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Liz Friedlander
New York City, New York, USA
Liz Friedlander is an American film, music video and television director. Originally from New York, Friedlander moved to Pennsylvania to attend the Drama Conservatory school at C…
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Liz Friedlander is an American film, music video and television director. Originally from New York, Friedlander moved to Pennsylvania to attend the Drama Conservatory school at Carnegie Mellon University. She then moved to Los Angeles where she attended the University of California Santa Cruz followed by the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, where she graduated as the valedictorian of her class. She also won the Frank S. Glicksman Award for her short film Eleven-Twenty. Since the mid 1990s she has amassed a number of music video credits directing videos for Alanis Morissette, U2, Megadeth, Avril Lavigne, John Mayer, Celine Dion, R.E.M. and among other artists. In 2006, She directed her first feature film Take the Lead starring Antonio Banderas. Beginning in 2008, Friendlander began directing episodes of One Tree Hill, The Vampire Diaries, Privileged, Pretty Little Liars, 90210, Melrose Place, Outlaw and Gossip Girl.
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2025
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf
TV show Director
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2025
The Waterfront
TV show Director
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2024
Bad Monkey
TV show Director
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2024
Fallout
TV show Director
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2022
The Lincoln Lawyer
TV show Director
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2022
Shining Vale
TV show Director
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2021
American Horror Stories
TV show Director
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2021
The Equalizer
TV show Director
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2019
The Boys
TV show Director
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2018
Tell Me a Story
TV show Executive Producer
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2018
The Rookie
TV show Director
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2017
The Gifted
TV show Director
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2017
Wisdom of the Crowd
TV show Director
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2016
Conviction
TV show Director
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2015
Marvel's Jessica Jones
TV show Director
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2015
Secrets and Lies
TV show Director
More credits
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2013
Rocketship Misfits
Movie Executive Producer
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2013
Sleepy Hollow
TV show Director
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2013
The Following
TV show Director
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2012
Revolution
TV show Director
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2011
American Horror Story
TV show Director
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2011
The Secret Circle
TV show Director
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2010
Pretty Little Liars
TV show Director
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2009
The Vampire Diaries
TV show Director
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2008
90210
TV show Director
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2007
Gossip Girl
TV show Director
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2006
Take the Lead
Movie Director
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2005
Blink-182: Greatest Hits
Movie Director
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2003
Simple Plan: A Big Package for You
Movie Director
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2003
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
Movie Director
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2003
One Tree Hill
TV show Director
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Dead Letters
TV show Director
