Lee Shallat Chemel (born June 15, 1943), sometimes credited as Lee Shallat, is an American film and television director and television producer.
She began her professional directorial career at the South Coast Repertory theatre in Costa Mesa, California, while working at the same time as the head of the theatre's conservatory program.
Her career has included directing a multitude of shows including: Diff'rent Strokes, Murphy Brown, Mad About You, Suddenly Susan, Becker, Sydney, George Lopez, That's So Raven, Arrested Development, and The Middle, among other series.
[1] From 1996 to 1997, she directed twenty-three out of the first twenty-four episodes of Spin City.
In 2005, she directed the film Greener Mountains with a cast that included Kimberly McCullough and Curtis Armstrong.