Seth Gordon

Seth Lewis Gordon (born 1976) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and film editor.

He has produced and directed for film and television, including for PBS, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the United Nations Staff 1% for Development Fund. His films have screened at the Sundance Film Festival and Slamdance Film Festival.

He has directed the films The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007), Four Christmases (2008), Horrible Bosses (2011), Identity Thief (2013), and Baywatch (2017). He has also directed several episodes of television series like The Office, Parks and Recreation, Modern Family, Atypical, and For All Mankind.

Life and career Born in 1976, Gordon grew up in Evanston, Illinois. He attended Yale University class of 1998, where he studied architecture until leaving in 1997 to teach high school for six months in the small village of Shimanyiro, Kenya. While there he helped secure United Nations financing to finish construction of a school, and began filming what would eventually become the documentary Building Shimanyiro. Upon returning to Yale, Gordon taught himself how to edit his footage on an Avid editing machine. He directed the 2011 comedy Horrible Bosses, but in August 2013 declined to direct the sequel, citing commitments to the television series The Goldbergs, on which he is an executive producer, and a planned remake of the film WarGames. Gordon directed the pilot of Sneaky Pete for Amazon Studios, which he also produced with Bryan Cranston and David Shore.

Gordon directed the 2017 film version of Baywatch, starring Dwayne Johnson, Priyanka Chopra and Zac Efron.

He graduated from Lakeside School (Seattle) in 1994 and the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

In 2009, Gordon developed and directed a video series focusing on the threat posed by cybercrime to Internet users, H*Commerce: The Business of Hacking You, sponsored by antivirus software company McAfee. Gordon has directed various music videos and commercials, and an episode each of Modern Family and Community, two episodes of The Office, and several episodes of Parks and Recreation. He was a director and executive producer on NBC's Marry Me. Gordon is a director and executive producer on ABC's The Goldbergs. He also serves as a director and executive producer on the Netflix series Atypical.

Filmography Film Director Four Christmases (2008) Horrible Bosses (2011) Identity Thief (2013) Baywatch (2017) Back in Action (2025) (Also writer and producer)

Acting credits Year Title Role 2011 Horrible Bosses Ralph Peterberg (voice role) 2017 Baywatch Helicopter pilot

Other credits Year Title Role 2005 Cry Wolf Editor, associate producer, and second unit director 2015 Pixels Executive producer 2022 The Lost City Story writer and producer

Documentary film Year Title Director Producer Writer 2005 New York Doll 2007 The King of Kong 2010 Freakonomics Make Believe 2011 Undefeated 2014 Mitt Print the Legend 2015 Finders Keepers Dark Web 2016 Gleason 2017 Bill Nye: Science Guy Served Like a Girl 2018 Wrestle 2020 Zappa 2023 Finding Home: Journey to MLB

Television Year Title Director Executive producer Writer Notes 2009 Community Episode "Environmental Science"2009–2010 The Office Episodes "Double Date" and "The Delivery" (part 1) Parks and Recreation Episodes "Canvassing" and "The Stakeout" 2010 Modern Family Episode "Travels with Scout" 2011 Breaking In Also creator;Directed 5 episodes 2013–2017 The Goldbergs 7 episodes 2014–2015 Marry Me 3 episodes2015 Sneaky Pete Episode "Pilot" The Jim Gaffigan Show Episode "Pilot"2017 Atypical Episodes "Antarctica" and "A Nice Neutral Smell" The Good Doctor Episodes "Burnt Food" and "She" 2019 For All Mankind Episodes "Red Moon" and "He Built the Saturn V"2020 Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector Episode "Pilot" United We Fall 2022 The Long Game: Bigger Than Basketball Directed 5 episodes 2023 The Night Agent 2 episodes