Gail Mancuso

Gail Susan Mancuso (born July 14, 1958^[1]) is an American film and television director.

Gail Mancuso
Born	Gail Susan Mancuso (1958-07-14) July 14, 1958 (age 67) Melrose Park, Illinois, U.S.
Other names	Gail Mancuso Cordray
Occupation(s)	Film and television director
Years active	1984–present
Known for	Roseanne, 30 Rock, Modern Family

Early life and career

Mancuso grew up in Melrose Park, Illinois. She is married to Brian Downs, a doctor, and divides her time between her homes in Valencia, California and River Forest, Illinois.^[2]

Mancuso began her career as an usher of the set of several television talk shows. Later, became a script supervisor for the Showtime comedy Brothers. In 1989, she began serving as associate director for Roseanne. After one of the show's directors left in 1991, she had the chance to become one of the main directors and continued until the show's eighth season.^[2] She went on to direct episodes of many television series like Friends, Dharma and Greg and Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place.

In 2007, Mancuso began working on the CBS sitcom Rules of Engagement. She has also directed episodes of 30 Rock and Scrubs. In 2008, she won a Gracie Award for her work on 30 Rock.^[3]

In 2011, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for her Modern Family episode "Slow Down Your Neighbors".^[2] In 2012, she directed Roseanne Barr and John Goodman in the pilot episode of Downwardly Mobile which was commissioned by NBC, but ultimately not picked up. In 2013, she won the Emmy Award for directing episode "Arrested" on Modern Family. In 2014, she won the Emmy Award for directing episode "Las Vegas" on Modern Family.

