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2013 Girl Meets World (TV series) (pre-production)
– Episode #1.1 (2013)
 
2013 The Client List (TV series)
– What Part of No? (2013)
 
2012/I Thunderstruck
 
2012 Sullivan & Son (TV series)
– Creepy Love Songs (2012)
– Who's Your Daddy (2012)
 
2012 Rob (TV series)
– Rob Learns Spanish (2012)
 
2011 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
 
2009 Valentine (TV series)
– God Only Knows (2009)
 
2006 Deck the Halls
 
2006 Big Momma's House 2
 
2005 Rodney (TV series)
– Hell Week (2005)
– Charity Ball (2005)
 
2004 Listen Up (TV series)
– Quest for Fire (2004)
 
2004 Humor Me (TV movie)
 
2003 Malibu's Most Wanted
 
2003 So Downtown (TV series)
 
2002 House Blend (TV movie)
 
2002 Raising Dad (TV series)
– Sam's Enchanted Evening (2002)
 
2001 Men, Women & Dogs (TV series)
– Pilot (2001)
 
1999-2001 It's Like, You Know... (TV series)
– Trading Places (2001)
– Two Days in the Valley (1999)
– The Client (1999)
– Memories of Me (1999)
– The Getaway (1999)
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2001 See Spot Run
 
2001 Grounded for Life (TV series)
– Action Mountain High (2001)
 
1996-2000 Cosby (TV series)
– Kids Eat the Darndest Things (2000)
– Thursday's Child (2000)
– It's a Wonderful Wife (2000)
– The Pilot (Not the Pilot) (1997)
– The Last Man Standing (1997)
See all 17 episodes »
 
2000 D.C. (TV series)
– Truth (2000)
 
1999 Action (TV series)
– Blowhard (1999)
– Re-Enter the Dragon (1999)
 
1999 Jack & Jill (TV series)
 
1999 Grown Ups (TV series)
 
1999 Providence (TV series)
– If Memory Serves (1999)
 
1998 Costello (TV series)
– Pilot (1998)
 
1998 Damon (TV series)
 
1996 Pearl (TV series)
 
1993-1996 The John Larroquette Show (TV series)
– Here We Go Again (1996)
– Eggs (1994)
– Episode #1.13 (1993)
– Pilot (1993)
 
1995 Clarissa (TV movie)
 
1995 Pig Sty (TV series)
– ...And This Little Piggy Moved Out (1995)
 
1994 The Cosby Mysteries (TV series)
– One Day at a Time (1994)
 
1994 Someone Like Me (TV series)
– The Lying Game (1994)
 
1993 Blossom (TV series)
– Blossom in Paris: Part 1 (1993)
– Blossom in Paris: Part 2 (1993)
– Blossom in Paris: Part 3 (1993)
– Blossom in Paris: Part 4 (1993)
 
1993 Calendar Girl
 
1992 Rachel Gunn, R.N. (TV series)
– A Kept Woman (1992)
– The Pet Peeve (1992)
– A Fistful of Savings (1992)
– To Plea or Not to Plea (1992)
– Walkin' the Floor Over You (1992)
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1990-1991 Law & Order (TV series)
– Out of Control (1991)
– The Troubles (1991) (as John P. Whitesell II)
– Prescription for Death (1990) (as John P. Whitesell II)
 
1990-1991 Roseanne (TV series)
– The Pied Piper of Lanford (1991)
– Scenes from a Barbecue (1991)
– Second Time Around (1991)
– Trouble with the Rubbles (1991)
– Her Boyfriend's Back (1991)
See all 23 episodes »
 
1989-1990 Doctor Doctor (TV series)
– Who's Zoomin' Who? (1990)
– No Free Lunch (1990)
– The Love Game (1990)
– Fetal Attraction (1990)
– Family Affair (1990)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1989-1990 Coach (TV series)
– Haven't I Slept with You Somewhere Before? (1990) (as John P. Whitesell)
– I've Got a Secret (1990) (as John P. Whitesell II)
– A Man and a Woman (and Two Theater Majors) (1990) (as John P. Whitesell II)
– I'm in the Mood for Luther (1989) (as John P. Whitesell II)
– Dauber's Got a Girl (1989) (as John P. Whitesell II)
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1990 A Different World (TV series)
– Pride and Prejudice (1990)
 
1990 The Bobby & Larry Show (TV movie) (co-director)
 
1990 Capital News (TV series)
– Swanns and Drakes (1990)
 
1989 One of the Boys (TV series)
– The Date (1989)
 
1988 Raising Miranda (TV series)
– All Through the Night (1988)
– Man in the Middle (1988)
– Grounded (1988)
– Black Monday (1988)
 
1988 Another World (TV series)
– Episode dated 25 January 1988 (1988) (as John P. Whitesell II)
 
1984 Guiding Light (TV series)
– Episode dated 28 August 1984 (1984) (as John P. Whitesell II)
 
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2006 Deck the Halls (producer)
 
1986-1988 Another World (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– Episode dated 25 January 1988 (1988) (executive producer - as John P. Whitesell II)
 
1986 Search for Tomorrow (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– Episode dated 26 February 1986 (1986) (executive producer - as John P. Whitesell II)
 
1985 Guiding Light (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
– Episode dated 6 February 1985 (1985) (producer - as John P. Whitesell II)
 
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1994 The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Directing in a Comedy Series
 

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