(born May 28, 1977) is an American dancer and choreographer, and has created the choreography for many popular music artists - such as Beyoncé Knowles, Mariah Carey and Usher - as well as for music videos, concert tours and television and film productions.
Born in Highland Park, Illinois, United States, Friedman's dance training began at 11 in his hometown of Scottsdale, Arizona. From an early age he appeared in various dance shows including “Newsies”, and “Kids Incorporated”, and by the age of 16 was responsible for his own dance studio. Friedman trained under Joe Tremaine, Kenny Ortega, Vince Patterson, and Twyla Tharp. As a young dancer, Friedman worked with such artists as Michael Jackson, Paula Abdul, Celine Dion, Melissa Etheridge, Salt N Pepa, and Patti LaBelle. He has been credited for providing choreography for films such as “Charlie’s Angels” and “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle”, among others.
Friedman also appeared in a singing group, "Blessed With Soul", along with Brittany Murphy, but left to pursue a career in dance. Friedman also co-owned a dance studio with his mother, Judi Friedman, called The Dance Source, which closed in 2000 so he could focus full-time on choreography
生於在美國伊利諾州高地公園，弗里德曼的舞蹈訓練開始於11歲，在他的家鄉-亞利桑那州的斯科茨代爾。從幼年開始，他出現在各種舞蹈節目，包括“Newsies”和“Kids Incorporated”，在他16歲時就負責了自己的舞蹈工作室。弗里德曼受訓於Joe Tremaine, Kenny Ortega, Vince Patterson, and Twyla Tharp等人。作為一個年輕的舞者，他曾與Michael Jackson, Paula Abdul, Celine Dion, Melissa Etheridge, Salt N Pepa, and Patti LaBelle（麥可傑克遜，寶拉阿巴杜，席琳迪翁，梅利莎瑟里奇，塞爾特佩帕和佩蒂拉貝爾）等藝人一起工作。他也為一些電影編排舞蹈動作，如“霹靂嬌娃”和“霹靂嬌娃：烈火戰車”，等等。
他也和布里坦妮墨菲一起出現在演唱組''Blessed With Soul''當中，但為了追求的舞蹈生涯而離開。弗里德曼還與他的母親朱迪弗里德曼共同擁有一個舞蹈工作室“Dance Source”，這個工作室在2000年關閉，所以他可以集中精力於他的編舞工作。
編舞
Choreography
Friedman has choreographed and directed many music videos and performances, such as Britney Spears' “Toxic” and “Slave 4 U”, “” by Mya, “The One” by Prince, and *NSYNC's “Dirty Pop". Friedman has also choreographed for various television shows including Will & Grace, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, David Letterman and the Billboard Music Awards.
Friedman released an interactive instructional dance DVD called 'FREESTYLE', teaching audiences the dance steps he himself used in his productions. He also is creative director of a dance work shop called The Pulse, where he tours around the world mentoring students.
編舞
他的編排和執導過很多作品，如布蘭妮“toxic”和“slave 4 U”，“My Love Is Like Wo”，“The One”，和*NSYNC's“的作品。他還編排各種電視節目，包括威爾與格蕾絲，傑雷諾的今夜秀，大衛萊特曼和公告牌音樂獎。
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”. Following this, in 2007 Friedman became a judge on the UK series of The X Factor as part of a re-vamp to the show in series 4. Cowell created a brand new on-camera position just for Brian as Creative Director. Brian finished his judging duties on MTV's Top Pop Group and directed, choreographed and danced on 'Dancing with the Stars', before acting as producer and creative director for “America’s Got Talent”, where he currently remains.
Friedman has his own clothing and shoe line with Frontline in association with Capezio. Friedman resides in Los Angeles and London
電視他作為一名評審和編舞出現在表演“舞林爭霸”。經過兩個賽季，西蒙考威爾提供他一個契約，便出現在西蒙的節目裡，“Grease Is the Word”。在此之後，他在2007年開始作為英國的The X Factor的評審的一部分。西蒙剛創建的創意總監他作為一個全新的亮點。Brian完成他的評審在MTV的熱門流行樂隊和導演編排上，義務和跳舞的“與星共舞”，作為“美國達人”的製作人和創意總監，他目前仍然在那裡。
