Dean Paris Barclay received two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Directing and a DGA Award for his work on the series NYPD Blue, and was Emmy nominated for directing an episode of The West Wing. He also directed the HBO film The Cherokee Kid, starring Sinbad, Burt Reynolds and James Coburn, and the feature Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, starring Shawn and Marlon Wayans. He has also directed 60 hours of television, including ER, Law & Order, Cold Case, Fastlane, American Dreams, Huff – as well as the season two episode of THE SHIELD where "Armadillo" was murdered in the Barn. Barclay received an NAACP Image Award for Best Drama Series as co-creator, writer and principal director of the groundbreaking drama City of Angels; five DGA Award nominations for ER and The West Wing; and was cited by the Caucus for Producers, Directors and Writers as Television Director of the Year in 1999. As a producer, Barclay has earned two Emmy nominations, a Golden Globe nomination, the Humanitas Prize, the Peabody Award and the Alma Award. He also wrote and composed the musical play One Red Flower (based on the book Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam) – most recently produced at the Signature Theater outside Washington, D.C.
Dean Paris Barclay received two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Directing and a DGA Award for his work on the series NYPD Blue, and was Emmy nominated for directing an episode of The West Wing. He also directed the HBO film The Cherokee Kid, starring Sinbad, Burt Reynolds and James Coburn, and the feature Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, starring Shawn and Marlon Wayans. He has also directed 60 hours of television, including ER, Law & Order, Cold Case, Fastlane, American Dreams, Huff – as well as the season two episode of THE SHIELD where "Armadillo" was murdered in the Barn. Barclay received an NAACP Image Award for Best Drama Series as co-creator, writer and principal director of the groundbreaking drama City of Angels; five DGA Award nominations for ER and The West Wing; and was cited by the Caucus for Producers, Directors and Writers as Television Director of the Year in 1999. As a producer, Barclay has earned two Emmy nominations, a Golden