In 2019, Mancuso made her feature film directorial debut with A Dog's Journey^[4] which was the sequel to 2017's A Dog's Purpose directed by Lasse Hallström.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984–1988	Brothers	Script Supervisor	46 episodes from 1984 to 1986
1987–1990	Just the Ten of Us		"First Day at School" (1988)
1988–1989	Day by Day		13 episodes from 1988
1988–2018	Roseanne	Director Associate Director	54 episodes from 1991 to 2018 89 episodes from 1989 to 1993
1989	Major Dad	Script Supervisor	"Pilot"
1991–1994	Herman's Head	Director	"The Herm from Ipanema" (1994)
1992–1993	Camp Wilder		4 episodes from 1992 to 1993
1993	Joe's Life		"Mind If I Smoke?" (1993)
1993–1999	The Nanny		6 episodes from 1994
1994	Monty		"East Side Story" (1994)
1994–1998	Ellen		7 episodes from 1997 to 1998
1994–1999	Friends		14 episodes from 1995 to 1999
1995	Hudson Street		2 episodes from 1995
1995–1996	New York Daze		"Football Story" (1995)
	Almost Perfect		2 episodes from 1995
1995–1998	The Naked Truth		2 episodes from 1997
1996	Love and Marriage		"Here a Case Where Thomas Wolfe Was Wrong" (1996)
1996–1997	Mr. Rhodes		unknown episodes
	The Single Guy		"Vegas Finale" (1997)
	Ink		"The Debutante" (1997)
1996–2000	Suddenly Susan		2 episodes from 1997
1996–2003	Sabrina the Teenage Witch		2 episodes from 1996
1997	The Tony Danza Show		2 episodes from 1997
1998–2001	Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place		7 episodes from 1999 to 2001
1997–2002	Dharma & Greg		28 episodes from 1997 to 2001
1997–2003	Just Shoot Me!		"In the Company of Maya" (1998)
1998	1973		TV movie
	Conrad Bloom		2 episodes from 1998
1998–2000	Jesse		"Touched by an Angel" (1999)
1998–2004	Becker		9 episodes from 2001 to 2003
1998–2007	The King of Queens		"Cello, Goodbye" (1998)
1999	Square One		unknown episodes
1999–2001	Norm		also known as The Norm Show "My Name Is Norm" (1999)
	Ladies Man		2 episodes from 1999 to 2000
1999–2000	Stark Raving Mad		5 episodes from 1999 to 2000
2000	Then Came You		"Then Came the Monthiversary"
2000–2001	The Weber Show		also known as Cursed 2 episodes from 2001
2000–2006	Yes, Dear		3 episodes from 2000 to 2001
2000–2007	Gilmore Girls		5 episodes from 2001 to 2003 OFTA Television Award for Best Direction in a Comedy Series (2002)[5]
2001	The Fighting Fitzgeralds		"One Angry Man" (2001)
2001–2002	Three Sisters		4 episodes from 2001
	Inside Schwartz		3 episodes from 2001
2001–2007	Reba		7 episodes from 2001 to 2003
2001–2010	Scrubs		9 episodes from 2002 to 2009
2002–2003	In-Laws		"Married Christmas"
	Family Affair		"Space Invaders" (2003)
2003	A.U.S.A.		2 episodes from 2003
	My Big Fat Greek Life		3 episodes from 2003
2003–2004	The Tracy Morgan Show		2 episodes from 2004
	The Mullets		7 episodes from 2003 to 2004
	Married to the Kellys		8 episodes from 2003 to 2004
	Run of the House		2 episodes from 2004
2003–2015	Two and a Half Men		2 episodes from 2004
2004	The Men's Room		unknown episodes
2004–2006	Joey		2 episodes from 2004
2004–2008	Rodney		3 episodes from 2005
2005–2006	Jake in Progress		"Jake or the Fat Man" (2005)
	Stacked		"The Ex-Appeal" (2005)
	Out of Practice		"Yours, Mine or His?" (2006)
2005–2007	Living with Fran		2 episodes from 2005
	My Name Is Earl		"Burn Victim" (2007)
2006	Nobody's Watching		TV movie
	Teachers.		2 episodes from 2006
	Thick and Thin		unknown episodes
2006–2007	The Singles Table		"The Work Dinner" (2007)
2006–2008	Men in Trees		"Sink or Swim" (2006)
	Happy Hour		2 episodes from 2008
2006–2013	30 Rock		8 episodes from 2006 to 2010 Gracie Allen Award for Outstanding Director — Entertainment Series or Special (2008)[6]
2007	The IT Crowd		TV movie
	Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office
2007–2008	Aliens in America	"No Man Is an Island" (2007)
	In the Motherhood	6 episodes from 2008
	Cavemen	"Andy, the Stand-Up" (2008)
2007–2012	Chuck	"Chuck Versus the Suitcase" (2010)
2007–2013	Rules of Engagement	17 episodes from 2007 to 2013
2008	The Return of Jezebel James	"Needles and Schlag" (2008)
	Five Year Plan	TV movie
2008–2009	Kath & Kim	"Desire" (2009)
2009	Hank	"Dog" (2010)
2009–2010	Better Off Ted	"Get Happy" (2009)
	Accidentally on Purpose	"It Happened One Christmas" (2009)
2009–2015	Community	Director Co-Executive Producer	"English as a Second Language" (2010) 19 episodes from 2013 to 2015
	Cougar Town	Director	5 episodes from 2009 to 2011
2009–2018	The Middle		"The Floating Anniversary" (2009)
2009–2020	Modern Family		31 episodes from 2010 to 2020 OFTA Television Award for Best Direction in a Comedy Series (2011, 2013–14)[7][8][9] Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series ("Arrested") (2013)[10] Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series ("Vegas") (2014)[11] Nominated - American Comedy Award for Best Comedy Director — TV (2014)[12] Nominated - Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series ("My Hero") (2014) Nominated - Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series ("Las Vegas") (2015) Nominated - Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series ("White Christmas") (2016) Nominated - OFTA Television Award for Best Direction in a Comedy Series (2012)[13] Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series ("Slow Down Your Neighbors") (2011)[14] Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series ("Finale (Part Two)") (2020)
2010–2011	Outsourced		"Party of Five" (2010)
	$#*! My Dad Says		5 episodes from 2010
2011	Mad Love		3 episodes from 2011
2011–2013	Happy Endings		"Big White Lies" (2012)
2011–2014	Suburgatory		"Entering Eden" (2012)
2012	Are You There, Chelsea?		12 episodes from 2012
2012–2013	Ben and Kate		"The Fox Hunt" (2012) Nominated - Women's Image Network Award for Outstanding Film/Show Directed by a Woman (2013)[15]
	1600 Penn		"Dinner, Bath, Puzzle" (2013)
	Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23		2 episodes from 2013
2012	Downwardly Mobile		TV movie
2013	Adopted
2013–2015	Ground Floor		12 episodes from 2013 to 2015
2014–2015	Cristela		4 episodes from 2014 to 2015
2014–2022	Black-ish		2 episodes from 2016
2015	Your Family or Mine		"Pilot" (2015)
	Happyish		2 episodes from 2015
	Take If from Us	Director Executive Producer	TV movie
2015–2016	The Grinder	Director	"The Olyphant in the Room" (2016)
2015–2019	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt		"Kimmy Goes to College!" (2017)
2015	Fresh Off the Boat		2 episodes from 2015
2015	How We Live		TV movie
2016	The Enforcers
2016–2020	Man with a Plan		6 episodes from 2017 to 2020
2017–2018	Superior Donuts		"Get It, Arthur" (2017)
	Great News		"Celebrity Hacking Scandal" (2017)
2018	So Close		TV movie
2018–2020	The Conners		10 episodes from 2019 to 2020
2019	A Dog's Journey		Feature Film
2020	Indebted		"Everybody's Talking About Dav" (2020)
2021–2023	Home Economics		4 episodes from 2021 to 2023
2021	Brooklyn Nine-Nine		Episode: "PB&J"
	Turner & Hooch		Episode: "In The Line of Fur"
	The Big Leap		2 episodes
2023–2024	That '90s Show		16 episodes
2023	Not Dead Yet		Episode: "Not Out of High School Yet"
2025	Will Trent		Episode: "Abigail B."