Monica Geller based the six main characters on some of their own friends and family; Monica is based on Kauffman herself. Observing that each main character was originally written as a "one-note stereotype", Jonathan Bernstein of "The Daily Telegraph" identified Monica as the group's "uptight fun-killer". When "Friends" first aired, the majority of its earliest episodes revolved around Monica, via whom each character appears to be interconnected; "Friends" stars the character's brother, her best friend, her former roommate and her two neighbors socializing in Monica's apartment. In the pilot, Monica is dumped almost immediately after sleeping with her new date Paul on
Lior Geller "Alone in Damascus", Geller went on to sell multiple screenplays as a screenwriter and direct several unscripted television series. Geller is currently in post–production on his feature film debut "We Die Young", based on his Oscar nominated short film, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Elijah Rodriguez () and David Castaneda (End of Watch, ). He is also in development of a television series based on the biblical story of The Maccabees. Since 2007 Geller has received numerous awards and nominations setting a Guinness World Record for "Most Awards Won by a Short Student Film" for "Roads". Lior Geller has a catalogue