Russel Friend is an American

television writer A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

and producer who served as an executive producer on the

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series ''

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'', for which he won a

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for co-writing the episode "Broken". He often works with his writing partner

Garrett Lerner Garrett Lerner is an American television writer and producer who served as an executive producer on the Fox series ''House''. He often works with his writing partner Russel Friend. Television career Lerner's writing career began on the CB ...

Television career

Friend's writing career began on the

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crime series ''

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'', after which he served as a writer and producer on several series through the late 1990s until the early 2000s, including ''

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'', '' Roswell'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2005, he and Lerner joined the writing staff of the medical mystery series ''

''. Their first episode, "

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", was the premiere of the second season. At the start of the fourth season, Friend became an executive producer. He was also a Consulting Producer and writer on Glee.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

In 2010, Friend was the recipient of the

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award for the ''House'' season six premiere " Broken", which he shared with Garrett Lerner,

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and

David Shore David Shore (born July 3, 1959) is a Canadian television writer. Shore worked on ''Family Law'', ''NYPD Blue'' and '' Due South'', also producing many episodes of the latter. He created the critically acclaimed series '' House'' and more recentl ...

. Four years running he was nominated for a

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for his work on ''House''.

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