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name: "Ellie Kanner"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1901"
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updated: "2026-09-17T00:13:56.768651+00:00"
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# Ellie Kanner

Director. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Also known as:** Ellie Kanner-Zuckerman

## Biography

Ellie Kanner, also credited as Ellie Kanner-Zuckerman, is an American film and television director and former casting director. She grew up in Bloomfield, Connecticut, and began her career in talent representation before becoming a casting director.

Kanner cast the pilots of series including *Friends* (1994) and *Sex and the City* (1998), as well as other television and film projects such as *Kicking and Screaming* (1995) and *Sleep with Me* (1994). She transitioned to directing with the 2001 film *Rachel's Room* and has since directed episodes of *Boston Legal* (2004), *The Dead Zone* (2002), *Greek* (2007) and *Wildfire* (2005), and films including *Authors Anonymous* (2014). She has also worked as a producer on several projects.

Kanner was married to television producer and writer David Zuckerman; the couple divorced and have two children.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Boston Legal* (2004), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/boston-legal.md)

## Also known for

- *Sex and the City* (1998), Casting, Original Casting
- *Marked for Death* (1990), Casting Assistant
- *Kicking and Screaming* (1995), Casting
- *The Dead Zone* (2002), Director, Original Casting
- *Greek* (2007), Director
- *Sleep with Me* (1994), Casting
- *Authors Anonymous* (2014), Producer, Director
- *Wildfire* (2005), Director

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