Don Scardino
Directing
1949-02-17 · 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 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
TheatersYou Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
2026 · Movie
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
2026 · Movie
A Break in the Rain
2025 · Movie
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story
2023 · Movie
The Bitch Who Stole Christmas
2021 · Movie
Only Murders in the Building
2021 · Series
The Cool Kids
2018 · Series
Murphy Brown
2018 · Series
New Amsterdam
2018 · Series
Instinct
2018 · Series
Young Sheldon
2017 · Series
Angel from Hell
2016 · Series
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
2015 · Series
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015 · Series
Browsers
2013 · Movie
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
2013 · Movie
The Mindy Project
2012 · Series
2 Broke Girls
2011 · Series
Royal Pains
2009 · Series
Lipstick Jungle
2008 · Series
The History of 'Cruising'
2007 · Movie
Exorcising 'Cruising'
2007 · Movie
The Knights of Prosperity
2007 · Series
30 Rock
2006 · Series
Rescue Me
2004 · Series
Hope & Faith
2003 · Series
George Lopez
2002 · Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Series
The Education of Max Bickford
2001 · Series
100 Centre Street
2001 · Series
DAG
2000 · Series
Ed
2000 · Series
The West Wing
1999 · Series
Advice From a Caterpillar
1999 · Movie
Sports Night
1998 · Series
The Deal
1998 · Movie
Soul Man
1997 · Series
Public Morals
1996 · Series
Cosby
1996 · Series
Pearl
1996 · Series
The Big Easy
1996 · Series
Central Park West
1995 · Series
Tracey Ullman Takes on New York
1993 · Movie
Me and Veronica
1993 · Movie
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Series
Law & Order
1990 · Series
Women and Wallace
1990 · Movie
27 Wagons Full of Cotton
1990 · Movie
Tattingers
1988 · Series
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987 · Series
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Purlie
1981 · Movie
He Knows You're Alone
1980 · Movie
Cruising
1980 · Movie
The Rubber Gun Squad
1977 · Movie
Squirm
1976 · Movie
Rip-Off
1971 · Movie
Homer
1970 · Movie
The People Next Door
1970 · Movie
CBS Playhouse
1966 · Series
Mission Control
Movie
After All
Movie