Lee Shallat Chemel (born June 15, 1943, in Los Angeles, California), sometimes credited as Lee Shallat, is an American

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and television director and television producer. She began her professional directorial career at the South Coast Repertory theatre in

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, while working at the same time as the head of the theatre's conservatory program. She also directed at the ShakespeareSummerfest Orange County (originally the Grove Shakespeare Festival in

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and the

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. After a meeting with producer Gary David Goldberg, she made her television directorial debut in 1984 on the NBC television show '' Family Ties''. Her career has included directing a multitude of shows including: '' Diff'rent Strokes'', ''

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'', '' Mad About You'', '' Suddenly Susan'', '' Becker'', ''

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'', '' George Lopez'', '' That's So Raven'', '' Arrested Development'', and '' The Middle'', among other series. She has been nominated for three

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, in 1992, 1994 and 1995. From 1996 to 1997, she directed twenty-three out of the first twenty-four episodes of '' Spin City''. She became a producer in 1993, producing 30 episodes in the first two seasons of '' The Nanny'', as well as 22 episodes of '' Gilmore Girls''. In 2005, she directed the film ''Greener Mountains'' with a cast that included

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and

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.''Greener Mountains''
Rotten Tomatoes She has also directed a few television films.

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Interview with DGA Monthly
- Dated November 2004 {{DEFAULTSORT:Shallat Chemel, Lee 1943 births Living people American television directors Television producers from California American women film directors American women television directors Film directors from Los Angeles American women television producers 21st-century American women