Russel Friend

Russel Friend
Born	United States
Occupation(s)	Television writer, producer
Years active	1998–present

Russel Friend is an American television writer and producer producer who served as an executive producer on the Fox series House, for which he won a Writers Guild of America Award in 2010 for co-writing the episode "Broken". He often works with his writing partner Garrett Lerner.

Television career

Friend's writing career began on the CBS crime series Martial Law, after which he served as a writer and producer on several series through the late 90's until the early 2000s, including FreakyLinks, Roswell, John Doe, Boston Public, LAX and Smallville. In 2005, he and Lerner joined the writing staff of the medical mystery series House. Their first episode, "Acceptance", was the premiere of the second season. At the start of the fourth season Friend became an executive producer, a job which he currently still occupies. He is also a Consulting Producer and writer on Glee.

Episodes of House

• "Acceptance" (2.01)
• "Skin Deep" (2.13)
• "Euphoria (Part Two) (2.21)
• "Meaning" (3.01)
• "Cane and Able" (3.02)
• "Fetal Position" (3.17)
• "97 Seconds" (4.03)
• "House's Head" (4.15)
• "Wilson's Heart" (4.16)

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• "Let Them Eat Cake" (5.10)
• "Locked In" (5.19)
• "Broken" (6.01/6.02)
• "Moving the Chains" (6.13)
• "Lockdown" (6.17)
• "Help Me" (6.22)
• "After Hours" (7x22)
• "Nobody's Fault" (8x11)
• "Holding On" (8x21)

Episodes of Glee

• "Thanksgiving"
• "Guilty Pleasures"
• "A Katy or a Gaga"*

All co-written with Garrett Lerner, except for A Katy or a Gaga, written by Stephen White and Jeffery Alan Schetcher.

Awards and nominations

In 2010, Friend was the recipient of the Writers Guild of America award for the House season six premiere "Broken", which he shared with Garrett Lerner, David Foster and David Shore. Four years running he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on House.

External links

• Russel Friend at IMDb