
Person
Jim McBride
Directing · Born 1941-09-16 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Jim McBride is an American television and film director, film producer and screenwriter. Richard Brody, writing for The New Yorker, named McBride as one of the twelve greatest living narrative filmmakers, citing David Holzman's Diary as a "time capsule of sights and sounds, ideas and moods, politics and history", and "one of the greatest first films." Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim McBride, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for

The Wonder Years
Director

Six Feet Under
Director

The Twilight Zone
Director

Fallen Angels
Director

Breathless
Screenplay

The Big Easy
Director

Great Balls of Fire!
Screenplay

The Beaches of Agnès
Self

A Weekend at the Beach
Self

Last Embrace
Man in Cantina
Filmography
- 2018Alan Jackson: Small Town Southern Man
- 2015A Weekend at the BeachSelf
- 2009My Son's Wedding to My Sister-in-LawDirector
- 2008The Beaches of AgnèsSelf
- 2004Welcome to São PauloDirector
- 2001Six Feet UnderDirector
- 2000Meat Loaf: To Hell and BackDirector
- 1997Dead by MidnightDirector
- 1997Birth of a NationSelf
- 1997ProntoDirector
- 1997The InformantDirector
- 1995UncoveredDirector
- 1993The Wrong ManDirector
- 1993Fallen AngelsDirector
- 1991Blood TiesDirector
- 1989Great Balls of Fire!Screenplay
- 1988The Wonder YearsDirector
- 1986The Big EasyDirector
- 1986He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His LifeSelf (archive footage)
- 1985The Twilight ZoneDirector
- 1983BreathlessScreenplay
- 1979Last EmbraceMan in Cantina
- 1974Hot TimesDirector
- 1971Glen and RandaDirector
- 1971Pictures from Life's Other SideHimself (uncredited)
- 1969My Girlfriend's WeddingHimself
- 1967David Holzman's DiaryDirector
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