Pamela Fryman is an American sitcom director and producer. She is best known for directing all but twelve episodes of the hit series How I Met Your Mother.
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series
Movies
And They're Off, Gary Blauman, Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M., Slap Bet, Drumroll, Please, How Your Mother Met Me, Last Forever, Belly Full of Turkey, The Lighthouse, Matchmaker, Cupcake, Game Night, Karensky's, The Assistants, CBS Fall Preview, The Gene Pool, True Love, Count Me In, Livin' on a ...
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Divorce: A Love Story
2013
TV Movie
Friend Me
2012
TV Series
Table for Three
2012
TV Movie
The Assistants
2011
TV Movie
How to Be a Gentleman
2011
TV Series 2 episodes
Mad Love
2011
TV Series 1 episode
Freshmen
2010
TV Movie
Livin' on a Prayer
2010
TV Movie
True Love
2010
TV Movie
CBS Fall Preview
2009
TV Movie
The Karenskys
2009
TV Movie
Accidentally on Purpose
2009
TV Series 2 episodes
Inseparable
2006
TV Movie
Courting Alex
2006
TV Series 1 episode
You've Reached the Elliotts
2006
TV Movie
Two and a Half Men
2004-2005
TV Series 20 episodes
Happy Family
2003-2004
TV Series 22 episodes
Just Shoot Me!
1998-2003
TV Series 89 episodes
My Big Fat Greek Life
2003
TV Series 1 episode
The Snobs
2003
TV Movie
In-Laws
2002
TV Series 2 episodes
Count Me In
2001
TV Movie
The Gene Pool
2001
TV Movie
Frasier
1997-2001
TV Series 34 episodes
Three Sisters
2001
TV Series 2 episodes
Inside Schwartz
2001
TV Series 2 episodes
Welcome to New York
2000
TV Series
Love & Money
1999
TV Series 1 episode
Work with Me
1999
TV Series
Norm
1999
TV Series 1 episode
The King of Queens
1998
TV Series 3 episodes
Encore! Encore!
1998
TV Series
Maggie
1998
TV Series 1 episode
The Simple Life
1998
TV Series 1 episode
George & Leo
1997-1998
TV Series 4 episodes
Suddenly Susan
1997
TV Series 5 episodes
Fired Up
1997
TV Series 2 episodes
Friends
1994-1997
TV Series 2 episodes
Cybill
1996-1997
TV Series 4 episodes
Townies
1996
TV Series 2 episodes
Pearl
1996
TV Series
Hope & Gloria
1996
TV Series 2 episodes
Caroline in the City
1996
TV Series 1 episode
Good Company
1996
TV Series 2 episodes
Bless This House
1995-1996
TV Series 3 episodes
The Naked Truth
1996
TV Series 1 episode
The Single Guy
1995
TV Series
Ned and Stacey
1995
TV Series
Bringing Up Jack
1995
TV Series
The Boys Are Back
1995
TV Series 1 episode
Dweebs
1995
TV Series 9 episodes
Muddling Through
1994
TV Series 3 episodes
Cafe Americain
1994
TV Series 1 episode
Santa Barbara
1990-1993
TV Series 4 episodes
One Day at a Time
2017
TV Series 3 episodes filming
Man with a Plan
2016
TV Series 2 episodes
The Odd Couple
2016
TV Series 1 episode
Good Fortune
2016
TV Movie
The History of Us
2015
TV Movie
The Perfect Stanleys
2015
TV Movie
Truth Be Told
2015
TV Series 7 episodes
The McCarthys
2014-2015
TV Series 11 episodes
Cuz-Bros
2014
TV Movie
How I Met Your Mother
2005-2014
TV Series 196 episodes
Cabot College
2014
TV Movie
Save the Date
2014
TV Movie
Mom
2013
TV Series 1 episode
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
How I Met Your Mother
2005-2014
TV Series executive producer - 208 episodes
Cabot College
2014
TV Movie executive producer
How I Met Your Dad
2014
TV Movie executive producer
And They're Off
2011
producer
Just Shoot Me!
2001-2003
TV Series executive producer - 41 episodes
Happy Family
2003
TV Series executive producer - 1 episode
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Santa Barbara
1988-1990
TV Series associate director - 41 episodes
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Man with a Plan
2016
TV Series consultant - 1 episode
Santa Barbara
1987-1988
TV Series production assistant - 26 episodes
The New Hollywood Squares
1986
TV Series assistant to the producer - 1 episode
Dream House
1984
TV Series production assistant - 1 episode
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Santa Barbara
1988
TV Series
Whispy Figure
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
2013 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
2013
TV Special
Herself - Co-Presenter: Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series / Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series / Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special / ...
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2011
Dorothy Arzner Directors Award
Women in Film Crystal Awards
1991
Daytime Emmy
Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team
Santa Barbara (1984)
1990
Daytime Emmy
Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team
Santa Barbara (1984)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2014
Gold Derby TV Award
Gold Derby Awards
Comedy Episode of the Year
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
2011
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
2011
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Direction in a Comedy Series
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
2009
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Comedy Series
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
2007
Gold Derby TV Award
Gold Derby Awards
Comedy Episode of the Year
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
2001
DGA Award
Directors Guild of America, USA
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series'
Frasier (1993)
2000
DGA Award
Directors Guild of America, USA
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series'
Frasier (1993)
1999
DGA Award
Directors Guild of America, USA
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series'
Just Shoot Me! (1997)
1998
DGA Award
Directors Guild of America, USA
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series'