Allison Liddi-Brown is an American television director and producer.
Allison Liddi-Brown | |
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| Born | Allison Liddi |
| Other names | Allison Leddi-Brown Allison Liddi Brown |
| Occupation | Television director |
| Years active | 1984–present |
Liddi-Brown received her B.A. in Drama and her M.F.A. in Directing from the University of California, Irvine, where she studied under Professor Keith Fowler. She made her television directorial debut on the first season of the Nickelodeon series, The Secret World of Alex Mack. She then went on to direct episodes for a number of notable television series namely, The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, Xena: Warrior Princess, Beverly Hills, 90210, Star Trek: Voyager, Even Stevens, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Chuck, Grey's Anatomy, Friday Night Lights and Gossip Girl among other series.[1]
In 2010, Brown won the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Children's Program for directing the Disney Channel Original Movie Princess Protection Program starring Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato.[2]
Televisionography
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| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
| 1994–1997 | The Secret World of Alex Mack | Director | 8 episodes Credited as Alison Liddi |
| 1997 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Director | Season 1 episode 5: "Needle Point/Toy to the Rescue/Mystery Lock/The House on Baker Street/The Train" (segment 2 and 4) |
| 1997–1998 | The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo | Director | 10 episodes Credited as Alison Liddi |
| 1998 | The Journey of Allen Strange | Director | Season 2 episode 3: "Haunted Credited as Alison Liddi |
| 1998–1999 | Cousin Skeeter | Director | Season 1 episodes 5 and 19: "Tyrannosaurus Wrecked" and "Sideshow Skeeter Credited as Alison Liddi |
| 1999 | Xena: Warrior Princess | Director | Season 5 episode 8: "Little Problems" Credited as Alison Liddi |
| 1999–2000 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Director | Season 10 episodes 9 and 21: "Family Tree" and "Spring Fever" Credited as Alison Liddi |
| 2000 | Star Trek: Voyager | Director | Season 6 episode 16: "Collective" Credited as Alison Liddi |
| Even Stevens | Director | Season 1 episodes 4 and 5: "What'll Idol Do?" and "All About Yvette Credited as Alison Liddi | |
| 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd | Director | Season 1 episode 19: "Fur Better or Worse" Credited as Alison Liddi | |
| 2001 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Director | Season 2 episode 11: "Organ Grinder" Credited as Alison Liddi |
| 2002 | Watching Ellie | Director | Season 1 episode 10: "Zimmerman" |
| Roswell | Director | Season 3 episode 18: "Graduation" Credited as Allison Leddi-Brown | |
| Family Affair | Director | Season 1 episode 5: "Skivvies" | |
| For the People | Director | Season 1 episode 11: "Dog Day" | |
| The Bernie Mac Show | Director | Season 2 episode 5: "Welcome to the Jungle" Credited as Alison Liddi | |
| Do Over | Director | Season 1 episode 10: "Cold War" Credited as Alison Liddi | |
| 2002–2004 | Strong Medicine | Director | 4 episodes |
| 2003 | Miss Match | Director | Season 1 episodes 3 and 16: "Something Nervy" and "Forgive and Forget" Credited as Allison Leddi-Brown |
| The Twilight Zone | Director | Season 1 episode 34 and 40: "How Much Do You Love Your Kid?" and "Developing" Credited as Alison Liddi | |
| Boston Public | Director | Season 4 episode 7: "Chapter Seventy-Three" | |
| 2003–2004 | Ed | Director | 4 episodes |
| 2004–2007 | Las Vegas | Director | 5 episodes |
| Unfabulous | Director | 10 episodes | |
| 2005 | Crazy | Director | TV movie Credited as Alison Liddi |
| Boston Legal | Director | Season 1 episode 11: "Schmidt Happens" Credited as Alison Liddi | |
| Monk | Director | Season 3 episode 15: "Mr. Monk and the Election" | |
| Summerland | Director | Season 2 episode 11: "House" | |
| The WIN Awards | Herself | Credited as Alison Liddi | |
| Sex, Love & Secrets | Director | Season 1 episode 3: "Danger" Credited as Allison Leddi-Brown | |
| 2006 | Pepper Dennis | Director | Season 1 episodes 5, 8, and 11: "Saving Dennis," "Hiroshi Watanabe in Bed with Curtis Wilson," and "Pepper Dennis Behind Bars" Credited as Alison Liddi on episode 11 |
| What About Brian | Director | Season 2 episode 2: "What About the Wedding" Credited as Allison Liddi Brown | |
| Brothers & Sisters | Director | Season 1 episode 5: "Date Night" | |
