Allison Liddi-Brown

Allison Liddi-Brown is an American television director and producer.

Allison Liddi-Brown
Born	Allison Liddi
Other names	Allison Leddi-Brown Allison Liddi Brown
Occupation	Television director
Years active	1984–present

Liddi-Brown received her B.A. in Drama and her M.F.A. in Directing from the University of California, Irvine, where she studied under Professor Keith Fowler. She made her television directorial debut on the first season of the Nickelodeon series, The Secret World of Alex Mack. She then went on to direct episodes for a number of notable television series namely, The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, Xena: Warrior Princess, Beverly Hills, 90210, Star Trek: Voyager, Even Stevens, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Chuck, Grey's Anatomy, Friday Night Lights and Gossip Girl among other series.^[1]

In 2010, Brown won the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Children's Program for directing the Disney Channel Original Movie Princess Protection Program starring Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato.^[2]

Televisionography

Television
Year	Show	Role	Notes
1994–1997	The Secret World of Alex Mack	Director	8 episodes Credited as Alison Liddi
1997	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Director	Season 1 episode 5: "Needle Point/Toy to the Rescue/Mystery Lock/The House on Baker Street/The Train" (segment 2 and 4)
1997–1998	The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo	Director	10 episodes Credited as Alison Liddi
1998	The Journey of Allen Strange	Director	Season 2 episode 3: "Haunted Credited as Alison Liddi
1998–1999	Cousin Skeeter	Director	Season 1 episodes 5 and 19: "Tyrannosaurus Wrecked" and "Sideshow Skeeter Credited as Alison Liddi
1999	Xena: Warrior Princess	Director	Season 5 episode 8: "Little Problems" Credited as Alison Liddi
1999–2000	Beverly Hills, 90210	Director	Season 10 episodes 9 and 21: "Family Tree" and "Spring Fever" Credited as Alison Liddi
2000	Star Trek: Voyager	Director	Season 6 episode 16: "Collective" Credited as Alison Liddi
	Even Stevens	Director	Season 1 episodes 4 and 5: "What'll Idol Do?" and "All About Yvette Credited as Alison Liddi
	100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd	Director	Season 1 episode 19: "Fur Better or Worse" Credited as Alison Liddi
2001	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Director	Season 2 episode 11: "Organ Grinder" Credited as Alison Liddi
2002	Watching Ellie	Director	Season 1 episode 10: "Zimmerman"
	Roswell	Director	Season 3 episode 18: "Graduation" Credited as Allison Leddi-Brown
	Family Affair	Director	Season 1 episode 5: "Skivvies"
	For the People	Director	Season 1 episode 11: "Dog Day"
	The Bernie Mac Show	Director	Season 2 episode 5: "Welcome to the Jungle" Credited as Alison Liddi
	Do Over	Director	Season 1 episode 10: "Cold War" Credited as Alison Liddi
2002–2004	Strong Medicine	Director	4 episodes
2003	Miss Match	Director	Season 1 episodes 3 and 16: "Something Nervy" and "Forgive and Forget" Credited as Allison Leddi-Brown
	The Twilight Zone	Director	Season 1 episode 34 and 40: "How Much Do You Love Your Kid?" and "Developing" Credited as Alison Liddi
	Boston Public	Director	Season 4 episode 7: "Chapter Seventy-Three"
2003–2004	Ed	Director	4 episodes
2004–2007	Las Vegas	Director	5 episodes
	Unfabulous	Director	10 episodes
2005	Crazy	Director	TV movie Credited as Alison Liddi
	Boston Legal	Director	Season 1 episode 11: "Schmidt Happens" Credited as Alison Liddi
	Monk	Director	Season 3 episode 15: "Mr. Monk and the Election"
	Summerland	Director	Season 2 episode 11: "House"
	The WIN Awards	Herself	Credited as Alison Liddi
	Sex, Love & Secrets	Director	Season 1 episode 3: "Danger" Credited as Allison Leddi-Brown
2006	Pepper Dennis	Director	Season 1 episodes 5, 8, and 11: "Saving Dennis," "Hiroshi Watanabe in Bed with Curtis Wilson," and "Pepper Dennis Behind Bars" Credited as Alison Liddi on episode 11
	What About Brian	Director	Season 2 episode 2: "What About the Wedding" Credited as Allison Liddi Brown
	Brothers & Sisters	Director	Season 1 episode 5: "Date Night"
