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John Behring is an American television director and producer born in Canton, South Dakota. He has directed numerous episodic television dramas including Ghost Whisperer, CSI: NY, One Tree Hill, Charmed, Dawson’s Creek, Life, Crash and Trauma. He also directed numerous episodes of the show NUMB3RS for which he also served as producer for three seasons from 2006-2008.

Behring received his bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of South Dakota before working for television station WISN-TV in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He then began shooting local and national television commercials before moving to Los Angeles, California. Working in commercials for many years, Behring began shooting main titles and opening sequences for television shows in the early 90s.

Behring’s directorial debut was the CBS Schoolbreak Special My Indian Summer in 1995. His first episodic drama was Robert Urich’s The Lazarus Man in 1996. Since then, he has directed more than 50 episodes of various shows.