| Edward Bianchi | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 24, 1942 |
| Occupation | Television director, television producer, film director. |
| Years active | 1980–present |
Edward Bianchi (born April 24, 1942) is an American television director and producer. Bianchi was a producer on the HBO original series, Deadwood.
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Prior to Deadwood, Bianchi directed several music videos which include the dance sequences during the title sequence of each season of The Cosby Show.
Bianchi joined the crew of the HBO western drama Deadwood as a director for the first season in 2004. The series was created by David Milch and focused on a growing town in the American West. Bianchi directed the episodes "The Trial of Jack McCall"[1] and "No Other Sons or Daughters".[2] Bianchi was hired as a producer for the second season in 2005 and continued to regularly direct episodes. He directed the two part season premiere "A Lie Agreed Upon",[3][4] "Amalgamation and Capital"[5] and the season finale "Boy-the-Earth-Talks-To".[6] Bianchi and the production staff were nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series at the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards for their work on the second season. Bianchi left the production staff after the second season but returned as a director for the third and final season in 2006. He directed the episodes "Full Faith and Credit"[7] and "Leviathan Smiles".[8]
Bianchi is married to Carla Bianchi who appeared on Deadwood as the character of Mary Stokes. The couple have three children.
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| Year | Show | Season | Episode title | Episode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Killing | 1 | "The Cage" | 2 | |
| 2010 | Men of a Certain Age | 2 | "If I Could, I Surely Would" | 1 | |
| 1 | "Father's Fraternity" | 7 | |||
| Mercy | 1 | "I Saw This Pig and I Thought of You" | 10 | ||
| Hawthorne | 2 | "The Starting Line" | 2 | ||
| 2009 | Men of a Certain Age | 1 | "The New Guy" | 4 | |
| Hawthorne | 1 | "Trust Me" | 6 | ||
| Heroes | 4 | "Jump, Push, Fall" | 2 | ||
| Kings | 1 | "The New King: Part One" | 11 | ||
| "Pilgrimage" | 8 | ||||
| The Unusuals | 1 | "The E.I.D." | 10 | ||
| Damages | 2 | "You Got Your Prom Date Pregnant" | 9 | ||
| 2008 | Brotherhood | 3 | "The Chimes at Midnight" | 6 | |
| "Let Rome Into Tiber Melt" | 3 | ||||
| The Two Mr. Kissels | Television feature | ||||
| 2007 | Brotherhood | 2 | "Things Have Changed 1:7-8" | 10 | |
| "Dear Landlord 1:3-4" | 5 | ||||
| Mad Men | 1 | "Marriage of Figaro" | 3 | ||
| Damages | 1 | "I Hate These People" | 11 | ||
| John from Cincinnati | 1 | "His Visit, Day Four" | 5 | ||
| 2006 | Brotherhood | 1 | "Matthew 22:10" | 11 | |
| "Matthew 5:6" | 4 | ||||
| "Genesis 27:29" | 2 | ||||
| Deadwood | 3 | "Leviathan Smiles" | 8 | ||
| "Full Faith and Credit" | 4 | ||||
| Heist | 1 | "Bury the Lead" | 5 | ||
| "How Billy Got His Groove Back" | 4 | ||||
| The Bedford Diaries | 1 | "Tell Me No Secrets" | 3 | ||
| Waterfront | 1 | "Street Fight" | 1 | ||
| 2005 | Deadwood | 2 | "Boy the Earth Talks To" | 12 | |
| "Amalgamation and Capital" | 8 | ||||
| "A Lie Agreed Upon, Part 2" | 2 | ||||
| "A Lie Agreed Upon, Part 1" | 1 | ||||
| 2004 | 1 | "No Other Son or Daughters" | 9 | ||
| "The Trial of Jack McCall" | 5 | ||||
| The Jury | 1 | "Three Boys and a Gun" | 1 | ||
| The Wire | 3 | "Time after Time"[9][10] | 1 | ||
| 2003 | 2 | "Collateral Damage"[11][12] | 2 | ||
| "Ebb Tide"[13][14] | 1 | ||||
| 2002 | 1 | "The Wire"[15][16] | 6 | ||
| 2000 | The Beat | 1 | Unknown episode(s) | ||
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 5 | "Ritual" | 14 | |
| 1998 | Homicide: Life on the Street | 7 | "Red, Red Wine" | 7 | |
| 6 | "Secrets" | 20 | |||
Ed Bianchi at the Internet Movie Database