2006–2007	The 4400	Director	Season 3 episode 9: "The Starzl Mutation" Season 4 episode 12: "Tiny Machines"
2006–2011	Friday Night Lights	Director	6 episodes
2007	Side Order of Life	Director	Season 1 episode 7: "When Pigs Fly"
	Journeyman	Director	Season 1 episode 5: "The Legend of Dylan McCleen" Credited as Allison Liddi Brown
2007–2008	Chuck	Director	Season 1 episode 10: "Chuck Versus the Nemesis" Season 2 episode 8: "Chuck Versus the Gravitron" Credited as Allison Liddi Brown
2007–2010	Army Wives	Director	5 episodes Credited as Allison Liddi Brown in season 2 episode 9: "Casting Out the Net"
2008	Crash	Director	Season 1 episode 4: "Railroaded" Credited as Allison Liddi Brown
2008–2014	Bones	Director	5 episodes
2009	My Name Is Earl	Director	Season 4 episode 18: "Friends with Benefits" Credited as Allison Liddi Brown
	Princess Protection Program	Director	TV movie Credited as Allison Liddi
2009–2011	Gossip Girl	Director	Season 2 episode 20: "Remains of the J" Season 4 episode 21: "Shattered Bass"
2009–2012	CSI: Miami	Director	6 episodes Credited as Allison Liddi
2009–2019	Grey's Anatomy	Director	6 episodes
2009–2012	Private Practice	Director	5 episodes Credited as Allison Liddi Brown in season 4 episode 17: "Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King?"
2010–2013	CSI: NY	Director	5 episodes
	Royal Pains	Director	4 episodes
2010–2015	Parenthood	Director	6 episodes Credited as Allison Liddi Brown in season 2 episode 8: "If This Boat Is a Rockin'" and season 6 episode 11: "Let's Go Home"
2012	Pan Am	Director	Season 1 episode 10: "Secrets and Lies"
	666 Park Avenue	Director	Season 1 episode 6: "Diabolic" Credited as Allison Liddi Brown
2012–2018	Scandal	Director	9 episodes
2013–2015	Hawaii Five-0	Director	Season 4 episode 9: "Hau'oli La Ho'omoaika'i" Season 5 episode 15: "E 'Imi pono" and credited as Allison Liddi Brown
	Revenge	Director	3 episodes
2014	Sea of Fire	Director	TV movie
2015	The Night Shift	Director	Season 2 episode 10: "Aftermath"
	Battle Creek	Director	Season 1 episode 10: "Stocklholm"
	Wicked City	Director	Season 1 episode 6: "Blizzard of Ozz"
2016	Heartbeat	Director	4 episodes 9 episodes as co-executive producer
	Roadies	Director	Season 1 episode 5: "Friends and Family Credited as Allison Liddi Brown
	Shameless	Director	Season 7 episode 8: "You Sold Me the Laundromat, Remember?"
2017	The Catch	Director	Season 2 episode 4: "The Family Way"
	Transparent	Director	Season 4 episode 2 and 3: "Groin Anomaly" and "Pinkwashing Machine" 10 episodes of co-executive producer
2018–2022	The Good Doctor	Director	4 episodes
2018	Rise	Director	Season 1 episode 6: "Bring Me Stanton"
	Shameless	Director	Season 9 episode 6: "Face It, You're Gorgeous"
	The Gifted	Director	Season 2 episode 9: "gaMe changer"
2018–2019	Marvel's Runaways	Director	Season 2 episode 1: "Gimme Shelter" Season 3 episode 3: "Lord of Lies"
2019	The Passage	Director	Season 1 episode 4: "Whose Blood is That?"
2019–2021	SEAL Team		5 episodes
	Magnum P.I.		3 episodes
2019	The L Word: Generation Q		Season 1 episode 2: "Less Is More"
2020	New Amsterdam		Season 2 episode 15: "Double Blind"
2021	Station 19		2 episodes
	Rebel		Season 1 episode 5: "Heart Burned"
2023	CSI: Vegas		Season 2 episode 10: "Eyeballs" Credited as Allison Liddi Brown^[3]

Awards and nominations

Allison Liddi-Brown awards and nominations

Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Directors Guild of America Award 1 1 Gold Derby Awards 0 1
Totals^[a]
Wins	1
Nominations	2
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Year	Nominated work	Event	Award	Result
2010	Princess Protection Program - with Carlos Aníbal Vázquez (unit production manager), Jose Gilberto Molinari-Rosaly (first assistant director), Colleen Comer (second assistant director)	Directors Guild of America Award	Outstanding Directing - Children's Programs	Won
	Friday Night Lights - episode "The Son" - with Rolin Jones (writer)	Gold Derby Awards	Best Drama Episode of the Year	Nominated

References

1. Allison Liddi-Brown, Yahoo! TV
2. Allison Liddi-Brown at the 62nd Annual DGA Awards - Press Room 30 January 2010
3. "(#210) "Eyeballs"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved December 2, 2022.

External links

• Allison Liddi-Brown at IMDb