Arlene Sanford
Encyclopedia
Arlene Sanford is an American film
and television director
.
Sanford has directed for several notable television series and several motion picture and television films which include A Very Brady Sequel
(1996), I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998) and Twelve Men of Christmas
(2009).
Sanford has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Award
s for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
for her work in the David E. Kelley
-produced series Ally McBeal
(in 1999) and Boston Legal
(in 2008).
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and television director
Television director
A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
.
Sanford has directed for several notable television series and several motion picture and television films which include A Very Brady Sequel
A Very Brady Sequel
A Very Brady Sequel is a 1996 comedy film and sequel to 1995’s The Brady Bunch Movie. Both films are parodies-homages of the classic 1969–1974 television sitcom The Brady Bunch. The film was directed by Arlene Sanford and stars Shelley Long and Gary Cole as Carol and Mike Brady. The film was a box...
(1996), I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998) and Twelve Men of Christmas
Twelve Men of Christmas
12 Men of Christmas is a 2009 American romantic comedy television film made for the Lifetime Television network. Directed by Arlene Sanford and starring Kristin Chenoweth, the film is based on the novel Decent Exposure by Phillipa Ashley with the teleplay adaptation written by Jon Maas...
(2009).
Sanford has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Award
Primetime Emmy Award
The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming...
s for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series is an Emmy presented to the best directing of a television drama series.-Best Direction of a Single Program of a Drama Series:*1959: Jack Smight – Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre ...
for her work in the David E. Kelley
David E. Kelley
David Edward Kelley is an American television writer and producer, known as the creator of Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Boston Legal and Harry's Law, as well as several films. Kelley is one of the only screenwriters to have had a show created by him run on...
-produced series Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal
Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia...
(in 1999) and Boston Legal
Boston Legal
Boston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley, which was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for the ABC...
(in 2008).
Filmography
- Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! is a 2011 Christmas film based on the Disney Channel Original Series Good Luck Charlie. The film was directed by Arlene Sanford and written by Geoff Rodkey, and stars Bridgit Mendler, Leigh-Allyn Baker, Bradley Steven Perry, Mia Talerico, Eric Allan Kramer, and...
(2011) TV film - Twelve Men of ChristmasTwelve Men of Christmas12 Men of Christmas is a 2009 American romantic comedy television film made for the Lifetime Television network. Directed by Arlene Sanford and starring Kristin Chenoweth, the film is based on the novel Decent Exposure by Phillipa Ashley with the teleplay adaptation written by Jon Maas...
(2009) TV film - My BoysMy BoysMy Boys is an American television sitcom that debuted on November 28, 2006, on TBS. The show deals with a female sports columnist in Chicago, Illinois and the men in her life including her brother and her best friend...
(2006) TV Series - Psych (2006) TV series
- WeedsWeeds (TV series)Weeds is an American television comedy created by Jenji Kohan and produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television. The central character is Nancy Botwin , a widowed mother of two boys who begins selling marijuana to support her family after her husband dies suddenly of a...
(2005) TV series- episode 1.06 "Dead in the Nethers"
- The Bad Girl's GuideThe Bad Girl's GuideThe Bad Girl's Guide is an American television program starring Jenny McCarthy, Marcelle Larice, Christina Moore, Stephanie Childers and Johnathan McClain. The series aired on UPN from May 24, 2005 to July 5, 2005....
(2005) TV series - Boston LegalBoston LegalBoston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley, which was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for the ABC...
(2004) TV series- episode 1.09 "A Greater Good
- episode 2.02 "Schadenfreude"
- Desperate HousewivesDesperate HousewivesDesperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producer Cherry serves as Showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season include Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W...
(2004) TV series- episode 1.03 "Pretty Little Picture"
- episode 1.05 "Come In, Stranger"
- episode 1.13 "Your Fault"
- episode 1.16 "The Ladies Who LunchThe Ladies Who Lunch"The Ladies Who Lunch" is the 16th episode of the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. The episode was the 16th episode for the show's first season. The episode was written by Alexandra Cunningham and was directed by Arlene Sanford...
