Gary Halvorson

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Gary S. Halvorson is an American director of television shows, series and film, best known for directing and producing the show, Friends .

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Directing

He was trained as a classical pianist at but is primarily noted as the director of situation comedies such as Friends (of which he directed 56 episodes) and The Drew Carey Show . [1] He also made his film directorial debut The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999), a children's film.

For the New York Metropolitan Opera, [2] [3] he directed high-definition theater simulcasts of The Magic Flute (30 Dec 2006), I Puritani (6 Jan 2007), Il Barbiere di Siviglia (24 Mar 2007), Il Tabarro (28 Apr 2007), Roméo et Juliette (15 Dec 2007), Macbeth (11 Jan 2008), Peter Grimes (15 Mar 2008), La Bohème (5 Apr 2008), La fille du régiment (26 Avr 2008), the 2008-09 opening night gala starring Renée Fleming (22 Sep 2008), Doctor Atomic (8 Nov 2008), Thaïs (20 Dec 2008), Lucia di Lammermoor (7 Feb 2009), Madama Butterfly (7 Mar 2009), La Cenerentola (9 May 2009), Tosca (10 Oct 2009), Aida (23 Oct 2008), Turandot (7 Nov 2009), Les Contes d'Hoffmann (19 Dec 2009), Carmen (16 Jan 2010), Armida (1 May 2010), Das Rheingold (9 Oct 2010), Don Pasquale (13 Nov 2010) and Don Carlo (11 Dec 2010).

Halvorson also directed Paul Simon's "You're The One" live concert in Paris, which aired on PBS and is available on DVD.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleNotes
1984 The Quintessential Peggy Lee Direct-to-Video
1999 The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
2018 The King and I

Television

YearTitleNotes
1976 Standing Room Only — "Vanities"
1980 Broadway on Showtime — "Little Johnny Jones"
1981Jules Feiffer's Hold MeTV movie
1982The Country GirlTV movie
1984Hizzoner!TV movie
1985–93Kids IncorporatedDirector (7 episodes)
1986Solid GoldDirector (13 episodes)
1987–2008Great PerformancesDirector (11 episodes)
1989A Conversation with...— "Betty White"
1991Riders in the SkyDirector (11 episodes)
1991On the TelevisionDirector (38 episodes)
1992Roundhouse— "TV on Trial"
1992–94Adventures in WonderlandDirector (14 episodes)
1993 Xuxa Director (65 episodes)
1994Herman's Head— "You Say Tomato"
1994Growing Up FunnyTV movie
1995 Muscle Director (13 episodes)
1995–96 Minor Adjustments Director (6 episodes)
1995–96 The Drew Carey Show Director (2 episodes)

— "Drew Gets Motivated" (1996)

— "Isomers Have Distinct Characteristics" (1995)

1996The Wayans Bros.Director (2 episodes)

— "Goin' to the Net"

— "The Return of the Temptones"

1996–97RoseanneDirector (8 episodes)
1996–97 Muppets Tonight Director (11 episodes)
1996–98Grace Under FireDirector (3 episodes)
1996–99 Sabrina the Teenage Witch Director (28 episodes)

Producer (13 episodes)

1997BouncersTV movie
1997 Teen Angel Director (3 episodes)
1997–2001The Metropolitan Opera PresentsDirector (3 episodes)
1997–2004 Friends Director (55 episodes)
1997–2005Everybody Loves RaymondDirector (61 episodes)
1999Whole World Comedy— "Pilot"
1999Norm— "Norm vs. Norm"
1999–2000JesseDirector (7 episodes)
2000Don GiovanniTV movie
2001Grounded for Life— "Lily B. Goode"
2001Everything But the GirlTV movie
2001The Back PageTV movie
2001BlissTV movie (Executive Producer)
2002 True West TV movie
2002Faith Hill: When the Lights Go DownTV movie (also Producer)
2002B.S.TV movie
2002–2004What I Like About YouDirector (7 episodes)
2003Regular JoeDirector (unknown episodes)
2003These GuysTV movie
2003–04The Tracy Morgan ShowDirector (3 episodes)
2004Eddie's FatherTV movie
2004–05Complete SavagesDirector (2 episodes)

— "The Complete Savages in... 'Hot Water' " (2005)

— "Nick Kicks Butt" (2004)

2004–06JoeyDirector (9 episodes)
2004–07 Two and a Half Men Director (34 episodes)
2005CommittedDirector (5 episodes)
2005Kenny Chesney: Somewhere in the SunTV special
2005Lies and the Wives We Tell Them ToTV movie
2005Blue SkiesTV movie
2006Grand UnionTV movie
2006Lucky Louie— "Pilot"
2007Rules of EngagementDirector (4 episodes)
2007'Til Death— "No More Mr. Vice Guy"
2007 Elmo's Christmas Countdown TV movie
2007Making It LegalTV movie
2008Do Not DisturbDirector (2 episodes)

— "Dosing"

— "Birdcage"

2009CannedTV movie
2009–2011 True Jackson, VP Director (16 episodes)

Producer (26 episodes)

2010TelepatheticTV movie
2010–11Better with YouDirector (11 episodes)
2012How to Be a GentlemanDirector (2 episodes)

— "How to Be Shallow"

— "How to Get Along with Your Boss's New Girlfriend"

2012DuetsDirector (8 episodes)
2012Yo Gabba Gabba!— "Gooble"
2012Michael Buble: Home for the HolidaysTV special
2012–13Marvin MarvinDirector (3 episodes)
2012–13Work ItDirector (3 episodes)
2013MomDirectors (2 episodes)

— "A Small Nervous Breakdown and a Misplaced Fork"

— "A Pee Stick and an Asian Raccoon"

2015Your Family or Mine— "The Couch"
2015The Dunes ClubTV movie

Awards and nominations

He was awarded an Emmy [4] for "Outstanding Special Class Directing" for the 78th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, shown on NBC. In 1996, he was awarded a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series" for Adventures in Wonderland . He has also been nominated for "Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series", for his work on Everybody Loves Raymond .

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References

  1. Roberts, Jerry (2009-06-05). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   978-0-8108-6378-1.
  2. Greiving, Tim (2015-08-25). "Opera for the Masses Reps Cash Cow for the Met". Variety. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
  3. Jacobson, Mitch (2012-09-10). Mastering Multi-Camera Techniques: From Pre-Production to Editing to Deliverable Masters. CRC Press. ISBN   978-1-136-05790-8.
  4. "Halvorson in 'Carnegie Hall' director seat". The Hollywood Reporter. 26 February 2008. Retrieved 2020-05-02.