Don Scardino
- Directing
- February 17, 1949 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Don Scardino (born February 17, 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.
Known for
Filmography
- You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... · Self
- Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders · Self
- A Break in the Rain · Director, Music
- Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story · Don, Director
- The Bitch Who Stole Christmas · Director, Executive producer
- Only Murders in the Building · Director
- The Cool Kids · Executive producer, Director
- Murphy Brown · Director
- New Amsterdam · Director
- Instinct · Director
- Young Sheldon · Director
- Angel from Hell · Director
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend · Director
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt · Director
- Mission Control · Director
- Browsers · Director, Executive producer
- The Incredible Burt Wonderstone · Director
- The Mindy Project · Director
- 2 Broke Girls · Director
- Royal Pains · Director
- Lipstick Jungle · Director
- The History of 'Cruising' · Self
- Exorcising 'Cruising' · Self
- The Knights of Prosperity · Director
- 30 Rock · Hermit, Director
- Rescue Me · Director
- Hope & Faith · Director
- George Lopez · Director
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent · Director
- The Education of Max Bickford · Director
- 100 Centre Street · Director
- DAG · Director
- Ed · Director
- The West Wing · Director
- Advice From a Caterpillar · Director
- Sports Night · Director
- The Deal · Director
- Soul Man · Director
- Public Morals · Director
- Cosby · Director
- Pearl · Director
- The Big Easy · Director
- Central Park West · Director
- Tracey Ullman Takes on New York · Director
- Me and Veronica · Director
- Homicide: Life on the Street · Director
- Law & Order · Director
- Women and Wallace · Director
- 27 Wagons Full of Cotton · Director
- Tattingers · Director
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd · Singer, Director
- American Playhouse · Director
- Purlie · Charlie
- He Knows You're Alone · Marvin
- Cruising · Ted Bailey
- The Rubber Gun Squad
- Squirm · Mick
- Rip-Off · Mike
- Homer · Homer Edwards, Music
- The People Next Door · Sandy Hoffman
- CBS Playhouse · Sandy Hoffman
- After All · Director, Music