" - episode 1.19 "Live Alone and Like It"
- episode 2.03 "You'll Never Get Away from Me"
- episode 2.10 "Coming Home"
- Miss MatchMiss MatchMiss Match is a 2003 American television series created by Jeff Rake and Darren Star and produced by Twentieth Century Fox, Darren Star Productions and Imagine Entertainment. It aired in the U.S. on NBC, Australia on Network Seven, Arena and FOX8, and in the UK on Living, Channel 4 and is currently...
(2003) TV Series - EveEve (TV series)Eve is an American sitcom starring Eve, Jason Winston George, Ali Landry, Natalie Desselle-Reid, Brian Hooks and Sean Maguire. That aired on the UPN network from September 15, 2003 to May 11, 2006, with 66 episodes produced spanning 3 seasons...
(2003) TV series - EverwoodEverwoodEverwood is an American drama television series that initially aired in the United States on The WB. The series is set in the fictional small town of Everwood, Colorado, and was filmed in Ogden, South Salt Lake, and Draper, Utah, except the series pilot which was filmed in Canmore, Alberta,...
(2002) TV Series- episode 1.05 "Deer God"
- episode 1.17 "Everwood, Confidential"
- episode 1.19 "The Miracle of Everwood"
- Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002) Direct-to-video film
- Go FishGo Fish (TV series)Go Fish is an American television sitcom that aired on on NBC from June 19 to July 3, 2001. The series was created by Pam Brady and Adam Herz and starred Kieran Culkin in his first regular role in a television series...
(2001) TV series- episode "Go Wrestle"
- Boston PublicBoston PublicBoston Public is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. It centered on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school district in which it takes place...
(2000) TV series - EdEd (TV series)Ed is an NBC television program co-produced by David Letterman's Worldwide Pants Incorporated, NBC Productions, and Viacom Productions that aired from 2000 to 2004....
(2000) TV Series - Gilmore GirlsGilmore GirlsGilmore Girls is an American family comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. On October 5, 2000, the series debuted on The WB and was cancelled in its seventh season, ending on May 15, 2007 on The CW...
(2000) TV series- episode 1.02 "The Lorelais' First Day at ChiltonThe Lorelais' First Day At ChiltonThis is the second episode of the WB hit series Gilmore Girls. It is written by Amy Sherman-Palladino and directed by Arlene Sanford-Synopsis:Lorelai oversleeps on Rory's first day at Chilton and discovers that all her good clothes are in the cleaners...
"
- episode 1.02 "The Lorelais' First Day at Chilton
- Battery ParkBattery Park (TV series)Battery Park is an American comedy television series starring Elizabeth Perkins and Justin Louis. The series premiered March 23, 2000 on NBC...
(2000) TV series - Malcolm in the MiddleMalcolm in the MiddleMalcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons and 151 episodes...
(2000) TV series- episode 1.02 "Red Dress"
- episode 1.11 "Funeral"
- episode 2.12 "Krelboyne Girl"
- AllyAlly McBealAlly McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia...
(1999) TV series - The West WingThe West Wing (TV series)The West Wing is an American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999 to May 14, 2006...
(1999) TV series- episode 1.12 "He Shall, from Time to Time"
- Once and AgainOnce and AgainOnce and Again is an American television series that aired on ABC from September 21, 1999 to April 15, 2002. It depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father...
(1999) TV series - I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998) Theatrical film
- Dawson's CreekDawson's CreekDawson's Creek is an American teen drama television series which debuted on January 20, 1998, on The WB Television Network and was produced by Sony Pictures Television. The show is set in the fictional seaside town of Capeside, Massachusetts, and in Boston, Massachusetts, during the later seasons...
(1998) TV series - Ally McBealAlly McBealAlly McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia...
(1997) TV series - Temporarily YoursTemporarily YoursTemporarily Yours was an American sitcom that ran for six episodes in 1997.-Plot:Deb DeAngelo , a young woman is desperate for a luxurious, cheaply priced New York City apartment. She lies to the landlady about having a job with a temp agency and then hurries to the agency to beg for work before...
(1997) TV series - A Very Brady SequelA Very Brady SequelA Very Brady Sequel is a 1996 comedy film and sequel to 1995’s The Brady Bunch Movie. Both films are parodies-homages of the classic 1969–1974 television sitcom The Brady Bunch. The film was directed by Arlene Sanford and stars Shelley Long and Gary Cole as Carol and Mike Brady. The film was a box...
