Ellen S. Pressman is an American television director and producer. Ellen S. Pressman Occupation Television director and producer Years active 1983–2006 She began her career as an associate producer on the series Hill Street Blues in 1983. She went on to win an Emmy Award as a member of the L.A. Law production team.[1] She made her directorial debut on Thirtysomething. Her other directorial credits include Sirens, Missing Persons, ** So-Called Life, ***** of Five, Arliss, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hyperion Bay, Charmed, Felicity, Time of Your Life,[2] Pasadena, American Dreams, Huff, Jack & Bobby, Everwood and Windfall, which was her last directing episode of Riverdale in 2017, and Once Upon a Time, Life Sentence and Nashville in 2018.