# Gwyneth Horder-Payton

Gwyneth Horder-Payton is an American television director.
Beginning in the late 1980s, she worked as an assistant director on a number of films such as Pacific Heights, The Doors, Raising Cain, I Love Trouble, Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco and other films.
She made her television directorial debut on the FX series The Shield, on which she was working as a first AD. Some of her subsequent television directing credits include The Riches, Bionic Woman, My Own Worst Enemy, Fringe, Battlestar Galactica, Criminal Minds, The Unit, Cold Case, Numb3rs, Blue Bloods, Sons of Anarchy, The Walking Dead, The Killing, NYC 22, Once Upon a Time, Hawaii Five-0, American Horror Story, Feud: Bette and Joan, 9-1-1, The Politician, 9-1-1: Lone Star and Big Sky.
Horder-Payton is the granddaughter of actor Victor McLaglen (The Informer), and the niece of director Andrew V. McLaglen (Shenandoah).

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2006–2008 | The Shield | Director, 5 episodes |
| 2006–2009 | Criminal Minds | Director, 3 episodes |
| 2006–2009 | The Unit | Director, 2 episodes |
| 2007 | The Riches | Director, episode "Been There, Done That" |
| 2007 | Bionic Woman | Director, episode "Do Not Disturb" |
| 2008 | Saving Grace | Director, episode "Are You an Indian Princess?" |
| 2008 | Fringe | Director, episode "The Equation" |
| 2008 | My Own Worst Enemy | Director, episode "Love In All the Wrong Places" |
| 2008–2013 | Sons of Anarchy | Director, 11 episodes |
| 2009 | Battlestar Galactica | Director, episode "No Exit" |
| 2009–2010 | Numbers | Director, 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Cold Case | Director, episode "The Good Soldier" |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods | Director, episode "Smack Attack" |
| 2010 | The Whole Truth | Director, episode "Cold Case" |
| 2010–2011 | The Walking Dead | Director, episodes "Tell It to the Frogs" and "What Lies Ahead" |
| 2011 | The Killing | Director, episode "El Diablo" |
| 2011 | Torchwood | Director, episodes "Immortal Sins" and "End of the Road" |
| 2011 | Prime Suspect | Director, episode "A Gorgeous Mosaic" |
| 2012 | Touch | Director, episode "Noosphere Rising" |
| 2012 | NYC 22 | Director, episode "Block Party" |
| 2012 | Last Resort | Director, episode "Big Chicken Dinner" |
| 2012 | Hawaii Five-0 | Director, episode "Death Wish" |
| 2012–2014 | Longmire | Director, 3 episodes |
| 2012–2015 | Justified | Director, 4 episodes |
| 2012–2015 | Once Upon a Time | Director, 6 episodes |
| 2013 | The Bridge | Director, 2 episodes |
| 2014–2016 | Tyrant | Director, 8 episodes; Co-executive producer, 22 episodes |
| 2016–2024 | American Horror Story | Director, 7 episodes |
| 2017 | The Americans | Director, episode "What's the Matter with Kansas?" |
| 2017 | Feud | Director, 2 episodes |
| 2017 | The Last Tycoon | Director, episode "Eine Kleine Reichmusik" |
| 2018 | American Crime Story | Director, 3 episodes |
| 2018 | 9-1-1 | Director, 5 episodes |
| 2018–2019 | Pose | Director, 5 episodes |
| 2019–2020 | The Politician | Director, 4 episodes |
| 2020 | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Director, episode "Monster Inside" |
| 2020–2021 | Big Sky | Director, 4 episodes |
| 2022 | Pam & Tommy | Director, 2 episodies |
| 2022 | The Offer | Director, 2 episodes |
| 2022 | The Patient | Director, 2 episodes |
| 2022 | Welcome to Chippendales | Director, 2 episodes |
| 2023 | Rabbit Hole | Director, episode: "The Playbook" |
| 2023 | Justified: City Primeval | Director, episode: "Kokomo" |
| 2024 | Outer Range | Director, 2 episodes |