David Trainer is an American

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. He is perhaps best known for directing every episode of the Fox

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'' (except

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) and directed all the episodes of the

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sitcom '' The Ranch''. He also directed the first two seasons of the television show '' Boy Meets World'' (also a supervising producer), the 4th and final season of '' the John Larroquette Show'' and over 60 episodes of ''

Designing Women ''Designing Women'' is an American television sitcom created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason that aired on CBS from September 29, 1986, to May 24, 1993, producing seven seasons and 163 episodes. It was a joint production of Bloodworth/Thomason M ...

''. Among many others, his directing credits also include several episodes of '' FM'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' My Boys'', ''

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'' and '' Mike & Molly''. He also wrote episodes for the

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'' in 1977 and the sitcom ''

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'' which he co-created with Michael Jacobs and Bob Young in 1995.

Awards

Trainer was nominated for three

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s for his work on ''

'' from 1989 to 1991. *1989 - Outstanding Comedy Series - ''Designing Women'' - nominated *1990 - Outstanding Comedy Series - ''Designing Women'' - nominated *1991 - Outstanding Comedy Series - ''Designing Women'' - nominated

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trainer, David American television directors American television producers American television writers American male television writers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)