Don Scardino (lahir 17 Februari 1948) adalah seorang sutradara dan produser televisi Amerika dan mantan aktor. Lahir di New York City, Scardino memulai karirnya sebagai aktor. Kredit Broadway pertamanya adalah sebagai pemain pengganti di The Playroom pada tahun 1965. Kredit akting Broadway tambahan termasuk Johnny No-Trump, Godspell, dan King of Hearts. Di luar Broadway dia muncul di The Rimers of Eldritch, The Comedy of Errors, Moonchildren, dan I'm Getting My Act Together dan Taking It on the...
Don Scardino (lahir 17 Februari 1948) adalah seorang sutradara dan produser televisi Amerika dan mantan aktor. Lahir di New York City, Scardino memulai karirnya sebagai aktor. Kredit Broadway pertamanya adalah sebagai pemain pengganti di The Playroom pada tahun 1965. Kredit akting Broadway tambahan termasuk Johnny No-Trump, Godspell, dan King of Hearts. Di luar Broadway dia muncul di The Rimers of Eldritch, The Comedy of Errors, Moonchildren, dan I'm Getting My Act Together dan Taking It on the Road, dia juga menjadi pemeran utama dalam film horor klasik B berjudul Squirm pada tahun 1976.
Dia menjabat sebagai Direktur Artistik di Playwrights Horizons dari tahun 1991-96. Di televisi ia tampil di sinetron siang hari The Guiding Light, All My Children, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, dan Another World serta serial primetime The Ghost & Mrs. Muir dan The Name of the Game. Kredit film fitur termasuk Rip-off, Homer, Squirm dan Cruising.
Setelah aktingnya di sinetron jaringan, ia mulai mengarahkannya. Dia menyutradarai episode Another World, One Life to Live, dan All My Children. Dia kemudian menyutradarai drama di dalam dan di luar Broadway, termasuk pemutaran perdana dunia A Few Good Men karya Aaron Sorkin. Dia telah banyak menyutradarai televisi, terutama komedi NBC 30 ROCK. Karya penyutradaraan film fitur termasuk Me & Veronica (Venice Film Festival), dan Advice From A Caterpillar, pemenang, komedi terbaik, di Aspen Comedy Festival.
Scardino menikah dengan aktris Pamela Blair dari tahun 1984 hingga 1991. Saat ini ia menikah dengan pelukis Dana L. Williams.
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.