Wendey Stanzler
Encyclopedia
Wendey Stanzler is an American
television
editor, director
and producer
from Flint, Michigan
, where she was co-editor and associate producer of Michael Moore
's documentary, Roger & Me
in 1990
. She also co-edited Moore's only fiction film, Canadian Bacon
(1993
). Stanzler was hired as an editor for Sex and the City
and went on to be a guest director during the final season of the show. Stanzler has also edited for the NBC
series, Ed and Now and Again
and the romantic comedy film
Gray Matters
(2007), directed by Sue Kramer, starring Heather Graham, Tom Cavanagh
and Bridget Moynahan
. Stanzler was producer and director on the first season of The CW
series, 90210
in 2008-9. She has directed several episodes of Grey's Anatomy
, Desperate Housewives
, The Middle
and Ugly Betty
, all on ABC
as well as Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars
on ABC Family
and Parks and Rec on NBC
. In 2011, she directed the pilot episode of The Nine Lives of Chloe King
on ABC Family
which was praised by TV critic Daniel Feinberg who said it "is sunny, urban and moves at a rapid clip." She won the American Cinema Editors' Eddie Award twice: in 2004 for the Sex in the City Episode "American Girl in Paris-Part 2" and in 1990 for Roger and Me.
(1998)
(2002)
(2004)Grey's Anatomy
(2001)
Love Monkey
(2006)
Six Degrees
(2006)
Ugly Betty
(2006–2010)
Men in Trees
(2006)
Private Practice (2007)
Samantha Who (2007)
Big Shots
(2007)
90210
(2008)
Dollhouse
(2009)
The Middle
(2009–2010)
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
editor, 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...
and producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
from Flint, Michigan
Flint, Michigan
Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau reports the 2010 population to be placed at 102,434, making Flint the seventh largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the...
, where she was co-editor and associate producer of Michael Moore
Michael Moore
Michael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author, social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time. His films Bowling for Columbine and Sicko also place in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries...
's documentary, Roger & Me
Roger & Me
Roger & Me is a 1989 American documentary film directed by Michael Moore. Moore portrays the regional negative economic impact of General Motors CEO Roger Smith's summary action of closing several auto plants in Flint, Michigan, costing 30,000 people their jobs at the time and economically...
in 1990
1990 in film
The year 1990 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall .* The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2....
. She also co-edited Moore's only fiction film, Canadian Bacon
Canadian Bacon (film)
Canadian Bacon is a 1995 comedy film which satirizes Canada – United States relations along the Canada – United States border written, directed and produced by Michael Moore, his only non-documentary feature...
(1993
1993 in film
The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive and The Firm. -Events:...
). Stanzler was hired as an editor for Sex and the City
Sex and the City
Sex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...
and went on to be a guest director during the final season of the show. Stanzler has also edited for the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
series, Ed and Now and Again
Now and Again
Now and Again is an American television series that aired in the US from September 24, 1999 until May 5, 2000 on CBS. The story revolves around the United States government engineering the perfect human body for use in espionage, but not being able to yet perfect the brain...
and the romantic comedy film
Romantic comedy film
Romantic comedy films are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. One dictionary definition is "a funny movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily"...
Gray Matters
Gray Matters
Gray Matters is a 2006 romantic comedy film directed by Sue Kramer, starring Heather Graham, Tom Cavanagh and Bridget Moynahan. It premiered on October 21, 2006 at the Hamptons International Film Festival and had a United States limited theatrical release on February 23, 2007.- Plot :Gray Baldwin ,...
(2007), directed by Sue Kramer, starring Heather Graham, Tom Cavanagh
Tom Cavanagh
Thomas "Tom" Cavanagh is a Canadian actor.-Early life:Cavanagh was born in Ottawa, Ontario. He is of Irish descent and was raised in a large Roman Catholic family. Cavanagh moved with his family to Winneba, a small city in Ghana, when he was seven years old. In his teens, the family moved to...
and Bridget Moynahan
Bridget Moynahan
Kathryn Bridget Moynahan , best known as Bridget Moynahan, is an American model and actress. After graduating from Longmeadow High School in 1989, Moynahan pursued a career in modeling. She was signed by a modeling agency, which led her to appear in department store catalogs and the covers of...
. Stanzler was producer and director on the first season of The CW
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
series, 90210
90210 (TV series)
90210 is an American teen drama television series developed by Rob Thomas, Jeff Judah and Gabe Sachs, and the fourth series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise created by Darren Star. 90210 is the first series produced by CBS Productions under the company's re-launch, but is now produced by CBS...
in 2008-9. She has directed several episodes of Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
, Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives
Desperate 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...
, The Middle
The Middle
"The Middle" is a song by Jimmy Eat World. The song released as the second single of their fourth album Bleed American. It was a top five Billboard Hot 100 hit in 2002. The song was a breakthrough hit for Jimmy Eat World...
and Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea...
