---
name: "Rodman Flender"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rodman-flender"
fi1m_id: "rodman-flender"
imdb_id: "nm0281869"
tmdb_id: 50719
wikidata_id: "Q3939895"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "9 June 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-18T10:28:22.850628+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."
---

# Rodman Flender

## Identity

Rodman Flender

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rodman-flender
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rodman-flender
- **IMDb ID:** nm0281869
- **TMDB ID:** 50719
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3939895
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodman_Flender, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3939895, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281869/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/50719

Director. Born 9 June 1962 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 9 June 1962, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1994–2011
- **Frequently works with:** [Danny Leiner](https://film.one/person/danny-leiner.md), [Ken Whittingham](https://film.one/person/ken-whittingham.md), [Adam Nimoy](https://film.one/person/adam-nimoy.md), [Alex Hardcastle](https://film.one/person/alex-hardcastle.md), [Allan Heinberg](https://film.one/person/allan-heinberg.md), [Amy Heckerling](https://film.one/person/amy-heckerling.md), [Claire Scanlon](https://film.one/person/claire-scanlon.md), [Dennie Gordon](https://film.one/person/dennie-gordon.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 73 (1), 2000s 79 (2), 2010s 70 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 2
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodman_Flender, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3939895, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281869/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/50719

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Gilmore Girls*](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md) (81)
- **Peacock:** [*The Office*](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md) (77)
- **Tubi:** [*Party of Five*](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md) (73)
- **Netflix:** [*Suburgatory*](https://film.one/tv/suburgatory.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Rodman Flender is an American director, producer, writer and actor. Born and raised in New York City, he acted on Broadway and studied documentary filmmaking at Harvard University before beginning his career in production at Roger Corman's Concorde-New Horizons Films.

Flender made his feature directorial debut with *The Unborn* (1991) and went on to direct *Leprechaun 2* (1994) and *Idle Hands* (1999). His television credits include episodes of *Gilmore Girls* (2000), *The O.C.* (2003), *The Office* (2012–2013), *Ugly Betty* (2006–2007) and *Scream: The TV Series* (2015–2016). He also directed the documentary *Conan O'Brien Can't Stop* (2011). Flender is the uncle of actors Timothée Chalamet and Pauline Chalamet.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Suburgatory* (2011), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/suburgatory.md)
- *The Office* (2005), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)
- *Party of Five* (1994), Fi1m 73, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

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

- *On Becoming a God in Central Florida* (2019), series, Director
- *Eat Brains Love* (2019), Director
- *Scream: The TV Series* (2015), series, Director
- *Finding Carter* (2014), series, Director
- *Play Nice* (2014), Editor, Director
- *Super Fun Night* (2013), series, Director
- *How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)* (2013), series, Director
- *Suburgatory* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/suburgatory.md)
- *Conan O'Brien Can't Stop* (2011), Director, Editor, Director of Photography
- *10 Things I Hate About You* (2009), series, Director
- *Nature of the Beast* (2007), Director
- *The Knights of Prosperity* (2007), series, Director
- *Ugly Betty* (2006), series, Director
- *Just a Phase* (2006), Director
- *The Jake Effect* (2006), series, Director
- *The Office* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *Life As We Know It* (2004), series, Director
- *Let Them Eat Rock* (2004), Director, Director of Photography, Editor
- *Beethoven's 5th* (2003), as Moe Selig
- *The O.C.* (2003), series, Director
- *Push, Nevada* (2002), series, Director
- *My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star* (2002), series, Director
- *Gilmore Girls* (2000), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/gilmore-girls.md)
- *Tucker* (2000), series, Director
- *Idle Hands* (1999), Director
- *Casper Meets Wendy* (1998), as Agile Dancer
- *Dawson's Creek* (1998), series, Director
- *Carnosaur 3: Primal Species* (1996), as Pvt. Spinkins
- *Millennium* (1996), series, Director
- *Dark Skies* (1996), series, Director
- *Arli$$* (1996), series, Director
- *Criminal Hearts* (1996), as Delivery Boy
- *Black Scorpion* (1995), as Hank
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, Director
- *Party of Five* (1994), series, Director — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)
- *Leprechaun 2* (1994), Director
- *Concealed Weapon* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Carnosaur* (1993), as Senator's Assistant
- *Dracula Rising* (1993), Writer
- *In the Heat of Passion* (1992), Director, Producer, Writer
- *The Unborn* (1991), Director, Producer
- *Naked Obsession* (1990), Executive Producer
- *The Rain Killer* (1990), Producer
- *Slumber Party Massacre III* (1990), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Body Chemistry* (1990), Executive Producer
- *The Haunting of Morella* (1990), Producer
- *Blackbelt II: Fatal Force* (1989), Associate Producer
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Brian · Director, Screenplay
- *Lords of the Deep* (1989), Associate Producer
- *The Terror Within* (1989), Producer
- *Stripped to Kill 2: Live Girls* (1989), Associate Producer
- *Demon of Paradise* (1987), Producer
- *The Adams Chronicles* (1976), series, as Charles Francis Adams

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