Gary Halvorson


Gary Halvorson is an American director of television shows, series and film.

Directing

He was trained as a classical pianist at but is primarily noted as the director of situation comedies such as Friends and The Drew Carey Show. He also made his film directorial debut The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, a children's film.
For the New York Metropolitan Opera, he directed high-definition theater simulcasts of The Magic Flute, I Puritani, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Il Tabarro, Roméo et Juliette, Macbeth, Peter Grimes, La Bohème, La fille du régiment, the 2008-09 opening night gala starring Renée Fleming, Doctor Atomic, Thaïs, Lucia di Lammermoor, Madama Butterfly, La Cenerentola, Tosca, Aida, Turandot, Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Carmen, Armida, Das Rheingold, Don Pasquale and Don Carlo.
Halvorson also directed Paul Simon's "You're The One" live concert in Paris, which aired on PBS and is available on DVD.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

He was awarded an Emmy for "Outstanding Special Class Directing" for the 78th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, shown on NBC. In 1996, he was awarded a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series" for Adventures in Wonderland. He has also been nominated for "Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series", for his work on Everybody Loves Raymond.