# Bradley Buecker

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.

## 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.
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 # | Contribution | Notes |
| Glee | Season 2 | "Never Been Kissed" | 6 | Supervising producer, director | |
| Glee | Season 2 | "Comeback" | 13 | Supervising producer, director | |
| Glee | Season 2 | "Original Song" | 16 | Supervising producer, director | |
| Glee | Season 2 | "Funeral" | 21 | Supervising producer, director | |
| Glee | Season 3 | "The First Time" | 5 | Co-executive producer, director | |
| Glee | Season 3 | "Hold On to Sixteen" | 8 | Co-executive producer, director | |
| Glee | Season 3 | "On My Way" | 14 | Co-executive producer, director | |
| Glee | Season 3 | "Saturday Night Glee-ver" | 16 | Co-executive producer, director | |
| Glee | Season 4 | "Thanksgiving" | 8 | Co-executive producer, director | |
| Glee | Season 4 | "Sadie Hawkins" | 11 | Co-executive producer, director | |
| Glee | Season 4 | "Feud" | 16 | Co-executive producer, director | |
| Glee | Season 4 | "Shooting Star" | 18 | Co-executive producer, director | |
| Glee | Season 4 | "All or Nothing" | 22 | Co-executive producer, director | |
| Glee | Season 5 | "Love, Love, Love" | 1 | Executive producer, director | |
| Glee | Season 5 | "Frenemies" | 9 | Executive producer, director | |
| Glee | Season 5 | "Bash" | 15 | Executive producer, director | |
| Glee | Season 5 | "Old Dog, New Tricks" | 19 | Executive producer, director | |
| Glee | Season 6 | "Loser Like Me" | 1 | Executive producer, director | |
| Glee | Season 6 | "Homecoming" | 2 | Executive producer, director | |
| Glee | Season 6 | "A Wedding" | 8 | Executive producer, director | Co-directed with Ian Brennan |
| Glee | Season 6 | "Dreams Come True" | 13 | Executive producer, director | |
| Survivor's Remorse | Season 1 | "The Decisions" | 4 | Director | |
| The New Normal | Season 1 | "Stay-At-Home Dad" | 13 | Director, co-executive producer | |
| The New Normal | Season 1 | "Dairy Queen" | 15 | Director, co-executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | Murder House | "Murder House" | 3 | Director, co-executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | Murder House | "Afterbirth" | 12 | Director, co-executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | Asylum | "Welcome to Briarcliff" | 1 | Director, executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | Asylum | "Tricks and Treats" | 2 | Director, executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | Coven | "The Dead" | 7 | Director, executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | Coven | "Protect the Coven" | 11 | Director, executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | Freak Show | "Blood Bath" | 8 | Director, executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | Freak Show | "Orphans" | 10 | Director, executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | Freak Show | "Curtain Call" | 13 | Director, executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | Hotel | "Chutes and Ladders" | 2 | Director, executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | Hotel | "Mommy" | 3 | Director, executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | Hotel | "She Gets Revenge" | 10 | Director, executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | Hotel | "Be Our Guest" | 12 | Director, executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | Roanoke | "Chapter 1" | 1 | Director, executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | Roanoke | "Chapter 10" | 10 | Director, executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | Cult | "Election Night" | 1 | Director, executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | Cult | "Mid-Western Assassin" | 6 | Director, executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | Cult | "Charles (Manson) in Charge" | 10 | Director, executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | Apocalypse | "The End" | 1 | Director, executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | Apocalypse | "Sojourn" | 8 | Director, executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | Apocalypse | "Apocalypse Then" | 10 | Director, executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | 1984 | "Camp Redwood" | 1 | Director, executive producer | |
| American Horror Story | Delicate | "Opening Night" | 6 | Director | |
| Scream Queens | Season 1 | "Haunted House" | 4 | Director | |
| Scream Queens | Season 1 | "Dorkus" | 12 | Director | |
| Scream Queens | Season 2 | "Warts and All" | 2 | Director | |
| 9-1-1 | Season 1 | "Pilot" | 1 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1 | Season 1 | "Worst Day Ever" | 4 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1 | Season 1 | "Heartbreaker" | 6 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1 | Season 1 | "A Whole New You" | 10 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1 | Season 2 | "7.1" | 2 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1 | Season 2 | "Merry ExMas" | 10 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1 | Season 2 | "Broken" | 14 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1 | Season 2 | "Careful What You Wish For" | 17 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1 | Season 2 | "This Life We Choose" | 18 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1 | Season 3 | "Sink Or Swim" | 2 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1 | Season 5 | "Panic" | 1 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1 | Season 5 | "Desperate Times" | 2 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1 | Season 6 | "In a Flash" | 10 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1 | Season 7 | "Rock the Boat" | 2 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1 | Season 7 | "Capsized" | 3 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1 | Season 8 | "When the Boeing Gets Tough..." | 2 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1 | Season 8 | "Final Approach" | 3 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1 | Season 8 | "Sob Stories" | 9 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Season 1 | "Pilot" | 1 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Season 1 | "Yee-Haw" | 2 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Season 1 | "Studs" | 5 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Season 1 | "Austin, We Have A Problem" | 10 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Season 2 | "Back In The Saddle" | 1 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Season 2 | "2100" | 2 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Season 2 | "Hold The Line" | 3 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Season 2 | "Bad Call" | 8 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Season 3 | "The Big Chill" | 1 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Season 3 | "Thin Ice" | 2 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Season 3 | "Stock & Thaw" | 3 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Season 3 | "Prince Albert in a Can" | 11 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Season 3 | "Impulse Control" | 14 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Season 4 | "The New Hotness" | 1 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Season 4 | "Double Trouble" | 11 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Season 5 | "Trainwrecks" | 2 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Season 5 | "CI2" | 3 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Season 5 | "All Who Wander" | 10 | Director; executive producer | |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Season 5 | "Homecoming" | 12 | Director; executive producer | |
| Doctor Odyssey | Season 1 | "Plastic Surgery Week" | 3 | Director; executive producer | |