Andrew Fried

Fried executive produced the Netflix documentary series Cheer, directed by Greg Whiteley, which was released January 8, 2020. Cheer documented the lives of the Navarro College Bulldogs Cheer Team, and was praised for its honest portrayal of the rigours and rewards of cheerleading, and for portraying the daily lives of its cast in a nuanced, human light. Fried also directed We Are Freestyle Love Supreme, a documentary about the improv hip hop group Freestyle Love Supreme, which was produced by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Thomas Kail. We Are Freestyle Love Supreme was premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

The Goop Lab, a Netflix series featuring Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop lifestyle company, was also executive produced by Fried and is scheduled to be released January 24, 2020.

Fried executive produced Action, a four-part documentary miniseries on the legalization of sports gambling. In May 2019, Chef's Table was renewed for a seventh and eighth season. The show was nominated for its third Emmy for "Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series" in 2019.

In 2018, it was announced that Fried would be one of the executive producers of Lena Waithe's unscripted series You Ain't Got These, 7 Days Out, and the 2019 YouTube Original series BookTube, with Boardwalk Pictures. The first season of 7 Days Out was released on December 21, 2018. The series, which documents the planning and build up to a different major event such as Chanel's Haute Couture Fashion Show or the Kentucky Derby in each episode, was praised by critics.

Far From Home, a documentary about the lead up to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyongyang, was executive produced by Fried for Olympic Channel. The series was filmed in 12 countries over a period of eight months, and was released February 5, 2018.

On November 10, 2017, it was announced that Fried was going to produce the Starz-original documentary series In Fashion with Boardwalk Pictures, Rogue Atlas Productions and Lionsgate.

Fried has been nominated for an Emmy three times, for the Netflix documentary series Chef's Table. On May 16, 2017, American chef Ivan Orkin presented Fried with the 21st Annual Webby Award for "Documentary: Series in Film & Video". Fried also won for the James Beard Media Award for Best Television Program on Location. The documentary Far From Home received the 2019 Venice TV Award in the Sport category.

Fried is one of the executive producers and directors of Chef's Table, Netflix's first original documentary series which premiered in 2015. During the process of filming the series, Fried and the other directors selected acclaimed chefs to be featured in the series. He directed episodes featuring Niki Nakayama, Dominique Crenn, Nancy Silverton, Adeline Grattard, Christina Tosi and Bo Songvisava. Chef's Table has been nominated for three Emmy Awards. Fried also directed the 2016 spin-off Chef's Table: France, produced by Boardwalk Pictures.

Fried founded Boardwalk Pictures Inc., a Santa Monica-based production company, in 2010. The name of the company came from Fried's experiences growing up in Long Beach, New York. That same year, Fried directed and produced the 2010 documentary The Rocket Project, and produced The Oprah Winfrey Oscar Special, directed by Thomas Kail. From 2011 to 2015 Fried was the creative director of the Webby Awards, along with Thomas Kail. He produced the 2012 series The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet.

Fried's earliest work was in 2004, when he was an associate producer on Fade to Black, a documentary about the life and career of American rapper and record producer Jay-Z. Fried continued his career by producing the Sundance Channel series Iconoclasts, the 2006 documentary Black and White: A Portrait of Sean Combs, about American rapper Sean Combs, and the 2008 documentary Britney: For the Record for MTV.

Andrew Fried (born February 10, 1976) is an American documentary filmmaker, producer and director, and the president of Boardwalk Pictures. Fried is known for producing documentary films and television series, such as Chef's Table, The Black Godfather, Last Chance U, 7 Days Out, Street Food, Cheer, and The Goop Lab with Gwyneth Paltrow. He directed the 2020 documentary film We Are Freestyle Love Supreme.