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Jaffar Mahmood
Toms River, New Jersey, USA
Jaffar Mahmood [Jah-fur Ma-mood] was born and raised in Toms River, New Jersey. He received his B.A. in Economics from Tufts University and his M.F.A. from The Peter Stark Produc…
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Jaffar Mahmood [Jah-fur Ma-mood] was born and raised in Toms River, New Jersey. He received his B.A. in Economics from Tufts University and his M.F.A. from The Peter Stark Producing Program USC. The issues Jaffar faced growing up bi-racial became the inspiration for his feature directorial debut, Shades of Ray. Executive produced by Jake Kasdan (New Girl), the independent film stars Zachary Levi (Chuck) and won awards at film festivals around the world. In 2013, Jaffar was a member of the inaugural Warner Bros. Directors’ Workshop. From there he directed/created Courtside, a short comedic web series that got the attention of executives at HBO. They invited Jaffar to shadow on the HBO comedy The Brink. In late 2014, Jaffar booked his first network television directing gig—NBC’s About a Boy.
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2025
Stick
TV show Director
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2025
The Residence
TV show Director
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2024
Interior Chinatown
TV show Director
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2023
Dear Edward
TV show Director
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2022
Reboot
TV show Director
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2022
Maggie
TV show Director
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2021
Hot Mess Holiday
Movie Director
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2021
Mr. Mayor
TV show Director
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2020
Bridgerton
TV show Director
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2017
Young Sheldon
TV show Director
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2017
Santa Clarita Diet
TV show Director
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2017
Powerless
TV show Director
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2016
The Real O'Neals
TV show Director
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2015
Life in Pieces
TV show Director
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2015
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
TV show Director
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2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
TV show Director
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2009
The Middle
TV show Director
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2009
Modern Family
TV show Director
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2008
Shades of Ray
Movie Director
