David Rogers | |
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| Occupations | Film editor, television director, television producer |
| Years active | 1996–present |
David Rogers is an Americanfilm editor,television director andproducer best known for working onNewsRadio,Entourage,The Office, andSpace Force. In 2007, he received thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series for his work onThe Office's third season finale, "The Job", which he shared withDean Holland[1] and another Emmy for the series finale, "Finale", which he shared with Claire Scanlon.[2]
Rogers began his career as an assistant editor on a variety of sitcoms throughout the mid-to-late 1990s and into the 2000s. These shows includedThe Single Guy,Seinfeld,Oh, Grow Up andNewsRadio. He first worked as a senior editor on theSeinfeld episodeThe Clip Show in 1998. Since then he has edited on comedies such asNewsRadio,The O'Keefes,The Comeback andEntourage, as well as 95 broadcast episodes ofThe Office.[3] He started directing episodes ofThe Office in season 5, with the episode "Employee Transfer" being his directorial debut,[4] and at the beginning of thesixth season, Rogers became an associate producer on the series. He attained the rank of co-producer beginning withseventh season.[5]
Rogers worked as a Supervising Producer/Editor/Director on the romantic sitcomThe Mindy Project from 2013 to 2017, and was part of the production team that transitioned to Hulu after the show was canceled by FOX after three seasons.[6]
AsNBC was launching their streaming servicePeacock, Rogers pitched the idea to include footage and promotional materials that would traditionally be included on DVD copies as bonus materials. This later became the impetus for the creation of the Peacock-exclusive "Superfan" episodes ofThe Office, in which Rogers has edited additional footage and deleted scenes along with the original broadcast episodes to create extended versions of some episodes.[3]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2008-2013 | The Office | Director, 10 episodes |
| 2010-2017 | Night at the Theatre | Director, 28 episodes |
| 2010 | The Hard Times of RJ Berger | Director, 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Parks and Recreation | Director, 1 episode |
| 2011 | Friends with Benefits | Director, 1 episode |
| 2013-2017 | The Mindy Project | Director, 11 episodes |
| 2020 | Space Force | Director, 1 episode |
| 2020-2023 | Upload | Director, 2 episodes |
| 2025 | The Paper | Director, 1 episode |
Rogers was nominated by theTelevision Academy five times for his editing work onThe Office, winning onePrime-Time Emmy for each of the episodes "The Job" in 2007 and "The Finale" in 2013. Rogers also won twoAmerican Cinema Editors "Eddie" Awards for these episodes.[7]
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