The Art Box - Episode 99 - Brothers, Friends, Fresh Prince and Bosom Buddies - Meet Shelley Jensen

Our friends Diane Alexanian and Jill Waters combined their super Hollywood powers to bring us acclaimed director and all around nice guy Shelley Jensen for a rousing hour interview.  

This is a great listen. Catch you in an hour when you can drop us a line at artboxvv@gmail.com to tell us how much you loved this episode. 

We loved his quote: "Life is a fun ride and it’s really up to the individual to enjoy it"

A bit about Shelley.

Shelley Jensen is an American television director and producer.

He has directed episodes for a number of notable television series including The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Friends, Amen, What I Like About You, The Drew Carey Show, Webster, The Suite Life on Deck, Sonny with a Chance, I'm in the Band, Good Luck Charlie, Austin & Ally and other series.

Jensen won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1996 for his directing work on Disney Channel's Adventures in Wonderland winning alongside David Grossman and Gary Halvorson.

• CREDITS
• Television Director
• Series; Multiple Episodes
• Brothers, Showtime, 1984-89
• Amen, NBC, 1989-90
• The Royal Family, CBS, 1991-92
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, NBC, 1992-96
• First Time Out (also known as Jackie Guerra), The WB, beginning 1995
• Too Something (also known as New York Daze), Fox, beginning1995
• The Wayans Bros., The WB, beginning 1995
• Suddenly Susan, NBC, 1996-99
• The Jamie Foxx Show, The WB, 1996-2001
• Friends, NBC, 1997-99
• Veronica's Closet, NBC, 1998-2000
• For Your Love, The WB, 1998-2002
• Jesse, NBC, 1999-2000
• The Norm Show (also known as Norm), ABC, 1999-2001
• Nikki, The WB, 2000-2002
• Off Centre, The WB, 2001-2002
• The Drew Carey Show, ABC, 2001-2004
• What I Like about You, The WB, 2002-2004
• I'm with Her, ABC, 2003-2004
• Specials
• Hamlet, 1964
• Associate director, Mouseketeers at Walt Disney World, 1977
• First assistant director, John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together, ABC, 1979
• Also affiliated with broadcasts of The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, 1979 and 1980.
• Episodic
• "Captain Justice," Hard Knocks, 1987
• "What Becomes a Legend Most," Hard Knocks, 1987
• Marblehead Manor, NBC and syndicated, 1987
• "Seoul Shake," Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, ABC, 1993
• "Pros and Convicts," Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, ABC, 1994
• "An Embarrassment of Teapots," Hope & Gloria, NBC, 1995
• "Misery on 34th Street," Bless This House, CBS, 1995
• "Poppa Was a Rolling Stone," The Parent 'Hood, The WB, 1995
• "A Star Is Reborn," Hope & Gloria, NBC, 1995
• "A Charming Tale," Party Girl, Fox, 1996
• "Educating Nick," Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher, The WB, 1996
• "Me and Mrs. Hale," Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher, The WB, 1996
• "Natural Born Parents," Bless This House, CBS, 1996
• "Sisters in Sex Triangle with Gazillionaire!," The Naked Truth (also known as Wilde Again), ABC, 1996
• "We Don't Need Another Hero," The Parent 'Hood, The WB, 1996
• "After Midnight," Men Behaving Badly (also known as It's a Man's World), NBC, 1997
• "Caroline and the Bitter Beast," Caroline in the City (also knownas Caroline), NBC, 1997
• "Dial M for Muffin," Life with Roger, The WB, 1997
• "Gerald R. Fraud," Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher, The WB, 1997
• "Caroline and the Marriage Counselor: Parts 1 & 2," Caroline in the City (also known as Caroline), NBC, 1998
• "Caroline and the Sandwich," Caroline in the City (also known as Caroline), NBC, 1998
• "The Closure," The Closer, CBS, 1998
• "The Hand That Rocks the Office," The Closer, CBS, 1998
• "Caroline and the Firing Squad," Caroline in the City (also knownas Caroline), NBC, 1999
• "After You've Gone," Ladies Man, CBS, 2000
• "Decent Proposal," Ladies Man, CBS, 2000
• "Discrimination," The Michael Richards Show, NBC, 2000
• "The Return of Katherine Twigg," DAG, NBC, 2000
• "Bo Diddley," According to Jim, ABC, 2003
• "The Smell of Success," According to Jim, ABC, 2003
• "Tom Makes a Friend," Married to the Kellys, ABC, 2003
• "Bobby's Bully," Like Family, The WB, 2004
• "Ladies' Night," Like Family, The WB, 2004
• Also directed episodes of Built to Last, NBC; Three Sisters, NBC; and (as Shelley R. Jensen) Wanda at Large, Fox.
• Pilots
• The Royal Family, CBS, 1991
• Home, Fox, 1996
• Secret Service Guy, Fox, 1996
• Flavor, The WB, 1998
• Good as Gold, CBS, 2000
• Men's Room, NBC, 2004
• Television Producer
• Series
• Brothers, Showtime, 1984-89
• Joanna, ABC, beginning 1985
• Supervising producer, Amen, NBC, 1986-91
• Line producer, The Royal Family, CBS, 1991-92
• Pilots
• Slickers, NBC, 1987
• Married to the Mob, CBS, 1989
• Five Up, Two Down, CBS, 1991
• Film Work
• Stage manager, The Sound of Murder, Warner Bros., 1982
• Director, The Third Wish, Newmark/Echelon Entertainment Group, 2004
• WRITINGS
• Teleplays
• Episodic
• "Norm vs. Dad," The Norm Show (also known as Norm), ABC, 2001