Don Scardino
Don Scardino | |
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Born |
New York City, U.S. | February 17, 1949
Occupation | Director, Producer |
Don Scardino (born February 17, 1949) is an American television director and producer and a former actor.
Career
Acting
Scardino was born in New York City, to jazz musician parents.[1] 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 B horror movie titled Squirm in 1976. He served as artistic director at Playwrights Horizons from 1991 to 1996. 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 The People Next Door, Rip-off, Homer, Squirm, Cruising and He Knows You're Alone.
Directing
Following his acting on the network soap operas, Scardino 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 Tracey Takes On... and 30 Rock. Feature film directing work includes Me & Veronica (Venice Film Festival), and Advice from a Caterpillar, winner, best comedy, at Aspen Comedy Festival. He directed the 2013 film The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, starring Jim Carrey and Steve Carell.
Award nominations
- 1986 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Leading Man in a Drama Series (Another World)
- 1994 Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing in a Variety or Music Program (Tracey Takes on New York)
- 1998 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety or Music Program (Tracey Takes On...)
- 1998 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety (Tracey Takes On...)
- 2008 Emmy Award for producing NBC's comedy 30 Rock
- 2009 Emmy Award for 30 Rock in 2009.
- 2010 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing of a Comedy Series (30 Rock)
Selected directing credits
- 2 Broke Girls (2013–present)
- The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
- Rescue Me (2007)
- 30 Rock (2006–2013)
- Lennon (2005 Broadway musical)
- Hope & Faith (2004–06)
- George Lopez (2004)
- Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (2003 Broadway play)
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2002–03)
- Ed (2002–03)
- The West Wing (2000)
- Tracey Takes On... (1997–98)
- Cosby (1998–2000)
- Law & Order (1991–2006)
- A Few Good Men (1989 Broadway play)
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1988–1991)
Selected producing credits
References
External links
- 16075 Don Scardino at the Internet Broadway Database
- Don Scardino at the Internet Movie Database
- Don Scardino at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Don Scardino at Godspell.ca