The Art Box - Episode 99 - Brothers, Friends, Fresh Prince and Bosom Buddies - Meet Shelley Jensen

Our friends Diane Alexanian and Jill Waters combined their super Hollywood powers to bring us acclaimed director and all around nice guy Shelley Jensen for a rousing hour interview.   This is a great listen. Catch you in an hour when you can drop us a line at [email protected] to tell us how much you loved this episode.  We loved his quote: "Life is a fun ride and it’s really up to the individual to enjoy it" A bit about Shelley. Shelley Jensen is an American television director and producer. He has directed episodes for a number of notable television series including The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Friends, Amen, What I Like About You, The Drew Carey Show, Webster, The Suite Life on Deck, Sonny with a Chance, I'm in the Band, Good Luck Charlie, Austin & Ally and other series. Jensen won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1996 for his directing work on Disney Channel's Adventures in Wonderland winning alongside David Grossman and Gary Halvorson. CREDITS Television Director Series; Multiple Episodes Brothers, Showtime, 1984-89 Amen, NBC, 1989-90 The Royal Family, CBS, 1991-92 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, NBC, 1992-96 First Time Out (also known as Jackie Guerra), The WB, beginning 1995 Too Something (also known as New York Daze), Fox, beginning1995 The Wayans Bros., The WB, beginning 1995 Suddenly Susan, NBC, 1996-99 The Jamie Foxx Show, The WB, 1996-2001 Friends, NBC, 1997-99 Veronica's Closet, NBC, 1998-2000 For Your Love, The WB, 1998-2002 Jesse, NBC, 1999-2000 The Norm Show (also known as Norm), ABC, 1999-2001 Nikki, The WB, 2000-2002 Off Centre, The WB, 2001-2002 The Drew Carey Show, ABC, 2001-2004 What I Like about You, The WB, 2002-2004 I'm with Her, ABC, 2003-2004 Specials Hamlet, 1964 Associate director, Mouseketeers at Walt Disney World, 1977 First assistant director, John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together, ABC, 1979 Also affiliated with broadcasts of The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, 1979 and 1980. Episodic "Captain Justice," Hard Knocks, 1987 "What Becomes a Legend Most," Hard Knocks, 1987 Marblehead Manor, NBC and syndicated, 1987 "Seoul Shake," Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, ABC, 1993 "Pros and Convicts," Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, ABC, 1994 "An Embarrassment of Teapots," Hope & Gloria, NBC, 1995 "Misery on 34th Street," Bless This House, CBS, 1995 "Poppa Was a Rolling Stone," The Parent 'Hood, The WB, 1995 "A Star Is Reborn," Hope & Gloria, NBC, 1995 "A Charming Tale," Party Girl, Fox, 1996 "Educating Nick," Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher, The WB, 1996 "Me and Mrs. Hale," Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher, The WB, 1996 "Natural Born Parents," Bless This House, CBS, 1996 "Sisters in Sex Triangle with Gazillionaire!," The Naked Truth (also known as Wilde Again), ABC, 1996 "We Don't Need Another Hero," The Parent 'Hood, The WB, 1996 "After Midnight," Men Behaving Badly (also known as It's a Man's World), NBC, 1997 "Caroline and the Bitter Beast," Caroline in the City (also knownas Caroline), NBC, 1997 "Dial M for Muffin," Life with Roger, The WB, 1997 "Gerald R. Fraud," Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher, The WB, 1997 "Caroline and the Marriage Counselor: Parts 1 & 2," Caroline in the City (also known as Caroline), NBC, 1998 "Caroline and the Sandwich," Caroline in the City (also known as Caroline), NBC, 1998 "The Closure," The Closer, CBS, 1998 "The Hand That Rocks the Office," The Closer, CBS, 1998 "Caroline and the Firing Squad," Caroline in the City (also knownas Caroline), NBC, 1999 "After You've Gone," Ladies Man, CBS, 2000 "Decent Proposal," Ladies Man, CBS, 2000 "Discrimination," The Michael Richards Show, NBC, 2000 "The Return of Katherine Twigg," DAG, NBC, 2000 "Bo Diddley," According to Jim, ABC, 2003 "The Smell of Success," According to Jim, ABC, 2003 "Tom Makes a Friend," Married to the Kellys, ABC, 2003 "Bobby's Bully," Like Family, The WB, 2004 "Ladies' Night," Like Family, The WB, 2004 Also directed episodes of Built to Last, NBC; Three Sisters, NBC; and (as Shelley R. Jensen) Wanda at Large, Fox. Pilots The Royal Family, CBS, 1991 Home, Fox, 1996 Secret Service Guy, Fox, 1996 Flavor, The WB, 1998 Good as Gold, CBS, 2000 Men's Room, NBC, 2004 Television Producer Series Brothers, Showtime, 1984-89 Joanna, ABC, beginning 1985 Supervising producer, Amen, NBC, 1986-91 Line producer, The Royal Family, CBS, 1991-92 Pilots Slickers, NBC, 1987 Married to the Mob, CBS, 1989 Five Up, Two Down, CBS, 1991 Film Work Stage manager, The Sound of Murder, Warner Bros., 1982 Director, The Third Wish, Newmark/Echelon Entertainment Group, 2004 WRITINGS Teleplays Episodic "Norm vs. Dad," The Norm Show (also known as Norm), ABC, 2001