Bruce Bilson (born May 19, 1928) is an American film director and television director. He is most notable for his work as a regular director on the spy spoof Get Smart. He won the 1967–1968 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for the third season Get Smart episode "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye".

Bilson was born in Brooklyn to Jewish parents. His mother, Hattie Bilson (née Dratwa; 1907–2004), was an American screenwriter, and his father, George Bilson (1902–1981), was a British producer/writer/director of Ashkenazi Jewish descent who was born in Leeds, England.^[1] His brother, Malcolm is a fortepianist and professor of piano at Cornell University.

Bilson graduated from UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 1950.^[2][3]

Bilson married Mona Weichman on August 31, 1955; they divorced in 1976. They had two children, Danny Bilson (born 1956), a film and video game writer/producer and father of actress Rachel Bilson, and Julie Ahlberg, a film producer.^[4]

Bilson married Renne Jarrett in 1981.^{[citation needed]}

• Pate Katelin en Buenos Aires (1969)
• The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974)
• The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976)
• The North Avenue Irregulars (1979)
• Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984)

• Bruce Bilson at IMDb
• Bruce Bilson at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
• Bruce Bilson at People.com