Sandy Smolan
Though the prolific Sandy Smolan eventually established himself as one of Hollywood's most versatile TV directors, he made his career breakthrough with a movie--1987's "Rachel River," a Sundance-winning drama that featured his future wife Pamela Reed. But even though Smolan earned a great deal of acclaim (and a spouse) from his debut venture into motion pictures, he immediately plunged head-first into television work, starting with a one-off directing job on an episode of the educational series "ABC Afterschool Specials." His talents were recognized quickly, and in the late '80s and '90s, Smolan was a hot commodity as a director, working on programs as diverse as the family comedy "Doogie Howser, M.D.," the influential dramedy "Northern Exposure," and the offbeat fantasy-comedy "Ally McBeal." There was never a shortage of quality work for the director, who tended to work on one-off episodes rather than extended stints. But that started to change as the '90s turned into the 2000s, starting with a four-episode run on the teen romance "Dawson's Creek." But unlike many of his director peers, Smolan refused to be pigeonholed into a genre, working on shows like the crime-comedy "The District," the slick romantic comedy "The O.C.," and the comedy "First Day."
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Sandy Smolan
Filmography
Movies
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Director, Writer, Producer |
- | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 12 Stones |
Director, Producer |
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Beach Girls | Director | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Place to Be Loved | Director | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vietnam War Story: The Last Days | Director | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachel River | Director | - | 1987 |
TV
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75% | 65% | Greek | Director | 2008 |
56% | No Score Yet | Men in Trees | Director | 2008 |
60% | 100% | Eli Stone | Director | 2008 |
11% | No Score Yet | October Road | Director | 2007-2008 |
79% | 84% | Brothers & Sisters | Director | 2007 |
93% | No Score Yet | Everwood | Director | 2003-2005 |
8% | No Score Yet | The Mountain | Director | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 68% | One Tree Hill | Director | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The District | Director | 2000-2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Director | 2000-2001 |
No Score Yet | 77% | Dawson's Creek | Director | 1999-2000 |
100% | 86% | Now and Again | Director | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jack & Jill | Director | 2000 |
57% | 80% | Legacy | Director | 1998-1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Hope | Director | 1996 1998 |
14% | No Score Yet | Love Boat: The Next Wave | Director | 1998 |
0% | No Score Yet | Dellaventura | Director | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Weird Science | Director | 1997 |
50% | No Score Yet | Second Noah | Director | 1996 |
82% | 93% | Picket Fences | Director | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Northern Exposure | Director | 1990-1991 |