Keith Truesdell

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Keith Truesdell
OccupationTelevision director and producer
Years active1989–present

Keith Truesdell is an American television director and producer. He is best known for directing a number of stand-up comedy television specials for the likes Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Kathy Griffin, Janeane Garofalo, Joan Rivers and others as well as episodic television series. He is co-owner of Production Partners, Inc. a Los Angeles bases television production company.

He has received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for directing Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker in 2000 and Kathy Griffin: Straight to Hell in 2008. [1]

His other television credits include With Bob and David , Curb Your Enthusiasm , All That , Kenan & Kel , Grounded for Life , The Tracy Morgan Show , The Bernie Mac Show , Everybody Hates Chris , My Boys , Girlfriends , Jimmy Kimmel Live , Real Time with Bill Maher , 7th Heaven , Fat Actress , The Secret Life of the American Teenager . [2]

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