2010-Present
In 2011, Barclay became the executive producer and primary director for the fourth season of FX's Sons of Anarchy, a role he continued through the fifth season, in which Barclay also directed 3 episodes, including the season premier "Sovereign", which improved upon the ratings of season 4's Barclay-directed opener to become the highest rated telecast in FX history.
Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter stated in an interview with The Star-Ledger that it wasn't until Paris came on board to direct that the show found its "groove", observing: "We had all those glitches in those first two or three episodes We had (Paris) come in and we all just started trusting what we were doing here."
Similarly, Ryan Murphy, creator of the Fox hit Glee, called Paris' episode "Wheels" a "turning point for the show". Episodes directed by Paris Barclay often have a positive, lasting and permanent effect on a show, taking them to new heights of success and unexplored depths.
A June 2011 article in Variety ranked Barclay among the "Ten TV Directors Who Leave Their Mark," ranking him among "the most respected in the business." The article went on to describe Barclay as a "highly adaptive force with the ability to control both TV detectives and scene-stealing gleesters."
Also in 2012, Barclay will return to "Glee", to direct the upcoming "Diva" episode, as well as directing episode 111 of the new "ABC" series "Last Resort".
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