| 2006–2007 | The 4400 | Director | Season 3 episode 9: "The Starzl Mutation" Season 4 episode 12: "Tiny Machines" |
| 2006–2011 | Friday Night Lights | Director | 6 episodes |
| 2007 | Side Order of Life | Director | Season 1 episode 7: "When Pigs Fly" |
| Journeyman | Director | Season 1 episode 5: "The Legend of Dylan McCleen" Credited as Allison Liddi Brown | |
| 2007–2008 | Chuck | Director | Season 1 episode 10: "Chuck Versus the Nemesis" Season 2 episode 8: "Chuck Versus the Gravitron" Credited as Allison Liddi Brown |
| 2007–2010 | Army Wives | Director | 5 episodes Credited as Allison Liddi Brown in season 2 episode 9: "Casting Out the Net" |
| 2008 | Crash | Director | Season 1 episode 4: "Railroaded" Credited as Allison Liddi Brown |
| 2008–2014 | Bones | Director | 5 episodes |
| 2009 | My Name Is Earl | Director | Season 4 episode 18: "Friends with Benefits" Credited as Allison Liddi Brown |
| Princess Protection Program | Director | TV movie Credited as Allison Liddi | |
| 2009–2011 | Gossip Girl | Director | Season 2 episode 20: "Remains of the J" Season 4 episode 21: "Shattered Bass" |
| 2009–2012 | CSI: Miami | Director | 6 episodes Credited as Allison Liddi |
| 2009–2019 | Grey's Anatomy | Director | 6 episodes |
| 2009–2012 | Private Practice | Director | 5 episodes Credited as Allison Liddi Brown in season 4 episode 17: "Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?" |
| 2010–2013 | CSI: NY | Director | 5 episodes |
| Royal Pains | Director | 4 episodes | |
| 2010–2015 | Parenthood | Director | 6 episodes Credited as Allison Liddi Brown in season 2 episode 8: "If This Boat Is a Rockin'" and season 6 episode 11: "Let's Go Home" |
| 2012 | Pan Am | Director | Season 1 episode 10: "Secrets and Lies" |
| 666 Park Avenue | Director | Season 1 episode 6: "Diabolic" Credited as Allison Liddi Brown | |
| 2012–2018 | Scandal | Director | 9 episodes |
| 2013–2015 | Hawaii Five-0 | Director | Season 4 episode 9: "Hau'oli La Ho'omoaika'i" Season 5 episode 15: "E 'Imi pono" and credited as Allison Liddi Brown |
| Revenge | Director | 3 episodes | |
| 2014 | Sea of Fire | Director | TV movie |
| 2015 | The Night Shift | Director | Season 2 episode 10: "Aftermath" |
| Battle Creek | Director | Season 1 episode 10: "Stocklholm" | |
| Wicked City | Director | Season 1 episode 6: "Blizzard of Ozz" | |
| 2016 | Heartbeat | Director | 4 episodes 9 episodes as co-executive producer |
| Roadies | Director | Season 1 episode 5: "Friends and Family Credited as Allison Liddi Brown | |
| Shameless | Director | Season 7 episode 8: "You Sold Me the Laundromat, Remember?" | |
| 2017 | The Catch | Director | Season 2 episode 4: "The Family Way" |
| Transparent | Director | Season 4 episode 2 and 3: "Groin Anomaly" and "Pinkwashing Machine" 10 episodes of co-executive producer | |
| 2018–2022 | The Good Doctor | Director | 4 episodes |
| 2018 | Rise | Director | Season 1 episode 6: "Bring Me Stanton" |
| Shameless | Director | Season 9 episode 6: "Face It, You're Gorgeous" | |
| The Gifted | Director | Season 2 episode 9: "gaMe changer" | |
| 2018–2019 | Marvel's Runaways | Director | Season 2 episode 1: "Gimme Shelter" Season 3 episode 3: "Lord of Lies" |
| 2019 | The Passage | Director | Season 1 episode 4: "Whose Blood is That?" |
| 2019–2021 | SEAL Team | 5 episodes | |
| Magnum P.I. | 3 episodes | ||
| 2019 | The L Word: Generation Q | Season 1 episode 2: "Less Is More" | |
| 2020 | New Amsterdam | Season 2 episode 15: "Double Blind" | |
| 2021 | Station 19 | 2 episodes | |
| Rebel | Season 1 episode 5: "Heart Burned" | ||
| 2023 | CSI: Vegas | Season 2 episode 10: "Eyeballs" Credited as Allison Liddi Brown[3] | |
Awards and nominations
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| Nominations | 2 | |||||||||||||
Note
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| Year | Nominated work | Event | Award | Result |
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| 2010 | Princess Protection Program - with Carlos Aníbal Vázquez (unit production manager), Jose Gilberto Molinari-Rosaly (first assistant director), Colleen Comer (second assistant director) | Directors Guild of America Award | Outstanding Directing - Children's Programs | Won |
| Friday Night Lights - episode "The Son" - with Rolin Jones (writer) | Gold Derby Awards | Best Drama Episode of the Year | Nominated |
References
edit- ^ Allison Liddi-Brown, Yahoo! TV
- ^ Allison Liddi-Brown at the 62nd Annual DGA Awards - Press Room 30 January 2010
- ^ "(#210) "Eyeballs"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved December 2, 2022.