Ed Bianchi
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Edward Bianchi is an American
television director
and producer
. Bianchi was a producer on the HBO original series
, Deadwood
.
s which include the dance sequences during the title sequence of each season of The Cosby Show
.
Bianchi joined the crew
of the HBO western drama Deadwood
as a director for the first season in 2004. The series was created by David Milch
and focused on a growing town in the American West. Bianchi directed the episodes "The Trial of Jack McCall" and "No Other Sons or Daughters". Bianchi was hired as a producer for the second season in 2005 and continued to regularly direct episodes. He directed the two part season premiere "A Lie Agreed Upon", "Amalgamation and Capital" and the season finale "Boy-the-Earth-Talks-To". Bianchi and the production staff were nominated for the Emmy Award
for Outstanding Drama Series
at the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards
for their work on the second season. Bianchi left the production staff after the second season but returned as a director for the third and final season in 2006. He directed the episodes "Full Faith and Credit" and "Leviathan Smiles".
Bianchi is married to Carla Bianchi who appeared on Deadwood as the character of Mary Stokes. The couple have three children.
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television director
Television director
A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
and producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
. Bianchi was a producer on the HBO original series
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
, Deadwood
Deadwood (TV series)
Deadwood is an American Western drama television series created, produced and largely written by David Milch. The series aired on the premium cable network HBO from March 21, 2004, to August 27, 2006, spanning three 12-episode seasons. The show is set in the 1870s in Deadwood, South Dakota, before...
.
Career
Prior to Deadwood, Bianchi directed several music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
s which include the dance sequences during the title sequence of each season of The Cosby Show
The Cosby Show
The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992...
.
Bianchi joined the crew
Crew of Deadwood
Deadwood is an American western drama that aired on the HBO network from 2004 to 2006. The crew received awards recognition and critical acclaim.-Producers:...
of the HBO western drama Deadwood
Deadwood (TV series)
Deadwood is an American Western drama television series created, produced and largely written by David Milch. The series aired on the premium cable network HBO from March 21, 2004, to August 27, 2006, spanning three 12-episode seasons. The show is set in the 1870s in Deadwood, South Dakota, before...
as a director for the first season in 2004. The series was created by David Milch
David Milch
David S. Milch is an American writer and producer of television series. He has created several television shows, including NYPD Blue and Deadwood.-Biography:...
and focused on a growing town in the American West. Bianchi directed the episodes "The Trial of Jack McCall" and "No Other Sons or Daughters". Bianchi was hired as a producer for the second season in 2005 and continued to regularly direct episodes. He directed the two part season premiere "A Lie Agreed Upon", "Amalgamation and Capital" and the season finale "Boy-the-Earth-Talks-To". Bianchi and the production staff were nominated for the Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
for Outstanding Drama Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
This page lists the winners and nominees for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, since its institution in 1951. The award is often cited as one of the "main awards" at the Emmys ceremonies, and has changed names many times in its history. It was first called Best Dramatic Show...
at the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards
57th Primetime Emmy Awards
The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 18, 2005, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. The 2005 Primetime Emmy Awards show was broadcast on CBS....
for their work on the second season. Bianchi left the production staff after the second season but returned as a director for the third and final season in 2006. He directed the episodes "Full Faith and Credit" and "Leviathan Smiles".
Bianchi is married to Carla Bianchi who appeared on Deadwood as the character of Mary Stokes. The couple have three children.
Television
Director| Year | Show | Season | Episode title | Episode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Killing | 1 | "The Cage" | 2 | |
| 2010 | Men of a Certain Age Men of a Certain Age Men of a Certain Age is an American comedy-drama television series, which premiered on TNT on December 7, 2009. The hour-long program stars Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula as three best friends in their late forties dealing with the realities of middle age. The show ran for two years,... |
2 | "If I Could, I Surely Would" | 1 | |
| 1 | "Father's Fraternity" | 7 | |||
| Mercy Mercy (TV series) Mercy is a medical drama which aired on NBC from September 23, 2009 to May 12, 2010. The series initially aired on Wednesday nights at 8/7c, as part of the 2009 fall season, but was pushed back to 9/8c in April.... |
1 | "I Saw This Pig and I Thought of You" | 10 | ||
| Hawthorne Hawthorne (TV series) Hawthorne is an hour-long medical drama on the TNT television network starring Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Vartan. It premiered on June 16, 2009. On Thursday, September 16, 2010 it was announced that Hawthorne has been renewed for a third season consisting of 10 episodes... |
2 | "The Starting Line" | 2 | ||
| 2009 | Men of a Certain Age | 1 | "The New Guy" | 4 | |
| Hawthorne | 1 | "Trust Me" | 6 | ||
| Heroes Heroes (TV series) Heroes is an American science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring that appeared on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006 through February 8, 2010. The series tells the stories of ordinary people who discover superhuman abilities, and how these abilities take effect in the... |
4 | "Jump, Push, Fall" | 2 | ||
| Kings Kings (U.S. TV series) Kings is an American television drama series which aired on NBC. The series' narrative is loosely based on the Biblical story of King David, but set in a kingdom that culturally and technologically resembles the present-day United States.... |
