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Gary Halvorson

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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.
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2006-2013 The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (TV series)
– Handel: Giulio Cesare (2013)
– Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini (2013)
– Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (2013)
– Verdi: Aida (2012)
– Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera (2012)
See all 38 episodes »
 
2013 Betty White's 2nd Annual 90th Birthday (TV movie)
 
2012-2013 Marvin Marvin (TV series)
– Double Date (2013)
– Toothache (2012)
– Episode #1.1 (2012)
 
2012 Michael Bublé: Home for the Holidays (TV movie)
 
2012 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2012 (TV movie)
 
2012 CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock (TV movie)
 
2012 Duets (TV series)
– The Finale (2012)
– Superstars' Choice (2012)
– Favorite Standards (2012)
– Movie Night (2012)
– Party Songs (2012)
See all 8 episodes »
 
2012 Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular (TV movie)
 
2012 How to Be a Gentleman (TV series)
– How to Be Shallow (2012)
– How to Get Along with Your Boss's New Girlfriend (2012)
 
2012 The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater (TV movie)
 
2012 Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl (TV special)
 
2012 Work It (TV series)
– Shake Your Moneymaker (2012)
 
2011 Christmas in Rockefeller Center (TV movie)
 
2011 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV movie)
 
2011 CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock (TV movie)
 
2010-2011 Better with You (TV series)
– Better with the Baby (2011)
– Better with a Bargain (2011)
– Better with Crying (2011)
– Better with Dancing (2011)
– Better Without a Job (2011)
See all 11 episodes »
 
2009-2011 True Jackson, VP (TV series)
– Principal for a Day (2011)
– Trapped in Paris (2010)
– The Reject Room (2010)
– Pajama Party (2010)
– True Concert (2009)
See all 11 episodes »
 
2010 CMA Music Fest 2010 (TV movie)
 
2010 Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular (TV movie)
 
2010 Telepathetic (TV movie)
 
2009 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV movie)
 
2009 CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock (TV movie)
 
2009 Canned (TV movie)
 
2008 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV movie)
 
1987-2008 Great Performances (TV series)
– Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2008: A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein (2008)
– Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (2007)
– Keeping Score: MTT on Music (2004)
– The Merry Widow (2002)
– Paul Simon: You're the One: In Concert from Paris (2000)
See all 9 episodes »
 
2008 Do Not Disturb (TV series)
– Dosing (2008)
– Birdcage (2008)
 
2008 CMA Music Festival: Country Music's Biggest Party (TV movie)
 
2007 Elmo's Christmas Countdown (TV movie)
 
2007 'Til Death (TV series)
– No More Mr. Vice Guy (2007)
 
2007 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV movie)
 
2007 Rules of Engagement (TV series)
– Fix-Ups & Downs (2007)
– Old School Jeff (2007)
– Mr. Fix-It (2007)
– Flirting with Disaster (2007)
 
2004-2007 Two and a Half Men (TV series)
– Smooth as a Ken Doll (2007)
– It Never Rains in Hooterville (2007)
– I Merely Slept with a Commie (2007)
– That's Summer Sausage, Not Salami (2007)
– Don't Worry, Speed Racer (2007)
See all 34 episodes »
 
2007 From the Top at Carnegie Hall (TV series)
 
2007 Making It Legal (TV movie)
 
2006 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV special)
 
2006 CMA Music Festival: Country Music's Biggest Party (TV movie)
 
2006 Lucky Louie (TV series)
– Pilot (2006)
 
2004-2006 Joey (TV series)
– Joey and the Big Move (2006)
– Joey and the Snowball Fight (2006)
– Joey and the Christmas Party (2005)
– Joey and the Tijuana Trip (2005)
– Joey and the Musical (2005)
See all 9 episodes »
 
2006 Grand Union (TV movie)
 
2005 79th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV special)
 
