
* 4.06 "
The Good Samaritan" (2016)
''Once Upon a Time''
* 3.12 "
New York City Serenade" (2013)
* 4.07 "
The Snow Queen
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" (2014)
* 4.17 "
Heart of Gold" (2015)
* 5.13 "
Labor of Love" (2016)
* 6.11 "
Tougher Than the Rest" (2017)
* 6.16 "
Mother's Little Helper" (2017)
''Jessica Jones''
* 1.12 "
AKA Take a Bloody Number" (2015)
''S.W.A.T.''
* 1.02 "Cuchillo" (2017)
* 1.03 "Pamilya" (2017)
* 1.09 "Blindspots" (2018)
* 1.16 "Payback" (2018)
* 1.20 "Vendetta" (2018)
* 1.22 "Hoax" (2018)
* 2.01 "Shaky Town" (2018)
*2.03 "Fire and Smoke" (2018)
*2.11 "School" (2019)
* 2.18 "Cash Flowl (2019)
* 2.23 "Kangaroo" (2019)
* 3.01 "Fire in the Sky" (2019)
* 3.08 "Lion's Den" (2019)
* 3.13 "Ekitai Rashku" (2020)
* 3.15 "Knockout" (2020)
* 3.20 "Stigma" (2020)
* 4.01 "3 Seventeen Year Olds" (2020)
* 4.02 "Stakeout" (2020)
* 4.08 "Crusade" (2021)
* 5.01 "Vagabundo" (2021)
* 5.02 "Madrugada" (2021)
* 5.09 "Survive" (2022)
* 5.12 "Provenance" (2022)
* 5.16 "The Fugitive" (2022)
* 6.01 "Thai Hard" (2022)
* 6.02 "Thai Another Day" (2022)
* 6.15 "To Protect & Serve" (2023)
* 7.01 "The Promise" (2024)
* 7.02 "Peace Talks" (2024)
* 7.13 "Twenty Squad" (2024)
* 8.01 "Vanished" (2024)
* 8.08 "Left of Boom" (2024)
* 8.18 "Exploited" (2025)
* 8.22 "Return to Base" (2025)
''Inhumans''
* 1.08 "
...And Finally: Black Bolt" (2017)
References
External links
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American television directors
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
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