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James Burrows

James Burrows
James Burrows has directed more than one thousand episodes of sitcom television and has earned eleven Emmy Awards and five Directors Guild of America Awards. His five-decade career began in theater, stage managing on Broadway and directing regional theater. In 1974, he began his television career directing episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, and Laverne & Shirley. He became the resident director on Taxi, then co-created the beloved classic Cheers, directing 243 of the 273 episodes, as well as all 246 episodes of Will & Grace. He has directed the pilots and multiple episodes of Frasier, Friends, Mike & Molly, the pilots of Two and a Half Men, and The Big Bang Theory, and hundreds of other shows, where he has nurtured and mentored some of television's biggest stars.


Turns Out, 1980s Midwesterners Didn’t Want Their Sitcoms Set in Boston Bars

Cheers Director James Burrows on Creating a Warm Set... Where Everybody Knows Your Name
June 17, 2022  By James Burrows
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