Barnet Kellman
American actor and director · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1947 · age 79
Barnet Kellman is an American theatre, television and film director, television producer and film actor, and educator, best known for the premiere productions of new American plays, and for the pilots of long-running television series such as Murphy Brown and Mad About You.
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Mr. SunshineSeries, Director2007
Notes from the UnderbellySeries, Director2005
Living with FranSeries, Director2003
It's All RelativeSeries, Director2001
AliasSeries, Director2000
Mary and RhodaFilm, Director1999
Once and AgainSeries, Director1998
Slappy and the StinkersFilm, Director1997
Ally McBealSeries, Director1995
Hope and GloriaSeries, Director1992Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy SeriesAward
Mad About YouSeries, 1992Director
Straight TalkFilm, 1992Director1986
Designing WomenSeries, Director1985
Key ExchangeFilm, Director1982
GeminiFilm, Director1947Born9 November 1947People around Barnet
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Dolly Parton Barnet directed Straight Talk (1992)
Ed Asner Barnet directed Thunder Alley
Teri Hatcher Barnet directed Straight Talk (1992)
Mary Tyler Moore Produced Mary and Rhoda (2000)
Kevin Michael Richardson Barnet directed Like Family
Jeff Garlin Barnet directed Straight Talk (1992)
Daniel Stern Barnet directed Key Exchange (1985)
BD Wong Barnet directed Slappy and the Stinkers (1998)
Griffin Dunne Barnet directed Straight Talk (1992)
Ron Livingston Barnet directed Straight Talk (1992)
Tracy Letts Barnet directed Straight Talk (1992)
Bronson Pinchot Barnet directed Slappy and the Stinkers (1998)
Philip Bosco Barnet directed Straight Talk (1992)
Peter Jurasik Barnet directed Beverly Hills Buntz
Jake Weber Barnet directed Something Wilder
Tony Roberts Barnet directed Key Exchange (1985)
Cleavant Derricks Barnet directed Something Wilder
Sam McMurray Barnet directed Slappy and the Stinkers (1998)
Hallie Todd Barnet directed Life with Roger
Kerry Armstrong Barnet directed Key Exchange (1985)
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson Barnet directed Beverly Hills Buntz
Deirdre O'Connell Barnet directed Straight Talk (1992)
Jonathan Slavin Barnet directed Slappy and the Stinkers (1998)
Sid Sheinberg Produced Slappy and the Stinkers (1998)
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Television 24
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He is the recipient of two Emmy Awards and a Directors Guild of America Award. He is the co-founder and director of USC Comedy at the School of Cinematic Arts, and holds the school's Robin Williams Endowed Chair in Comedy.




