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Manners made his directorial debut in 1978 at age 27, directing an episode of "Charlie's Angels". Prior to this, he had worked as unit production manager on the show and as an assistant director on a handful of other projects. Other notable directorial credits to Manners' name include episodes of "21 Jump Street", ', ', "Baywatch", "K-9000", and "The Commish".