Ed Fraiman - Director - Winner of the Directors' Guild of Great Britain Best Newcomer Award

Ed Fraiman has over 10 years experience directing primetime television drama for the BBC and Channel 4 in the UK. He has also directed a number of shows for US network television.

Most recently Ed directed 3 episodes of the high concept, visual effects drama Merlin for the BBC. Merlin is scheduled for US primetime transmission on NBC in 2009. This is Ed's second US network credit having also directed 4 episodes of CBS/Paramount's Life Is Wild for the CW Network in 2007.

Other television credits include the award winning British procedural Murphy's Law (BBC), the critically acclaimed A Thing Called Love (BBC) and the popular and ground breaking TV hit AS IF (CH4). Ed also directed the Television film A Midsummer Night's Dream which was nominated at the World Television Awards in Canada in 2006.

Ed is attached to direct One By One -his debut feature film. The script is an action fueled thriller written by best selling UK author Simon Kernick and screenwriter Paul Stahelli. It will be produced by Jason Newmark at Dan Films.

Ed trained at the Northern Film School (UK) and went on to receive a scholarship to the acclaimed the Polish State Film School where he studied for a further 2 years. His student films won a number of international film awards. Including BEST SHORT FILM at the Rushes Soho Short Film Festival and SILVER PLAQUE at the Chicago International Film Festival and BEST INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM at Forte Lauderdale International Film Festival.

Ed graduated with an MA in Film Production in 1998 and the following year received the BEST NEWCOMER AWARD by the Directors' Guild of Great Britain.

Ed now lives Los Angeles and will be directing The Philanthropist for NBC in Spring 2009.

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