Gail Mancuso

Birth Name:

Gail Susan Mancuso

Birth Place:

Melrose Park, Illinois, United States

Profession

Director, Script department, Producer, Assistant director

Gail Mancuso

Won a Gracie Award for her work as a director on "30 Rock" in 2008
Worked as an usher for several different talk shows before becoming a script supervisor for the TV series "Brothers" in 1984
Initially an associate director for "Roseanne," she got the chance to become one of the show's main directors after the previous director left in 1991
Quote: "I blend in well with the system [as a director]․ After all these years of work, I have enough self-confidence to collaborate really well with the writers and producers and actors․"
Best known as a television director who worked on "Roseanne," "Friends" and "Modern Family․"

2002OFTA Television Award - Best Direction in a Comedy Series:Winner
2008Gracie - Outstanding Director - Entertainment Series or Special:Winner
2011OFTA Television Award - Best Direction in a Comedy Series:Winner
2011Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series:Nominated
2012OFTA Television Award - Best Direction in a Comedy Series:Nominated
2013OFTA Television Award - Best Direction in a Comedy Series:Winner
2013Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series:Winner
2013WIN Award - Outstanding Film/Show Directed by a Woman:Nominated
2014American Comedy Award - Best Comedy Director - TV:Nominated
2014DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series:Nominated
2014OFTA Television Award - Best Direction in a Comedy Series:Winner
2014Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series:Winner
2015DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series:Nominated
2016DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series:Nominated
2020Gold Derby TV Award - Comedy Episode:Nominated
2020Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series:Nominated