Introduction
Rick Friedberg is an American film and television director and producer, and the father of Jason Friedberg, one half of a comedy writing duo with Aaron Seltzer (Meet The Spartans, Disaster Movie).
Career
Friedberg made his feature film debut in 1980 with the comedy Pray TV starring Dabney Coleman, followed by 1983's Off the Wall. He would direct television episodes for The Twilight Zone, New Monkees and CityKids. When Friedberg made the comic instruction video Bad Golf Made Easier with Leslie Nielsen, he showed his son's script for a spy film spoof to him. Nielsen approved, and this lead into 1996's Spy Hard.
Through the 2000s and 2010s, Friedberg served as second unit director on series like CSI: Miami and Scorpion, as well as producer on The Real Housewives of Orange County.
Filmography
- Pray TV (1980) - also producer, writer and lyricist.
- Off The Wall (1983)
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
- Wish Bank (segment)
- New Monkees (1987)
- Test Tube Tube - Weather the Storm
- Bad Golf Made Easier with Leslie Nielsen (1993)
- City Kids (1993)
- Becoming A Man - Get A Job - The Curse of Ali Baba - Quality Time - Alterations with Attitude - All My Trials
- Bad Golf My Way (1994)
- Spy Hard (1996) - also producer and writer.