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name: "Paul Lazarus"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "25 October 1954"
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# Paul Lazarus

Director. Born 25 October 1954 in Philadelphia.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 25 October 1954, Philadelphia
- **Active:** 1994–2009
- **Works often with:** Gail Mancuso

## Biography

Paul Lazarus is an American director, producer and writer of television, film and theatre. He graduated from Dartmouth College and apprenticed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in England. In the early 1990s he served as artistic director of the Pasadena Playhouse.

Lazarus has directed episodes of numerous television series, including *Friends* (1994), *Better Off Ted* (2009), *Pretty Little Liars* (2010), *Psych* (2006), *The Middle* (2009), *Everybody Loves Raymond* (1996), *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), *Ugly Betty* (2006) and *Las Vegas* (2003). His feature film directorial debut was *Seven Girlfriends* (1999). He has also directed plays and musicals, and produced and directed a 75th birthday tribute to Stephen Sondheim at the Hollywood Bowl.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Better Off Ted* (2009), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-off-ted.md)
- *Friends* (1994), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/friends.md)

## Also known for

- *Pretty Little Liars* (2010), Director
- *Psych* (2006), Director
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), Director
- *The Middle* (2009), Director
- *Everybody Loves Raymond* (1996), Director
- *Baywatch* (1989), Director
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), Director
- *Ugly Betty* (2006), Director

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