---
name: "Rebecca Asher"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rebecca-asher"
fi1m_id: "rebecca-asher"
imdb_id: "nm0038893"
tmdb_id: 1320713
wikidata_id: "Q118141551"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "17 June 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "director"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-07T19:22:04.210419+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."
---

# Rebecca Asher

## Identity

Rebecca Asher

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rebecca-asher
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rebecca-asher
- **IMDb ID:** nm0038893
- **TMDB ID:** 1320713
- **Wikidata ID:** Q118141551
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118141551, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038893/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1320713

Director. Born 17 June 1969 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 17 June 1969, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 10: 8 directing, 2 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Anu Valia](https://film.one/person/anu-valia.md), [Beth McCarthy-Miller](https://film.one/person/beth-mccarthy-miller.md), [Jude Weng](https://film.one/person/jude-weng.md), [Michael Schur](https://film.one/person/michael-schur.md), [Payman Benz](https://film.one/person/payman-benz.md), [Peter Lauer](https://film.one/person/peter-lauer.md), [Richie Keen](https://film.one/person/richie-keen.md), [Trent O'Donnell](https://film.one/person/trent-odonnell.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as director, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 83 (3), 2010s 76 (4), 2020s 68 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 70 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 6, Crime 4, Drama 3, Action & Adventure 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118141551, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038893/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1320713

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Arrested Development*](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md) (87), [*Brooklyn Nine-Nine*](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md) (78), [*A Man on the Inside*](https://film.one/tv/a-man-on-the-inside.md) (72)
- **Disney+:** [*The Good Place*](https://film.one/tv/the-good-place.md) (84), [*This Is Us*](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md) (76), [*High Potential*](https://film.one/tv/high-potential.md) (72)
- **Apple TV:** [*Shrinking*](https://film.one/tv/shrinking.md) (61)

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

## Biography

Rebecca Asher is an American television director and former script supervisor. She was born on 17 June 1969 in Los Angeles, California.

She began her career in the script and continuity department, working as script supervisor on films including *Donnie Darko* (2001), *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy* (2004) and *Knocked Up* (2007), and on numerous television series. Asher directed an episode of *Arrested Development* in 2006 and has since directed episodes of series including *Brooklyn Nine-Nine*, *The Good Place*, *Grace and Frankie* (15 episodes), *This Is Us*, *Atypical*, *Young Sheldon* and *Big Mood*.

She is the daughter of director William Asher and actress Elizabeth Montgomery.

*Sources: imdb.com, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (10)

### Directed (8) — the average rests on these

- *A Man on the Inside* (2024), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-man-on-the-inside.md)
- *High Potential* (2024), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/high-potential.md)
- *Shrinking* (2023), Fi1m 61, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/shrinking.md)
- *Angie Tribeca* (2016), Fi1m 66, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/angie-tribeca.md)
- *The Good Place* (2016), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-place.md)
- *This Is Us* (2016), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md)
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *Arrested Development* (2003), Fi1m 87, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)

### Crew (2)

- *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy* (2004), Fi1m 78, Script Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/anchorman-the-legend-of-ron-burgundy.md)
- *Donnie Darko* (2001), Fi1m 83, Script Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/donnie-darko.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *A Man on the Inside* (2024), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-man-on-the-inside.md)
- *High Potential* (2024), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/high-potential.md)
- *Big Mood* (2024), series, Director
- *Shrinking* (2023), series, Director — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/shrinking.md)
- *High School* (2022), series, Director
- *Loot* (2022), series, Director
- *Home Economics* (2021), series, Director
- *Teenage Bounty Hunters* (2020), series, Director
- *Love, Victor* (2020), series, Director
- *A Million Little Things* (2018), series, Director
- *The Good Cop* (2018), series, Director
- *I Feel Bad* (2018), series, Director
- *Young Sheldon* (2017), series, Director
- *Atypical* (2017), series, Director
- *The Guest Book* (2017), series, Director
- *Trial & Error* (2017), series, Director
- *Santa Clarita Diet* (2017), series, Director
- *American Housewife* (2016), series, Director
- *This Is Us* (2016), series, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md)
- *The Good Place* (2016), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-place.md)
- *The Real O'Neals* (2016), series, Director
- *Angie Tribeca* (2016), series, Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/angie-tribeca.md)
- *Life in Pieces* (2015), series, Director
- *Grace and Frankie* (2015), series, Director
- *Marry Me* (2014), series, Director
- *Happyland* (2014), series, Director
- *black-ish* (2014), series, Director
- *Jennifer Falls* (2014), series, Director
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *The Neighbors* (2012), series, Director
- *Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23* (2012), series, Director
- *Hart of Dixie* (2011), series, Director
- *Awkward.* (2011), series, Director
- *Traffic Light* (2011), series, Director
- *Raising Hope* (2010), series, Director
- *Knocked Up* (2007), Script Supervisor
- *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy* (2004), Script Supervisor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/anchorman-the-legend-of-ron-burgundy.md)
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, Director — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *Ca$hino* (2001), Director
- *Donnie Darko* (2001), Script Supervisor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/donnie-darko.md)

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