2005 Kenny Chesney: Somewhere in the Sun (TV special)
 
2004-2005 Complete Savages (TV series)
– The Complete Savages in...'Hot Water' (2005)
– Nick Kicks Butt (2004)
 
1997-2005 Everybody Loves Raymond (TV series)
– The Finale (2005)
– Pat's Secret (2005)
– Sister-In-Law (2005)
– Tasteless Frank (2005)
– The Faux Pas (2005)
See all 60 episodes »
 
2005 Committed (TV series)
– The Burger Episode (2005)
– The Statue Guy Episode (2005)
– The Apartment Episode (2005)
– The Return of Todd Episode (2005)
– The Pilot Episode (2005)
 
2005 Lies and the Wives We Tell Them To (TV movie)
 
2005 Blue Skies (TV movie)
 
2004 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV special)
 
2002-2004 What I Like About You (TV series)
– Anti-Prom (2004)
– Partially Obstructed View (2003)
– Like a Virgin (Kinda) (2003)
– Roommates (2002)
– Spa Day (2002)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1997-2004 Friends (TV series)
– The One with Rachel's Going Away Party (2004)
– The One Where Estelle Dies (2004)
– The One with Princess Consuela (2004)
– The One Where Joey Speaks French (2004)
– The One Where Chandler Gets Caught (2004)
See all 55 episodes »
 
2004 The Nick & Jessica Variety Hour (TV movie)
 
2003-2004 The Tracy Morgan Show (TV series)
– A Call to Duty (2004)
– Doctor? NO! (2003)
– Pilot (2003)
 
2004 Eddie's Father (TV movie)
 
2003 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV special)
 
2003 2003 ABC World Stunt Awards (TV special)
 
2003 Regular Joe (TV series)
 
2002 True West (TV movie)
 
2002 B.S. (TV movie)
 
2001 75th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV movie)
 
1998-2001 The Metropolitan Opera Presents (TV series)
– Wozzeck (2001)
– Le nozze di Figaro (1998)
 
2001 The Voyage to Atlantis: The Lost Empire (TV short)
 
2001 Everything But the Girl (TV movie)
 
2001 Grounded for Life (TV series)
– Lily B. Goode (2001)
 
2001 The Back Page (TV movie)
 
2000 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV movie)
 
2000 Peter Pan (TV movie)
 
1999-2000 Jesse (TV series)
– First Blood (2000)
– The Dump (2000)
– Jesse's Coat a Useful Crutch, Diego's Kitchen, Not So Much (2000)
– My Boyfriend Went to Chile and All I Got Was This Lousy Moustache (2000)
– Jesse Gives Birth (2000)
See all 7 episodes »
 
2000 Don Giovanni (TV movie)
 
1999 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV movie)
 
1999 Norm (TV series)
– Norm vs. Norm (1999)
 
1999 The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
 
1996-1999 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series)
– Sabrina the Sandman (1999)
– The Long and Winding Short Cut (1999)
– Sabrina's Real World (1999)
– Sabrina's Pen Pal (1999)
– Sabrina, the Teenage Writer (1999)
See all 24 episodes »
 
1998 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV movie)
 
1996-1998 Grace Under Fire (TV series)
– Down in the Boondocks (1998)
– Smells Like Victory (1997)
– Mr. Mullens' Opus (1996)
 
1997 Carmen (TV movie)
 
1997 A Magical Walt Disney World Christmas (TV special)
 
1997 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV movie)
 
1997 Teen Angel (TV series)
– One Dog Night (1997)
– I Love Nitzke (1997)
– Wrestling with an Angel (1997)
 
1996-1997 Muppets Tonight (TV series)
– Coolio & Don Rickles (1997)
– Paula Abdul (1996)
– Heather Locklear (1996)
– Pierce Brosnan (1996)
– Martin Short (1996)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1996-1997 Roseanne (TV series)
– Into That Good Night: Part 1 (1997)
– Into That Good Night: Part 2 (1997)
– The Miracle (1997)
– Some Enchanted Merger (1997)
– Lanford's Elite (1997)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1997 Bouncers (TV movie)
 
