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| Norberto Barba | |
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| Roles: | Executive Producer Director |
| First Episode Directed: | "Bears Will Be Bears" |
| Last Episode Directed: | "The Beginning of the End" |
| Episodes Directed: | 17 |
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| Wikipedia: | Norberto Barba |
| IMDb: | Norberto Barba |
| Twitter: | @Orsonb63 |
Norberto Barba is an American television and film director. He is known for his work on Grimm and the Law & Order franchise.
His sons, Raoul and Sebastian, both had co-star roles during season 4. Raoul portrayed one of the Kallikantzaroi in "The Grimm Who Stole Christmas", and Sebastian portrayed one of the boys at the Iron Hans camp in "Iron Hans".
He left Grimm after season 5 after serving as an executive producer and director since "Bears Will Be Bears".[1] Working on FX's show The Strain has been one his new ventures since being a part of Grimm.
Biographical details[]
A native of the Bronx, New York, Barba studied at Regis High School in New York City. He also spent two years at Columbia University and later went to USC School of Cinematic Arts. After earning his degree, he became a director fellow at the American Film Institute, where he earned his postgraduate degree in film production.
Barba made his directorial debut in 1992 with the short film Chavez Ravine, which tells the story of a father and son struggling to defend their home against city developers planning to build Dodger Stadium in the mid-1950s. In addition, he directed Blue Tiger (1994) and Solo (1996) before specializing as a director/producer for television programs.
His television credits include series such as New York Undercover, Level 9, Resurrection Blvd., American Dreams, CSI: Miami, Numb3rs, CSI: NY, Blade: The Series, Fringe, Grimm, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Threshold, Kojak, and Medical Investigation, as well as Apollo 11: The Movie (1996).
Barba is a three-time ALMA Award nominated and also served in a Psychological Operations unit of the U.S. Army Special Forces.[citation needed]
He is currently an executive producer and director on NBC's Grimm.
Awards[]
- ALMA Award (nominations)
- Outstanding Director of a Television Drama or Comedy for:
- 2002 - Resurrection Blvd - Episode Diez y Ocho
- 2006 - Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Episode Tru Love
- 2008 - Law & Order: Criminal Intent - Episode Depths
- Outstanding Director of a Television Drama or Comedy for:
References[]
| Season 1 Episodes Directed | ||||||||||
| "Pilot": X |
"Bears Will Be Bears": ✓ |
"Beeware": X |
"Lonelyhearts": X |
"Danse Macabre": X |
"The Three Bad Wolves": X |
"Let Your Hair Down": X |
"Game Ogre": X |
"Of Mouse and Man": X |
"Organ Grinder": X |
"Tarantella": X |
| "Last Grimm Standing": X |
"Three Coins in a Fuchsbau": ✓ |
"Plumed Serpent": X |
"Island of Dreams": X |
"The Thing with Feathers": X |
"Love Sick": X |
"Cat and Mouse": X |
"Leave It to Beavers": X |
"Happily Ever Aftermath": X |
"Big Feet": X |
"Woman in Black": ✓ |
| Season 2 Episodes Directed | ||||||||||
| "Bad Teeth": ✓ |
"The Kiss": X |
"Bad Moon Rising": X |
"Quill": X |
"The Good Shepherd": X |
"Over My Dead Body": X |
"The Bottle Imp": X |
"The Other Side": X |
"La Llorona": X |
"The Hour of Death": X |
"To Protect and Serve Man": X |
| "Season of the Hexenbiest": X |
"Face Off": X |
"Natural Born Wesen": X |
"Mr. Sandman": ✓ |
"Nameless": X |
"One Angry Fuchsbau": X |
"Volcanalis": X |
"Endangered": X |
"Kiss of the Muse": X |
"The Waking Dead": X |
"Goodnight, Sweet Grimm": ✓ |
| Season 3 Episodes Directed | ||||||||||
| "The Ungrateful Dead": ✓ |
"PTZD": X |
"A Dish Best Served Cold": X |
"One Night Stand": X |
"El Cucuy": X |
"Stories We Tell Our Young": X |
"Cold Blooded": X |
"Twelve Days of Krampus": X |
"Red Menace": X |
"Eyes of the Beholder": X |
"The Good Soldier": X |
| "The Wild Hunt": X |
"Revelation": X |
"Mommy Dearest": ✓ |
"Once We Were Gods": X |
"The Show Must Go On": X |
"Synchronicity": X |
"The Law of Sacrifice": X |
"Nobody Knows the Trubel I've Seen": ✓ |
"My Fair Wesen": X |
"The Inheritance": X |
"Blond Ambition": ✓ |
| Season 4 Episodes Directed | ||||||||||
| "Thanks for the Memories": ✓ |
"Octopus Head": X |
"The Last Fight": X |
"Dyin' on a Prayer": X |
"Cry Luison": X |
"Highway of Tears": X |
"The Grimm Who Stole Christmas": X |
"Chupacabra": X |
"Wesenrein": X |
"Tribunal": X |
"Death Do Us Part": X |
| "Maréchaussée": X |
"Trial by Fire": ✓ |
"Bad Luck": X |
"Double Date": X |
"Heartbreaker": X |
"Hibernaculum": X |
"Mishipeshu": X |
"Iron Hans": X |
"You Don't Know Jack": X |
"Headache": X |
"Cry Havoc": ✓ |
| Season 5 Episodes Directed | ||||||||||
| "The Grimm Identity": X |
"Clear and Wesen Danger": ✓ |
"Lost Boys": X |
"Maiden Quest": X |
"The Rat King": X |
"Wesen Nacht": X |
"Eve of Destruction": X |
"A Reptile Dysfunction": X |
"Star-Crossed": X |
"Map of the Seven Knights": X |
"Key Move": X |
| "Into the Schwarzwald": ✓ |
"Silence of the Slams": X |
"Lycanthropia": X |
"Skin Deep": X |
"The Believer": X |
"Inugami": X |
"Good to the Bone": X |
"The Taming of the Wu": X |
"Bad Night": ✓ |
"Set Up": X |
"The Beginning of the End": ✓ |