Rodman Flender is an American

United States

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 actor, writer, director and producer.

Career

Flender's directing credits include the feature films The Unborn

The Unborn (1991 film)

The Unborn is a 1991 horror film. It was directed by Rodman Flender, and is about a couple who cannot have children so they try in-vitro fertilization program, but then strange things start happening to the mother while pregnant with the child.-Plot:...

, Idle Hands

Idle Hands

Idle Hands is a 1999 horror comedy film directed by Rodman Flender, written by Terri Hughes and Ron Milbauer, and starring Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Elden Henson, Jessica Alba, and Vivica A. Fox...

and the documentary Let Them Eat Rock. He has also directed a number of episodes for television shows including Ugly Betty

Ugly Betty

Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea...

, The O.C.

The O.C.

The O.C. is an American teen drama television series that originally aired on the Fox television network in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 21, 2007, running a total of four seasons...

, Dawson's Creek

Dawson's Creek

Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama television series which debuted on January 20, 1998, on The WB Television Network and was produced by Sony Pictures Television. The show is set in the fictional seaside town of Capeside, Massachusetts, and in Boston, Massachusetts, during the later seasons...

, Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt (TV series)

Tales from the Crypt, sometimes titled HBO's Tales from the Crypt, is an American horror anthology television series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO...

and Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls is an American family comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. On October 5, 2000, the series debuted on The WB and was cancelled in its seventh season, ending on May 15, 2007 on The CW...

. Flender's writing credits include Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt (TV series)

Tales from the Crypt, sometimes titled HBO's Tales from the Crypt, is an American horror anthology television series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO...

, Roger Corman's Dracula Rising and In The Heat of Passion. As an actor, he appeared in the Broadway

Broadway theatre

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 production of Zalmen, Or The Madness Of God, the PBS mini-series The Adams Chronicles

The Adams Chronicles

The Adams Chronicles is a thirteen-episode miniseries by PBS that aired in 1976 to commemorate the American Bicentennial.-Synopsis:The series chronicles the story of the Adams political family over a 150-year span, including John Adams , his wife Abigail Adams, his son John Quincy Adams The Adams...

and the film Beethoven's 5th

Beethoven's 5th (film)

Beethoven's 5th is the fifth installment in the Beethoven film series, all sequels to the 1992 film Beethoven. It was released in 2003. Daveigh Chase takes over the role of Sara which was originally played by Michaela Gallo in the previous two films. This was the final film of the original...

. His producing credits include the television series My Guide To Becoming A Rock Star and the films Streets and Full Fathom Five

Full Fathom Five

"Full fathom five" are the opening words of a famous song sung by the spirit Ariel in William Shakespeare's The Tempest , and the source of the phrase...

.

Following the 2010 Tonight Show conflict

2010 Tonight Show conflict

In early 2010, American television network NBC and two of its late-night talk show hosts, Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno, engaged in a media and public relations conflict over the host and airtime of The Tonight Show, the network's long-running late night program...

, Flender joined Conan O'Brien

Conan O'Brien

Conan Christopher O'Brien is an American television host, comedian, writer, producer and performer. Since November 2010 he has hosted Conan, a late-night talk show that airs on the American cable television station TBS....

 (whom he knew since their days at Harvard) on the road, as part of the Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour

The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour

The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour was a comedy tour featuring Conan O'Brien. The title of the tour is a reference to the 2010 Tonight Show host and timeslot conflict which resulted in O'Brien resigning from his position as host of The Tonight Show in January 2010...

, and documented the ongoings behind-the-scenes, onstage and between shows. The documentary, titled Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

Conan O'Brien Can't Stop is a 2011 documentary film featuring Conan O'Brien and focusing on his comedy tour, The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour, which took place in 2010 following his departure from The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien due to a scheduling...

, was released in selected theatres on June 24, 2011.

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