Gary Halvorson

Gary Halvorson is an American director of television shows and series.

Directing

He was trained as a pianist at Juilliard, but is primarily noted as the director of situation comedies such as Friends (of which he directed 47 episodes) and The Drew Carey Show. He also directed The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999), a children's film. He began his career by directing a music show for Leonard Bernstein.

For the New York Metropolitan Opera, he directed high-definition theater simulcasts of The Magic Flute/Die Zauberflöte (30 Dec 2006), The Puritans/I Puritani (6 Jan 2007), The Triptych/Il Tabarro (28 Apr 2007), and Romeo and Juliet/Roméo et Juliette (15 Dec 2007). Halvorson also directed Paul Simon's "You're The One" live concert in Paris, which aired on PBS and is available on DVD.

Selected Credits

• CMA Music Festival: Country Music's Biggest Party (2008) (TV) (post-production)
• "'Til Death"
• 81st Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (USA: long title)
• "Rules of Engagement"
• "Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD"
• "Two and a Half Men"
• "Lucky Louie"
• "Joey"
• Kenny Chesney: Somewhere in the Sun
• "Complete Savages"
• "Everybody Loves Raymond"
• "Committed"
• Lies and the Wives We Tell Them To
• "What I Like About You"
• "Friends"
• The Nick & Jessica Variety Hour
• "The Tracy Morgan Show"
• 2003 ABC World Stunt Awards
• Everything But the Girl
• "Jesse"
• "The Norm Show"
• "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch"
• "Grace Under Fire"
• "Roseanne"
• "The Wayans Bros.
• "The 10th Annual American Comedy Awards
• "Adventures in Wonderland"
• The Country Girl

Awards & Nominations

He was awarded an Emmy for "Outstanding Special Class Directing" for the 78th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, shown on NBC. He has also been nominated for "Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series", for his work on Everybody Loves Raymond.

External links

• Gary Halvorson at the Internet Movie Database

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