Gail Susan Mancuso (born July 14, 1958birth check per intelius.com) is an American film and television director.
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.
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. 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.
In 2011, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for her Modern Family episode "Slow Down Your Neighbors". 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 which was the sequel to 2017's A Dog's Purpose directed by Lasse Hallström.
Filmography YearTitleRoleNotes1984–1988BrothersScript Supervisor46 episodes from 1984 to 19861987–1990Just the Ten of Us"First Day at School" (1988)1988–1989Day by Day13 episodes from 19881988–2018RoseanneDirectorAssociate Director54 episodes from 1991 to 201889 episodes from 1989 to 19931989Major DadScript Supervisor"Pilot"1991–1994Herman's HeadDirector"The Herm from Ipanema" (1994)1992–1993Camp Wilder4 episodes from 1992 to 19931993Joe's Life"Mind If I Smoke?" (1993)1993–1999The Nanny6 episodes from 19941994Monty"East Side Story" (1994)1994–1998Ellen7 episodes from 1997 to 19981994–1999Friends14 episodes from 1995 to 19991995Hudson Street2 episodes from 19951995–1996New York Daze"Football Story" (1995)Almost Perfect2 episodes from 19951995–1998The Naked Truth2 episodes from 19971996Love and Marriage"Here a Case Where Thomas Wolfe Was Wrong" (1996)1996–1997Mr. Rhodesunknown episodesThe Single Guy"Vegas Finale" (1997)Ink"The Debutante" (1997)1996–2000Suddenly Susan2 episodes from 19971996–2003Sabrina the Teenage Witch2 episodes from 19961997The Tony Danza Show2 episodes from 19971998–2001Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place7 episodes from 1999 to 20011997–2002Dharma & Greg28 episodes from 1997 to 20011997–2003Just Shoot Me!"In the Company of Maya" (1998)19981973TV movieConrad Bloom2 episodes from 19981998–2000Jesse"Touched by an Angel" (1999)1998–2004Becker9 episodes from 2001 to 20031998–2007The King of Queens"Cello, Goodbye" (1998)1999Square Oneunknown episodes1999–2001Normalso known as The Norm Show "My Name Is Norm" (1999)Ladies Man2 episodes from 1999 to 20001999–2000Stark Raving Mad5 episodes from 1999 to 20002000Then Came You"Then Came the Monthiversary"2000–2001The Weber Showalso known as Cursed 2 episodes from 20012000–2006Yes, Dear3 episodes from 2000 to 20012000–2007Gilmore Girls5 episodes from 2001 to 2003OFTA Television Award for Best Direction in a Comedy Series (2002)2001The Fighting Fitzgeralds"One Angry Man" (2001)2001–2002Three Sisters4 episodes from 2001Inside Schwartz3 episodes from 20012001–2007Reba7 episodes from 2001 to 20032001–2010, 2026Scrubs10 episodes from 2002 to 2009 and 20262002–2003In-Laws"Married Christmas"Family Affair"Space Invaders" (2003)2003A.U.S.A.2 episodes from 2003My Big Fat Greek Life3 episodes from 20032003–2004The Tracy Morgan Show2 episodes from 2004The Mullets7 episodes from 2003 to 2004Married to the Kellys8 episodes from 2003 to 2004Run of the House2 episodes from 20042003–2015Two and a Half Men2 episodes from 20042004The Men's Roomunknown episodes2004–2006Joey2 episodes from 20042004–2008Rodney3 episodes from 20052005–2006Jake in Progress"Jake or the Fat Man" (2005)Stacked"The Ex-Appeal" (2005)Out of Practice"Yours, Mine or His?" (2006)2005–2007Living with Fran2 episodes from 2005My Name Is Earl"Burn Victim" (2007)2006Nobody's WatchingTV movieTeachers.2 episodes from 2006Thick and Thinunknown episodes2006–2007The Singles Table"The Work Dinner" (2007)2006–2008Men in Trees"Sink or Swim" (2006)Happy Hour2 episodes from 20082006–201330 Rock8 episodes from 2006 to 2010Gracie Allen Award for Outstanding Director — Entertainment Series or Special (2008)2007The IT CrowdTV movieNice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office2007–2008Aliens in America"No Man Is an Island" (2007)In the Motherhood6 episodes from 2008Cavemen"Andy, the Stand-Up" (2008)2007–2012Chuck"Chuck Versus the Suitcase" (2010)2007–2013Rules of Engagement17 episodes from 2007 to 20132008The Return of Jezebel James"Needles and Schlag" (2008)Five Year PlanTV movie2008–2009Kath & Kim"Desire" (2009)2009Hank"Dog" (2010)2009–2010Better Off Ted"Get Happy" (2009)Accidentally on Purpose"It Happened One Christmas" (2009)2009–2015CommunityDirectorCo-Executive Producer"English as a Second Language" (2010)19 episodes from 2013 to 2015Cougar TownDirector5 episodes from 2009 to 20112009–2018The Middle"The Floating Anniversary" (2009)2009–2020Modern Family31 episodes from 2010 to 2020OFTA Television Award for Best Direction in a Comedy Series (2011, 2013–14)Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series ("Arrested") (2013)Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series ("Vegas") (2014)Nominated - American Comedy Award for Best Comedy Director — TV (2014)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)Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series ("Slow Down Your Neighbors") (2011)Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series ("Finale (Part Two)") (2020)2010–2011Outsourced"Party of Five" (2010)$#*! My Dad Says5 episodes from 20102011Mad Love3 episodes from 20112011–2013Happy Endings"Big White Lies" (2012)2011–2014Suburgatory"Entering Eden" (2012)2012Are You There, Chelsea?12 episodes from 20122012–2013Ben and Kate"The Fox Hunt" (2012)Nominated - Women's Image Network Award for Outstanding Film/Show Directed by a Woman (2013)1600 Penn"Dinner, Bath, Puzzle" (2013)Don't Trust the B— in Apartment 232 episodes from 20132012Downwardly MobileTV movie2013Adopted2013–2015Ground Floor12 episodes from 2013 to 20152014–2015Cristela4 episodes from 2014 to 20152014–2022Black-ish2 episodes from 20162015Your Family or Mine"Pilot" (2015)Happyish2 episodes from 2015Take If from UsDirectorExecutive ProducerTV movie2015–2016The GrinderDirector"The Olyphant in the Room" (2016)2015–2019Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"Kimmy Goes to College!" (2017)2015Fresh Off the Boat2 episodes from 20152015How We LiveTV movie2016The Enforcers2016–2020Man with a Plan6 episodes from 2017 to 20202017–2018Superior Donuts"Get It, Arthur" (2017)Great News"Celebrity Hacking Scandal" (2017)2018So CloseTV movie2018–2020The Conners10 episodes from 2019 to 20202019A Dog's JourneyFeature Film2020Indebted"Everybody's Talking About Dav" (2020) 2021–2023Home Economics4 episodes from 2021 to 20232021Brooklyn Nine-NineEpisode: "PB&J" Turner & HoochEpisode: "In The Line of Fur"The Big Leap2 episodes 2023–2024That '90s Show16 episodes2023Not Dead YetEpisode: "Not Out of High School Yet"2025–2026Will Trent2 episodes
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