Our friends Diane Alexanian and Jill Waters combined their super Hollywood powers to bring us acclaimed director and all around nice guy Shelley Jensen for a rousing hour interview.
This is a great listen. Catch you in an hour when you can drop us a line at artboxvv@gmail.com to tell us how much you loved this episode.
We loved his quote: "Life is a fun ride and it’s really up to the individual to enjoy it"
A bit about Shelley.
Shelley Jensen is an American television director and producer.
He has directed episodes for a number of notable television series including The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Friends, Amen, What I Like About You, The Drew Carey Show, Webster, The Suite Life on Deck, Sonny with a Chance, I'm in the Band, Good Luck Charlie, Austin & Ally and other series.
Jensen won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1996 for his directing work on Disney Channel's Adventures in Wonderland winning alongside David Grossman and Gary Halvorson.
- CREDITS
- Television Director
- Series; Multiple Episodes
- Brothers, Showtime, 1984-89
- Amen, NBC, 1989-90
- The Royal Family, CBS, 1991-92
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, NBC, 1992-96
- First Time Out (also known as Jackie Guerra), The WB, beginning 1995
- Too Something (also known as New York Daze), Fox, beginning1995
- The Wayans Bros., The WB, beginning 1995
- Suddenly Susan, NBC, 1996-99
- The Jamie Foxx Show, The WB, 1996-2001
- Friends, NBC, 1997-99
- Veronica's Closet, NBC, 1998-2000
- For Your Love, The WB, 1998-2002
- Jesse, NBC, 1999-2000
- The Norm Show (also known as Norm), ABC, 1999-2001
- Nikki, The WB, 2000-2002
- Off Centre, The WB, 2001-2002
- The Drew Carey Show, ABC, 2001-2004
- What I Like about You, The WB, 2002-2004
- I'm with Her, ABC, 2003-2004
- Specials
- Hamlet, 1964
- Associate director, Mouseketeers at Walt Disney World, 1977
- First assistant director, John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together, ABC, 1979
- Also affiliated with broadcasts of The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, 1979 and 1980.
- Episodic
- "Captain Justice," Hard Knocks, 1987
- "What Becomes a Legend Most," Hard Knocks, 1987
- Marblehead Manor, NBC and syndicated, 1987
- "Seoul Shake," Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, ABC, 1993
- "Pros and Convicts," Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, ABC, 1994
- "An Embarrassment of Teapots," Hope & Gloria, NBC, 1995
- "Misery on 34th Street," Bless This House, CBS, 1995
- "Poppa Was a Rolling Stone," The Parent 'Hood, The WB, 1995
- "A Star Is Reborn," Hope & Gloria, NBC, 1995
- "A Charming Tale," Party Girl, Fox, 1996
- "Educating Nick," Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher, The WB, 1996
- "Me and Mrs. Hale," Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher, The WB, 1996
- "Natural Born Parents," Bless This House, CBS, 1996
- "Sisters in Sex Triangle with Gazillionaire!," The Naked Truth (also known as Wilde Again), ABC, 1996
- "We Don't Need Another Hero," The Parent 'Hood, The WB, 1996
- "After Midnight," Men Behaving Badly (also known as It's a Man's World), NBC, 1997
- "Caroline and the Bitter Beast," Caroline in the City (also knownas Caroline), NBC, 1997
- "Dial M for Muffin," Life with Roger, The WB, 1997
- "Gerald R. Fraud," Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher, The WB, 1997
- "Caroline and the Marriage Counselor: Parts 1 & 2," Caroline in the City (also known as Caroline), NBC, 1998
- "Caroline and the Sandwich," Caroline in the City (also known as Caroline), NBC, 1998
- "The Closure," The Closer, CBS, 1998
- "The Hand That Rocks the Office," The Closer, CBS, 1998
- "Caroline and the Firing Squad," Caroline in the City (also knownas Caroline), NBC, 1999
- "After You've Gone," Ladies Man, CBS, 2000
- "Decent Proposal," Ladies Man, CBS, 2000
- "Discrimination," The Michael Richards Show, NBC, 2000
- "The Return of Katherine Twigg," DAG, NBC, 2000
- "Bo Diddley," According to Jim, ABC, 2003
- "The Smell of Success," According to Jim, ABC, 2003
- "Tom Makes a Friend," Married to the Kellys, ABC, 2003
- "Bobby's Bully," Like Family, The WB, 2004
- "Ladies' Night," Like Family, The WB, 2004
- Also directed episodes of Built to Last, NBC; Three Sisters, NBC; and (as Shelley R. Jensen) Wanda at Large, Fox.
- Pilots
- The Royal Family, CBS, 1991
- Home, Fox, 1996
- Secret Service Guy, Fox, 1996
- Flavor, The WB, 1998
- Good as Gold, CBS, 2000
- Men's Room, NBC, 2004
- Television Producer
- Series
- Brothers, Showtime, 1984-89
- Joanna, ABC, beginning 1985
- Supervising producer, Amen, NBC, 1986-91
- Line producer, The Royal Family, CBS, 1991-92
- Pilots
- Slickers, NBC, 1987
- Married to the Mob, CBS, 1989
- Five Up, Two Down, CBS, 1991
- Film Work
- Stage manager, The Sound of Murder, Warner Bros., 1982
- Director, The Third Wish, Newmark/Echelon Entertainment Group, 2004
- WRITINGS
- Teleplays
- Episodic
- "Norm vs. Dad," The Norm Show (also known as Norm), ABC, 2001