Brian Friedman

Brian Friedman was born on 28 May 1977(48 years old) in Illinois. Brian Friedman is Choreographer, Zodiac sign - Gemini. More detail about Brian Friedman given below.

Brian Friedman Timeline

• 2000
  

  Friedman also co-owned a dance studio with his mother, Judi Friedman, called The Dance Source. It closed in 2000, so he could focus full-time on choreography.

• 2004
  

  From 2004 to 2016, Friedman served as the creative director of The PULSE on Tour, where he toured around the world mentoring students.

• 2007
  

  Friedman appeared as a judge and choreographer on the show So You Think You Can Dance?. After two seasons, Friedman was offered a contract by Simon Cowell to appear on his show, Grease Is the Word alongside Sinitta, David Ian, and David Gest. The show lasted only one series. In 2007, Friedman became a judge and the replacement for Louis Walsh on the UK series of The X Factor alongside Cowell, Sharon Osbourne, and fellow new judge Dannii Minogue, as part of a revamp to the show in series 4. On June 22, after completing auditions in London, it was announced that Friedman had stepped down as a judge and would be replaced by Walsh. Subsequently, Cowell created a brand new on-camera position for Friedman as creative director. As creative director, he was able to work with the contestants of the show as well as the judges, Osbourne, Cowell, Minogue, Walsh, and later Cheryl Cole, who replaced Osbourne.

• 2010
  

  Friedman left the UK show in 2010, and was re-contracted to work on the American version of the show, The X Factor USA, alongside the contestants and judges; Simon Cowell, Nicole Scherzinger, L.A. Reid, Paula Abdul, and formerly Cheryl Cole.

• 2011
  

  In 2011, Friedman re-joined Britney Spears to choreograph the music videos, and performances for her #1 Singles "Hold It Against Me"and "Till The World Ends".

• 2012
  

  In 2012, Friedman returned to work on The X Factor UK for the ninth series alongside the judges Gary Barlow, Tulisa Contostavlos, Nicole Scherzinger, and Louis Walsh for the first three weeks of the live shows. After this, Friedman flew back to Los Angeles to work with the acts permanently on the live shows of the second season of the American version alongside Simon Cowell, L.A. Reid, and new judges Demi Lovato and Britney Spears. He left the show after the second season, and Jamie King took his position in the third season. He appeared in one episode of Welling Filmsu0027 dance series Avengers of eXtreme Illusions.

• 2014
  

  Friedman also choreographed the stage performance for Irish pop duo Jedward for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 semi-final. In 2014, Friedman returned to The X Factor UK as creative director.

• 2015
  

  Friedman took part in the 2015 series of Iu0027m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. He finished in 11th place.

• 2019
  

  In 2019, he was responsible for choreographing all musical numbers in Melanie Martinezu0027 first movie, K-12.