1 | "The New King: Part One" | 11 | ||
| "Pilgrimage" | 8 | ||||
| The Unusuals The Unusuals The Unusuals is a comedy-drama television series which premiered on ABC on April 8, 2009 in the U.S. and Global in Canada. An ABC press release described The Unusuals as "like a modern-day M*A*S*H" that "explores both the grounded drama and comic insanity of the world of New York City police... |
1 | "The E.I.D." | 10 | ||
| Damages Damages (TV series) Damages is an American television drama series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler . It is broadcast in the United States on the DirecTV channel Audience Network after originally airing on FX and is produced by the creators' own... |
2 | "You Got Your Prom Date Pregnant" | 9 | ||
| 2008 | Brotherhood | 3 | "The Chimes at Midnight" | 6 | |
| "Let Rome Into Tiber Melt" | 3 | ||||
| The Two Mr. Kissels | Television feature | ||||
| 2007 | Brotherhood | 2 | "Things Have Changed 1:7-8" | 10 | |
| "Dear Landlord 1:3-4" | 5 | ||||
| Mad Men Mad Men Mad Men is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on Sunday evenings on the American cable network AMC and are produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007, and completed its fourth season on October 17, 2010. Each... |
1 | "Marriage of Figaro" | 3 | ||
| Damages | 1 | "I Hate These People" | 11 | ||
| John from Cincinnati John from Cincinnati John from Cincinnati is an American television drama, set against the surfing community of Imperial Beach, California, that aired on HBO from June 10, 2007 to August 12, 2007. It is the result of a collaborative effort between writer/producer David Milch and author Kem Nunn, whose novels have been... |
1 | "His Visit, Day Four" | 5 | ||
| 2006 | Brotherhood | 1 | "Matthew 22:10" | 11 | |
| "Matthew 5:6" | 4 | ||||
| "Genesis 27:29" | 2 | ||||
| Deadwood Deadwood (TV series) Deadwood is an American Western drama television series created, produced and largely written by David Milch. The series aired on the premium cable network HBO from March 21, 2004, to August 27, 2006, spanning three 12-episode seasons. The show is set in the 1870s in Deadwood, South Dakota, before... |
3 | "Leviathan Smiles" | 8 | ||
| "Full Faith and Credit" | 4 | ||||
| Heist Heist (TV series) Heist is an American television series that premiered March 22, 2006, on NBC, but was almost immediately canceled due to low ratings. The series was from acclaimed director Doug Liman and revolved around professional thief Mickey O' Neil , who created a team of experts to try to pull off the... |
1 | "Bury the Lead" | 5 | ||
| "How Billy Got His Groove Back" | 4 | ||||
| The Bedford Diaries The Bedford Diaries The Bedford Diaries is an American television series that premiered March 29, 2006 on The WB and concluded its first season on May 10, 2006. It was canceled on May 18, 2006. The series was created by Tom Fontana and Julie Martin.... |
1 | "Tell Me No Secrets" | 3 | ||
| Waterfront Waterfront (TV series) Waterfront is a television drama set in Providence, Rhode Island that was originally scheduled to be a midseason replacement on CBS in 2007, but was shelved by the network in 2006 before any of its five completed episodes had aired. The series was produced by Warner Bros... |
1 | "Street Fight" | 1 | ||
| 2005 | Deadwood | 2 | "Boy the Earth Talks To" | 12 | |
| "Amalgamation and Capital" | 8 | ||||
| "A Lie Agreed Upon, Part 2" | 2 | ||||
| "A Lie Agreed Upon, Part 1" | 1 | ||||
| 2004 | 1 | "No Other Son or Daughters" | 9 | ||
| "The Trial of Jack McCall" | 5 | ||||
| The Jury The Jury (TV series) The Jury is an American legal drama television series that was broadcast by the Fox Network in 2004. Each week, in the same New York City courtroom, a new 12-person jury deliberates over a criminal case... |
1 | "Three Boys and a Gun" | 1 | ||
| The Wire The WIRE the WIRE is the student-run College radio station at the University of Oklahoma, broadcasting in a freeform format. The WIRE serves the University of Oklahoma and surrounding communities, and is staffed by student DJs. The WIRE broadcasts at 1710 kHz AM in Norman, Oklahoma... |
3 | "Time after Time Time After Time (The Wire episode) "Time After Time" is the first episode of the third season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Ed Bianchi... " |
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| 2003 | 2 | "Collateral Damage Collateral Damage (The Wire episode) "Collateral Damage" is the second episode of the second season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by Simon and Ed Burns and was directed by Ed Bianchi... " |
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| "Ebb Tide Ebb Tide (The Wire episode) "Ebb Tide" is the first episode of the second season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon, from a story by Simon and Ed Burns, and was directed by Ed Bianchi... " |
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| 2002 | 1 | "The Wire The Wire (The Wire episode) "The Wire" is the sixth episode of the first season of the HBO original series, The Wire, the titular episode of the series. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Ed Bianchi... " |
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| 2000 | The Beat | 1 | Unknown episode(s) | ||
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced... |
5 | "Ritual" | 14 | |
| 1998 | Homicide: Life on the Street Homicide: Life on the Street Homicide: Life on the Street is an American police procedural television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Homicide Unit. It ran for seven seasons on NBC from 1993 to 1999, and was succeeded by a TV movie, which also acted as the de-facto series finale... |
7 | "Red, Red Wine" | 7 | |
| 6 | "Secrets" | 20 | |||
Film
- Luther Vandross: From Luther with Love - The Videos (2004)
- music video: It's Over Now
- Off and RunningOff and RunningOff and Running is a 1991 American film starring singer and actress Cyndi Lauper as a mermaid-themed lounge singer who gets involved with a caring but troubled man. Because of his involvement with horse racing and breeding , the man is murdered in front of her, and she goes on the lam to escape his...
(1991) - The FanThe Fan (1981 film)The Fan is a 1981 thriller about a stalker menacing a movie star. It stars Lauren Bacall, Michael Biehn, James Garner and Maureen Stapleton. It was written by Priscilla Chapman and John Hartwell, based on the novel of the same name by Bob Randall, and directed by Edward Bianchi...
(1981)