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Bradley Buecker

Bradley Buecker

Director, editor and producer · Born September 20, 1971 (55) · Piqua, Ohio, USA

Primetime Emmy nominee · 1 other major award body

Bradley Buecker is an American television and film director, producer, and editor. Buecker is well known for his work with Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk on the FOX musical series Glee and for FX's anthology series American Horror Story.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 20, 1971 (55)
From
Piqua, Ohio, USA
Works as
Director, editor and producer
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 21% in 30 days

What are Bradley Buecker's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
46%
Self
17%
Society
17%
Bonds
15%
Survival
5%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 1

A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Casual 1 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Melancholic
4
Hopeful
4
Contemplative
1
Dread
1
Other
2

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Bradley Buecker's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (7).

Subscription and free streaming for Bradley Buecker's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

12 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.

  • 9-1-1: Nashville(2025)

    Show 18 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
  • Doctor Odyssey(2024)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows
  • 9-1-1: Lone Star(2020)

    Show 72 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
  • The Last Full Measure(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • Billy Boy(2017)

    Director · Editor · Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
  • 9-1-1(2018)

    Show 142 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
  • Scream Queens(2015)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
  • American Horror Story(2011)

    Show 78 episodes · Director · Co-Executive Producer · Editor · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
  • Eat Pray Love(2010)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
  • Glee(2009)

    Show 44 episodes · Director · Co-Executive Producer · Editor · Executive Producer · Supervising Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
  • Hardcore Action News (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Editor

  • Pretty/Handsome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Editor

Career shape

A full career of 11 titles, 10 of them dated from 2003 to 2025.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing8 of 11: 2 only directing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score52ndProducing6 of 11: 0 only producing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score55thEditing6 of 11: 3 only editing, 3 with another role

11 titles, 6 with more than one role — directing and editing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2000s2 · crew2010s5 · crew2020s3 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

10 major nominations and no wins, 2010–2016.

  1. 2016
    • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
  2. 2015
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Limited Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
  3. 2014
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Miniseries
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
  4. 2013
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
  5. 2012
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
  6. 2011
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
  7. 2010
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Bradley Buecker's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 43rd percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th2

Reviewers score the atmosphere 58/100 and the pacing 23/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Bradley Buecker's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 38 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 38 · moderateMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 45 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 31 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 48 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Bradley Buecker work with?

People who share at least 2 of Bradley Buecker's MovieCove titles; Ryan Murphy shares the most, 3.