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2009
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Occupation (s) Film director, television director, television producer. Years active. 1984–present. Lee Shallat Chemel (born June 15, 1943, in Los Angeles, California ), sometimes credited as Lee Shallat, is an American film and television director and television producer .
Lee Shallat Chemel. Director: Arrested Development. B.A. magna cum laude Lawrence University - English Lit M.A. Theatre History - U. of Wisconsin East Asian Languages Fellow - U. of Michigan M.A. Education - U. of Wisconsin M.F.A. Acting - University of Washington Professional Actor Training Program Actor: Seattle Rep, ACT Seattle, Empty Space ...
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Television director and producer Lee Shallat Chemel (The Middle, Gilmore Girls, Murphy Brown) discusses her long career directing episodic comedy, how she got her start on Family Ties, and the importance of her Guild service.
Feb 12, 2022 · If you haven’t seen the name “Lee Shallat” or, more recently, “Lee Shallat Chemel” in the credits of one of your favorite TV shows, then maybe you should reconsider the shows you’re watching, because she’s been on some great ones over the course of her directorial career, which began in 1984 during the second season of
Adjunct Lecturer. lchemel@usc.edu. Biography. Lee’s professional career spans over fifty years in theatre, film and television. A four-time Emmy nominee, her television directing credits include over 500 episodes of prime-time comedies.
Lee Shallat Chemel was recently directing an episode of the critically acclaimed single-camera comedy The Middle when it suddenly dawned on her how she could squeeze more laughs from a sight gag. It involved a chain of books falling like dominos, culminating with a copy of Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea dropping into a character’s ...
Occupation (s) Film director, television director, television producer. Years active. 1984–present. She began her professional directorial career at the South Coast Repertory theatre in Costa Mesa, California, while working at the same time as the head of the theatre's conservatory program.