1996 Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade (TV special)
 
1996 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV movie)
 
1996 The Wayans Bros. (TV series)
– Goin' to the Net (1996)
– The Return of the Temptones (1996)
 
1996 The 10th Annual American Comedy Awards (TV movie)
 
1996 Oops! The World's Funniest Outtakes 4 (TV movie)
 
1995 Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade (TV movie)
 
1995 Minor Adjustments (TV series)
 
1995 The Drew Carey Show (TV series)
 
1995 Mickey's Fun Songs: Beach Party at Walt Disney World (video)
 
1995 Muscle (TV series)
 
1994 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV movie)
 
1994 The 8th Annual American Comedy Awards (TV movie)
 
1994 Mickey's Fun Songs: Campout at Walt Disney World (video short)
 
1994 Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl (TV special)
 
1994 Herman's Head (TV series)
– You Say Tomato (1994)
 
1994 Growing Up Funny (TV movie)
 
1994 Mickey's Fun Songs: Let's Go to the Circus (video short)
 
1993 The 7th Annual American Comedy Awards (TV movie)
 
1993 The Child Ain't Right (TV movie)
 
1993 Olsen Twins Mother's Day Special (TV movie)
 
1992 The Best of Country '92: Countdown at the Neon Armadillo (TV special)
 
1992 Roundhouse (TV series)
 
1991-1993 Adventures in Wonderland (TV series)
 
1991 Riders in the Sky (TV series)
– Sourdough's Surprise (1991)
– Horsenapped (1991)
– Harmony Ranch (1991)
– Saddle Pals (1991)
 
1991 The 5th Annual American Comedy Awards (TV movie)
 
1991 On the Television (TV series)
– McRhymer (1991)
– Stupid People's Court (1991)
– 19 Puberty Street
– 4-1-1 Info Line
– All Grown Up
See all 38 episodes »
 
1990 Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV series)
– Telethon 1990 (1990) (remote segments)
 
1990 The 4th Annual American Comedy Awards (TV movie)
 
1990 Warner Bros. Celebration of Tradition, June 2, 1990 (TV documentary)
 
1989 The Glenn Miller Band Reunion (TV movie)
 
1987 Diana Ross: Red Hot Rhythm and Blues (TV special)
 
1987 Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening (TV movie)
 
1987 Mancini and Friends (TV movie)
 
1986 Solid Gold (TV series)
– Episode #6.30 (1986)
 
1984 The Quintessential Peggy Lee (video)
 
1984 Kids Incorporated (TV series)
 
1983 The Regard of Flight (TV movie)
 
1982 The Country Girl (TV movie)
 
1981 Jules Feiffer's Hold Me (TV movie)
 
1980 Broadway on Showtime (TV series)
– Little Johnny Jones (1980)
 
1976 Standing Room Only (TV series)
– Vanities
 
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2008-2011 True Jackson, VP (TV series) (producer - 24 episodes)
– Principal for a Day (2011) (producer)
– Field Trip (2011) (producer)
– True Fame (2011) (producer)
– True Disaster (2010) (producer)
– True Drive (2010) (producer)
See all 24 episodes »
 
2001 Bliss (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1997-1999 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series) (producer - 13 episodes)
– Sabrina the Sandman (1999) (producer)
– The Long and Winding Short Cut (1999) (producer)
– Sabrina's Real World (1999) (producer)
– Sabrina's Pen Pal (1999) (producer)
– Sabrina, the Teenage Writer (1999) (producer)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1987 Diana Ross: Red Hot Rhythm and Blues (TV special) (producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
2005 Everybody Loves Raymond: The Last Laugh (TV documentary)
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Directed the TV broadcast of the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2001.
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Trivia:

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. See more »