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Don Scardino
New York City, New York, USA
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 B…
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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.
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2026
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
Movie Self
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2025
A Break in the Rain
Movie Director
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2023
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story
Movie Don
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2021
The Bitch Who Stole Christmas
Movie Director
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2021
Only Murders in the Building
TV show Director
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2018
The Cool Kids
TV show Executive Producer
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2018
Murphy Brown
TV show Director
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2018
New Amsterdam
TV show Director
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2018
Instinct
TV show Director
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2017
Young Sheldon
TV show Director
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2016
Angel from Hell
TV show Director
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2015
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
TV show Director
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2015
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
TV show Director
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2013
Browsers
Movie Director
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2013
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Movie Director
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2012
The Mindy Project
TV show Director
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2011
2 Broke Girls
TV show Director
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2009
Royal Pains
TV show Director
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2008
Lipstick Jungle
TV show Director
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2007
The History of 'Cruising'
Movie Self
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2007
Exorcising 'Cruising'
Movie Self
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2007
The Knights of Prosperity
TV show Director
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2006
30 Rock
TV show Hermit
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2004
Rescue Me
TV show Director
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2003
Hope & Faith
TV show Director
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2002
George Lopez
TV show Director
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2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV show Director
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2001
The Education of Max Bickford
TV show Director
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2001
100 Centre Street
TV show Director
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2000
DAG
TV show Director
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2000
Ed
TV show Director
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1999
The West Wing
TV show Director
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1999
Advice From a Caterpillar
Movie Director
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1998
Sports Night
TV show Director
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1998
The Deal
Movie Director
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1997
Soul Man
TV show Director
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1996
Public Morals
TV show Director
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1996
Cosby
TV show Director
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1996
Pearl
TV show Director
