---
name: "Sheldon Epps"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sheldon-epps"
fi1m_id: "sheldon-epps"
imdb_id: "nm0258405"
tmdb_id: 1212120
wikidata_id: "Q7493483"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "15 November 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:28:34.395047+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."
---

# Sheldon Epps

## Identity

Sheldon Epps

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sheldon-epps
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sheldon-epps
- **IMDb ID:** nm0258405
- **TMDB ID:** 1212120
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7493483
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Epps, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7493483, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0258405/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212120

Director. Born 15 November 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 15 November 1952, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1993–1994
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Myerson](https://film.one/person/alan-myerson.md), [James Burrows](https://film.one/person/james-burrows.md), [Pamela Fryman](https://film.one/person/pamela-fryman.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as director, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Epps, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7493483, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0258405/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212120

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Frasier*](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md) (88)
- **HBO Max:** [*Friends*](https://film.one/tv/friends.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Sheldon Epps is an American theatre and television director. Born in Los Angeles in 1952, he holds a B.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon University. He began his career in New York theatre, co-founding the off-Broadway Production Company, and went on to direct productions at major regional theatres including the Guthrie, Old Globe and Manhattan Theatre Club.

Epps served as artistic director of the Pasadena Playhouse from 1997 to 2017. He conceived and directed the Broadway musicals *Play On!* and *Blues in the Night*, both of which received Tony Award nominations. He has also directed numerous episodes of television series including *Frasier*, *Friends*, *Everybody Loves Raymond* and 59 episodes of *Girlfriends*, on which he also served as producer.

*Sources: imdb.com, chicagotribune.com, pasadenaweekly.com, cmu.edu, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Friends* (1994), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/friends.md)
- *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Frasier* (2023), series, Director
- *Christmas Party Crashers* (2022), Director
- *Raven's Home* (2017), series, Director
- *Instant Mom* (2013), series, Director
- *The Game* (2006), series, Director
- *Hannah Montana* (2006), series, Director
- *Love, Inc.* (2005), series, Director
- *Out of Practice* (2005), series, Director
- *Life on a Stick* (2005), series, Director
- *Joey* (2004), series, Director
- *In-Laws* (2002), series, Director
- *What I Like About You* (2002), series, Director
- *George Lopez* (2002), series, Director
- *My Wife and Kids* (2001), series, Director
- *Girlfriends* (2000), series, Director
- *Stark Raving Mad* (1999), series, Director
- *Reunited* (1998), series, Director
- *Maggie* (1998), series, Director
- *Getting Personal* (1998), series, Director
- *Smart Guy* (1997), series, Director
- *Everybody Loves Raymond* (1996), series, Director
- *The Jamie Foxx Show* (1996), series, Director
- *In the House* (1995), series, Director
- *Friends* (1994), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/friends.md)
- *Sister, Sister* (1994), series, Director
- *Frasier* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)

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