LEE FRIEDLANDER DIRECTOR An east coast native and theater actor/director, Friedlander moved to LA and was a natural producer bringing to fruition over a dozen independent films. In 2008 she directed the award-winning short, The Ten Rules: A Lesbian Survival Guie which formed the basis of the Logo/MTV/Viacom television series Exes & Ohs, a half-hour single camera comedy about lesbian dating. Lee co-created, executive produced and directed the pilot, which aired for two seasons and was nominated for several GLAAD Awards. Lee has worked extensively in the television long-form world, including directing four Lifetime films-Babysitters Black Book, Double Daddy, A Giftwrapped Christmas,and Killer Coach. She is a go-to director/writer for cable force The Hallmark Channel. She executive produced Snow Bride and Ice Sculpture Christmas. She co-wrote and directed, All For Love, starring Sara Rue and Switched For Christmas based on her original idea starring Candace Cameron Bure who plays twins, and featuring Avril Lavigne's cover of Baby It's Cold Outside. 'Switched' aired Thanksgiving weekend 2017 and reached 7.3 million unduplicated viewers - the largest unduplicated audience for any Hallmark Channel telecast EVER in network history. She has continued on to direct Love Of Course, Sailing Into Love and Royally Ever After for Hallmark Channel. Lee has also directed Avril Lavigne's Give You What You Like Music video in conjunction with Babysitter's Black Book, and collaborated on Avril's most recent Warrior Video. Most recently Lee directed two episodes of NBC's hit dramedy Good Girls, starring Christina Hendricks (Mad Men). She will be directing upcoming episodes of New Amsterdam and The Good Doctor. In addition, she has just been tapped to write and direct two more features for Hallmark.