Dennie Gordon has been a trailblazing female director her entire career; spanning the worlds of feature films, television series, mini-series and branded content. Her range of genre busting entertainment spans an unusual spectrum of comedy and drama. After being one of the first women to graduate from Yale's School of Drama with an MFA in Directing, Gordon first gained recognition when "A Hard Rain" was chosen by Showtime's Discovery Program. Thanks to Steven Spielberg, a rough cut of her film attracted the attention of George Lucas who donated the film's mix at Skywalker Ranch. "A Hard Rain" , which Gordon also wrote, went on to win dramatic awards at the British Short Film Festival and the Hampton's Film Festival. This film also caught the eye of David E. Kelley who enlisted Gordon to helm multiple episodes of his television series including "Goliath", (where she was Co EP) "Picket Fences", "Chicago Hope", "Ally McBeal", and "The Practice". Gordon has directed over 100 hours of network television including such critically acclaimed series as "Legion", which was on many critic's lists as a top 10 show of 2017, with the "astounding direction of Dennie Gordon and her twisted visionary imagery taking the X-Men universe to a whole new level". Her other work includes "Bloodline", "Rectify Empire", "Kingdom", "Power", "Hell on Wheels", "Grace & Frankie", "The Office", "30 Rock", Aaron Sorkin's "Sports Night", and HBO's "Tracey Takes On", for which Gordon won the DGA Comedy Award. Gordon recently completed the mini-series "Waco", "Jack Ryan" Season 2 and "The Hunt" starring Al Pacino. Gordon directed the comedy cult hit "Joe Dirt" starring David Spade, and Christopher Walken, and "What A Girl Wants" starring Oscar Winner Colin Firth, Dame Eileen Atkins, and Jonathan Pryce. Gordon was the first American woman to direct a film for the domestic Chinese market, called "My Lucky Star". The 2013 film starred Oscar nominee Zhang Ziyi and Wang Leehom and was filmed in China and Singapore in the summer of 2012. "My Lucky Star" was the number one film in China for 4 weeks on 5000 screens.Gordon is a sought after commercial director having completed campaigns for Honda, Toyota, Tsingtao beer and Xcel Energy as well as campaigns with Jimmy Fallon, Betty White, Adam Devine and Don Cheadle. She recently completed a short dramatic film for Huawei, which was shot in Prague. She is represented by CAA.