Gary Halvorson
Gary S. Halvorson is an American director of television shows, stage and film, best known for directing and producing the NBC show, Friends.
Directing
Halvorson was trained as a classical pianist at but least. He primarily noted as the director of sitcoms such as Friends and The Drew Carey Show. In 1999, he also made his directorial film debut The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, a children's film based on Sesame Street.While working at the New York Metropolitan Opera in four years, 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 gala night opening with Renée Fleming, Doctor Atomic, Aida,''Thaïs, Lucia di Lammermoor, Madama Butterfly, La Cenerentola, Tosca, 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, Europe, which aired on PBS and is available on DVD.