Don Scardino
Born: 1949-02-17 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Directing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Don Scardino (born 17 February 1948) is an American television director and producer and a former actor. Born in New York City, Scardino began his career as an actor. His first Broadway credit was as an understudy in The Playroom in 1965. Additional Broadway acting credits include Johnny No-Trump, Godspell, and King of Hearts. Off-Broadway he appeared in The Rimers of Eldritch, The Comedy of Errors, Moonchildren, and I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road, he was also the lead in a cult classic B horror movie titled Squirm in 1976. He served as Artistic Director at Playwrights Horizons from 1991-96. On television he appeared on the daytime soap operas The Guiding Light, All My Children, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, and Another World and the primetime series The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and The Name of the Game. Feature film credits include Rip-off, Homer, Squirm and Cruising. Following his acting on the network soap operas, he began to direct them. He directed episodes of Another World, One Life to Live, and All My Children. He went on to direct plays on and off-Broadway, including the world premiere of Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men. He has directed extensively in television, most notably NBC's comedy 30 ROCK. Feature film directing work includes Me & Veronica (Venice Film Festival), and Advice From A Caterpillar, winner, best comedy, at Aspen Comedy Festival. Scardino was married to actress Pamela Blair from 1984 to 1991. He is currently married to painter Dana L. Williams.
Filmography
2025
2023
2021
- Only Murders in the Building ... (Director)
- The Bitch Who Stole Christmas ... (Director)
2018
- New Amsterdam ... (Director)
- Instinct ... (Director)
- The Cool Kids ... (Executive Producer)
- Murphy Brown ... (Director)
2017
- Young Sheldon ... (Director)
2016
- Angel from Hell ... (Director)
2015
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt ... (Director)
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ... (Director)
2013
- The Incredible Burt Wonderstone ... (Director)
- Browsers ... (Director)
2012
- The Mindy Project ... (Director)
2011
- 2 Broke Girls ... (Director)
2009
- Royal Pains ... (Director)
2008
- Lipstick Jungle ... (Director)
2007
- Exorcising 'Cruising' as Self
- The History of 'Cruising' as Self
- The History of 'Cruising' as Self
- The Knights of Prosperity ... (Director)
2006
- 30 Rock as Hermit
2004
- Rescue Me ... (Director)
2003
- Hope & Faith ... (Director)
2002
- George Lopez ... (Director)
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent ... (Director)
- 100 Centre Street ... (Director)
- The Education of Max Bickford ... (Director)
1999
- The West Wing ... (Director)
- Advice From a Caterpillar ... (Director)
1998
- Sports Night ... (Director)
- The Deal ... (Director)
1997
- Soul Man ... (Director)
1996
- The Big Easy ... (Director)
- Cosby ... (Director)
- Pearl ... (Director)
- Public Morals ... (Director)
1995
- Central Park West ... (Director)
1993
- Homicide: Life on the Street ... (Director)
- Me and Veronica ... (Director)
- Tracey Ullman Takes on New York ... (Director)
1990
- Law & Order ... (Director)
- 27 Wagons Full of Cotton ... (Director)
1988
- Tattingers ... (Director)
1987
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd as Singer
1981
- Purlie as Charlie
1980
- Cruising as Ted Bailey
- He Knows You're Alone as Marvin
1976
- Squirm as Mick
1971
- Rip-Off as Mike
1970
- The People Next Door as Sandy Hoffman
- Homer as Homer Edwards