(1996) Theatrical film - The Last Frontier (1996) TV series
- Too SomethingToo SomethingToo Something is an American sitcom that aired on the Fox network in October 1995 and again from May, 1996 to June 23, 1996.-Premise:The show centered on Eric McDougal, a would-be author, and Donny Reeves, a photographer, who were roommates in Manhattan....
(1995) TV Series - Caroline in the CityCaroline in the CityCaroline in the City is an American situation comedy that ran from September 21, 1995 to April 26, 1999 on the NBC television network. It starred Lea Thompson as cartoonist Caroline Duffy. The series premiered in the two-hour Thursday night block led by Friends.-Premise:Caroline Duffy is a...
(1995) TV series - The Naked TruthThe Naked Truth (TV series)The Naked Truth is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from 1995 to 1996, and on NBC from 1996 to 1998. The series stars Téa Leoni and co-starred Holland Taylor...
(1995) TV series - Pride & JoyPride & Joy"Pride and Joy" is a 1963 single by Marvin Gaye, released on the Tamla label. The single, co-written by William "Mickey" Stevenson, Gaye and Norman Whitfield, and produced by Stevenson, was considered to be a tribute to Gaye's then-girlfriend, Anna Gordy....
(1995) TV Series - FriendsFriendsFriends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
(1994) TV series- episode "The One with the Butt"
- All American Girl (1994) TV series
- The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson StoryThe Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson StoryThe Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story, also released as Seeds of Deception, is a 1994 television film directed by Arlene Sanford. The film is based on the true story of Cecil Jacobson, who used his own sperm to impregnate patients, without informing them...
(1994) TV film - Arly HanksArly HanksArly Hanks is a 1993 American television pilot based on the first book of Joan Hess' series Malice in Maggody. Written by Sean Clark and directed by Arlene Sanford, it screened on CBS on August 20, 1994. Due to low ratings, the show was removed from the CBS season...
(1993) TV film - SistersSisters (TV series)Sisters is a television drama which aired on NBC for six seasons, from 1991 to 1996. The series was created by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, who also created the Showtime series Queer as Folk and wrote the acclaimed Emmy and Peabody Award winning drama An Early Frost, also for NBC...
(1991) TV series - Ferris Bueller (1990) TV Series
- Dream OnDream On (TV series)Dream On is an American adult-themed situation comedy about single New Yorker, Martin Tupper. The show used a gimmick where old black and white clips were used to punctuate the main character's feelings or thoughts...
(1990) TV series - CoachCoach (TV series)Coach is an American television sitcom that aired for nine seasons on ABC from 1989 to 1997. The series starred Craig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox, head coach of the fictional Division I-A college football team, the Minnesota State University Screaming Eagles...
(1989) TV series - The Wonder YearsThe Wonder YearsThe Wonder Years is an American television comedy-drama created by Carol Black and Neal Marlens. It ran for six seasons on ABC from 1988 through 1993. The pilot aired on January 31, 1988 after ABC's coverage of Super Bowl XXII....
(1988) TV series- episode "Dance with Me"
- Eisenhower & Lutz (1988) TV series
- HoopermanHoopermanHooperman is a U.S. television series starring John Ritter. It ran for two seasons on ABC, from 1987 to 1989. A comedy-drama, the series was created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher who were the team responsible for creating L.A. Law....
(1987) TV Series - The Days and Nights of Molly DoddThe Days and Nights of Molly DoddThe Days and Nights of Molly Dodd is an NBC/Lifetime comedy-drama that aired from 1987 to 1991. It was created by Jay Tarses and starred Blair Brown in the title role.-Premise:...
(1987) TV series - Designing WomenDesigning WomenDesigning Women is an American television sitcom that centered on the working and personal lives of four Southern women and one man in an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia. It aired on the CBS television network from September 29, 1986 until May 24, 1993. The show was created by head writer...
(1986) TV series - Welcome Home (1986)
- RitualsRituals (TV series)Rituals is an American soap opera that aired in syndication through Telepictures from September 10, 1984 to September 6, 1985. Created by Gene Palumbo, Ken Corday and Charlene Keel , 260 25-minute episodes were produced.The series later aired France from 1989 to 1990 under the name La...
(1985) TV series