Friends, the long-running American television situation comedy, had numerous directors over the ten seasons. Only one member of the lead cast directed any episodes - David Schwimmer.

Main directors:

• Gary Halvorson (47 episodes)
• Kevin Bright (42 episodes)

Frequent directors:

• Michael Lembeck (21 episodes)
• James Burrows (15 episodes)
• Gail Mancuso (14 episodes)
• Peter Bonerz (11 episodes)

Less frequent directors:

• David Schwimmer (9 episodes)
• Ben Weiss (8 episodes)
• Shelley Jensen (6 episodes)
• Robby Benson (5 episodes)
• Terry Hughes (5 episodes)
• Dana DeVally (3 episodes)
• Sheldon Epps (3 episodes)
• Pamela Fryman (2 episodes)
• Alan Myerson (2 episodes)
• Thomas Schlamme (2 episodes)
• Steve Zuckerman (2 episodes)

Directors of only one episode:

• Roger Christiansen
• Ellen Gittelsohn
• Todd Holland
• Paul Lazarus
• Mary Kay Place
• Stephen Prime
• Joe Regalbuto
• Arlene Sanford
• Sam Simon
• David Steinberg
• Andrew Tsao