---
name: "Linda Mendoza"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/linda-mendoza"
fi1m_id: "linda-mendoza"
imdb_id: "nm0579318"
tmdb_id: 1214860
wikidata_id: "Q6551835"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "21 October 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "director"
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-05T04:32:11.607580+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Linda Mendoza

## Identity

Linda Mendoza

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/linda-mendoza
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** linda-mendoza
- **IMDb ID:** nm0579318
- **TMDB ID:** 1214860
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6551835
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Mendoza, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6551835, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0579318/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214860

Director. Born 21 October 1957 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 21 October 1957, Detroit, Michigan, United States
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Ken Whittingham](https://film.one/person/ken-whittingham.md), [Beth McCarthy-Miller](https://film.one/person/beth-mccarthy-miller.md), [Claire Scanlon](https://film.one/person/claire-scanlon.md), [Don Scardino](https://film.one/person/don-scardino.md), [Gail Mancuso](https://film.one/person/gail-mancuso.md), [Lang Fisher](https://film.one/person/lang-fisher.md), [Tristram Shapeero](https://film.one/person/tristram-shapeero.md), [Dean Holland](https://film.one/person/dean-holland.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as director, over 10 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 82 (3), 2010s 78 (5), 2020s 80 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 78 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 9, Drama 4, Crime 1, Kids 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Mendoza, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6551835, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0579318/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214860

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Baby-Sitters Club*](https://film.one/tv/the-baby-sitters-club.md) (85), [*Brooklyn Nine-Nine*](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md) (78), [*Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt*](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md) (76), [*Never Have I Ever*](https://film.one/tv/never-have-i-ever-2020.md) (74)
- **Disney+:** [*The Good Place*](https://film.one/tv/the-good-place.md) (84), [*Gilmore Girls*](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md) (81), [*Everybody Hates Chris*](https://film.one/tv/everybody-hates-chris.md) (80), [*The Mindy Project*](https://film.one/tv/the-mindy-project.md) (72)
- **Hulu:** [*30 Rock*](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md) (86)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Linda Mendoza is an American television and film director. Born in Detroit, Michigan, on 21 October 1957, she began her career in the entertainment industry as a page and progressed through roles including production assistant and associate director before directing from the late 1990s onwards. She directed promotional segments for Fox and MTV, and sketches for Nickelodeon series including *Roundhouse* and *All That*.

Mendoza has directed episodes of numerous comedy series, including *30 Rock* (2006), *Gilmore Girls* (2000), *Scrubs*, *Everybody Hates Chris*, *The Bernie Mac Show*, *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), *The Good Place* (2016), *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015), *Fuller House* (2016), *Never Have I Ever* (2020) and *The Baby-Sitters Club* (2020). Her feature directorial debut was *Chasing Papi* (2003). She won an ALMA Award in 2008 for directing an episode of *Ugly Betty*.

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

## On Fi1m (10)

- *Never Have I Ever* (2020), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/never-have-i-ever-2020.md)
- *The Baby-Sitters Club* (2020), Fi1m 85, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-baby-sitters-club.md)
- *The Good Place* (2016), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-place.md)
- *Crazy Ex-Girlfriend* (2015), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/crazy-ex-girlfriend.md)
- *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md)
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *The Mindy Project* (2012), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mindy-project.md)
- *30 Rock* (2006), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *Everybody Hates Chris* (2005), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/everybody-hates-chris.md)
- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)

## Complete filmography (78)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Relationship Goals* (2026), Director
- *Clean Slate* (2025), series, Director
- *Sam Jay: Salute Me or Shoot Me* (2023), Director
- *Survival of the Thickest* (2023), series, Director
- *Wanda Sykes: I'm an Entertainer* (2023), Director
- *The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey* (2023), Director
- *Night Court* (2023), series, Director
- *Quantum Leap* (2022), series, Director
- *Life by Ella* (2022), series, Director
- *Nikki Glaser: Good Clean Filth* (2022), Director
- *Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration* (2022), Director
- *Yearly Departed* (2021), Director
- *With Love* (2021), series, Director
- *Grand Crew* (2021), series, Director
- *Harlem* (2021), series, Director
- *Comedy Chingonas* (2021), Director
- *A Night at the Academy Museum* (2021), Director
- *Girls5eva* (2021), series, Director
- *Mr. Mayor* (2021), series, Director
- *Yearly Departed* (2020), Director
- *The Baby-Sitters Club* (2020), series, Director — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-baby-sitters-club.md)
- *Never Have I Ever* (2020), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/never-have-i-ever-2020.md)
- *Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah* (2019), Director
- *Katherine Ryan: Glitter Room* (2019), Director
- *Wanda Sykes: Not Normal* (2019), Director
- *I Feel Bad* (2018), series, Director
- *grown-ish* (2018), series, Director
- *Powerless* (2017), series, Director
- *American Housewife* (2016), series, Director
- *The Good Place* (2016), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-place.md)
- *Fuller House* (2016), series, Director
- *Crazy Ex-Girlfriend* (2015), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/crazy-ex-girlfriend.md)
- *Life in Pieces* (2015), series, Director
- *Kevin from Work* (2015), series, Director
- *One Big Happy* (2015), series, Director
- *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015), series, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md)
- *black-ish* (2014), series, Director
- *Young & Hungry* (2014), series, Director
- *Faking It* (2014), series, Director
- *Growing Up Fisher* (2014), series, Director
- *The Crazy Ones* (2013), series, Writer
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *Liv and Maddie* (2013), series, Director
- *The Mindy Project* (2012), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mindy-project.md)
- *Men at Work* (2012), series, Director
- *Whitney* (2011), series, Director
- *Outsourced* (2010), series, Director
- *Pair of Kings* (2010), series, Director
- *Melissa & Joey* (2010), series, Director
- *Paul McCartney: In Performance at the White House* (2010), Director
- *Robert Klein: Unfair & Unbalanced* (2010), Director
- *Nick Swardson: Seriously, Who Farted?* (2009), Director
- *The Fresh Beat Band* (2009), series, Director
- *Unhitched* (2008), series, Director
- *Aliens in America* (2007), series, Director
- *Greek* (2007), series, Director
- *Paul Simon and Friends | The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song* (2007), Director
- *In Case of Emergency* (2007), series, Director
- *30 Rock* (2006), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *Ugly Betty* (2006), series, Director
- *Everybody Hates Chris* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/everybody-hates-chris.md)
- *Bill Burr: One Night Stand* (2005), Director
- *One Night Stand: Flight of the Conchords* (2005), Director
- *Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed* (2005), Director, Co-Producer
- *Happy Days: 30th Anniversary Reunion* (2005), Director
- *Unfabulous* (2004), series, Director
- *Chasing Papi* (2003), as Lorena's Office Receptionist · Director
- *Wanda at Large* (2003), series, Director
- *The Bernie Mac Show* (2001), series, Director
- *Scrubs* (2001), series, Director
- *Grounded for Life* (2001), series, Director
- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)
- *The Awful Truth* (1999), series, Director
- *Kenan & Kel* (1996), series, Director
- *MADtv* (1995), series, Director
- *Hazelle!* (1995), Director
- *Roundhouse* (1992), series, Director
- *Broken Branches*, Executive Producer

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