, all on ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
as well as Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars
Pretty Little Liars
Pretty Little Liars is a series of more than 10 young adult novels by Sara Shepard, from 1981–present, which have been made into a television show . The series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their leader,...
on ABC Family
ABC Family
ABC Family, stylized as abc family, is an American television network, owned by ABC Family Worldwide Inc., a subsidiary of the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company...
and Parks and Rec on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
. In 2011, she directed the pilot episode of The Nine Lives of Chloe King
The Nine Lives of Chloe King
The Nine Lives of Chloe King is an American fantasy drama television series which premiered on ABC Family on June 14, 2011 and ended on August 16, 2011. The one-hour drama is based on the book series of the same name by Liz Braswell...
on ABC Family
ABC Family
ABC Family, stylized as abc family, is an American television network, owned by ABC Family Worldwide Inc., a subsidiary of the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company...
which was praised by TV critic Daniel Feinberg who said it "is sunny, urban and moves at a rapid clip." She won the American Cinema Editors' Eddie Award twice: in 2004 for the Sex in the City Episode "American Girl in Paris-Part 2" and in 1990 for Roger and Me.
Television director
Sex and the City
Sex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...
(1998)
- episode 6.14 "The Ick Factor"
Monk (TV series)
Monk is an American comedy-drama detective mystery television series created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the titular character, Adrian Monk. It originally ran from 2002 to 2009 and is primarily a mystery series, although it has dark and comic touches.The series debuted on July...
(2002)
- episode 5.16 "Mr. Monk Goes to the Hospital"
- episode 6.04 "Mr. Monk and the Bad Girlfriend"
Desperate Housewives
Desperate 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)
- episode 2.11 "One More KissOne More Kiss (Desperate Housewives episode)"One More Kiss" is the 34th episode of the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. The episode was the eleventh episode for the show's second season. The episode was written by John Pardee and Joey Murphy and was directed by Wendey Stanzler...
" - episode 2.21 "I Know Things NowI Know Things Now (Desperate Housewives episode)"I Know Things Now" is the 44th episode of the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. It was the 21st episode of the show's second season. The episode was written by Kevin Etten and Bruce Zimmerman and directed by Wendey Stanzler. It aired on Sunday May 7, 2006...
" - episode 3.03 "A Weekend In the CountryA Weekend In the Country (Desperate Housewives episode)"A Weekend in the Country" is the 50th episode of the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. It was also the third episode of the show's third season. The episode was written by Bob Daily and directed by Wendey Stanzler...
" - episode 3.08 "Children and ArtChildren and Art (Desperate Housewives episode)"Children and Art" is the 55th episode of the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives. It was also the eighth episode of the show's third season. The episode was written by Kevin Etten and Jenna Bans and directed by Wendey Stanzler. It aired on November 12, 2006.-Plot:Carlos and Gabrielle...
" - episode 3.20 "Gossip"
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
(2001)
- episode 1.09 "Who's Zoomin' Who?"
- episode 2.04 "Deny, Deny, Deny"
- episode 2.10 "Much too Much"
- episode 2.19 "What Have I Done To Deserve This?"
Love Monkey
Love Monkey is a television series created by Michael Rauch and based on a book of the same name, by Kyle Smith. It starred Tom Cavanagh as a 30-something, single, record executive who navigated the tumultuous and highly amusing waters of work and dating in New York City.Its first episode aired on...
(2006)
- episode 1.05 "The Window"
Six Degrees
Six Degrees is an American dramatic television series about six residents of New York City and their respective relationships and connections with one another, based on the idea of six degrees of separation....
(2006)
- episode 1.03 "A New Light"
Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea...
(2006–2010)
- episode 1.14 "I'm Coming Out"
- episode 2.5 "A League of Their Own"
- episode 2.17 "The Kids Are Alright"
- episode 4.4 "The Wiener, the Bun and the Boob"
Men in Trees
Men in Trees is an American romantic television dramedy series which premiered on September 12, 2006 on ABC and starred Anne Heche who played relationship coach Marin Frist. The series was set in the fictional town of Elmo, Alaska and concerned Marin Frist's misadventures in relationships...
(2006)
- episode 1.13 "History Lessons"
- episode 2.17 "New Dogs, Old Tricks"
- episode 1.09 "In Which Dell Finds His Fight"
- episode 2.1 "So I Think I Can Dance"
Big Shots (TV series)
Big Shots is an American television drama created and executive produced by Jon Harmon Feldman. The pilot was directed by Charles McDougall.-History:...
(2007)
- episode 1.7 "Who's Your Daddy"
90210 (TV series)
90210 is an American teen drama television series developed by Rob Thomas, Jeff Judah and Gabe Sachs, and the fourth series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise created by Darren Star. 90210 is the first series produced by CBS Productions under the company's re-launch, but is now produced by CBS...
(2008)
- episode 1.2 "The Jet Set"
- episode 1.10 "Games people plays"
- episode 1.13 "Love Me or Leave Me"
Dollhouse (TV series)
Dollhouse is an American science fiction television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon under Mutant Enemy Productions. It premiered on February 13, 2009, on the Fox network and was officially cancelled on November 11, 2009. The final episode aired on January 29, 2010...
(2009)
- episode 2.6 "The Left Hand"
The Middle (TV series)
The Middle is an American situation comedy television series that premiered on ABC on September 30, 2009. The show features Frances "Frankie" Heck , a working-class, Midwestern woman married to Mike Heck who resides in the small fictional town of Orson, Indiana. They are the parents of three...
(2009–2010)
- episode 1.7 "The Scratch"
- episode 2.1 "Back to School"
Television/Film editor
- Gray MattersGray MattersGray Matters is a 2006 romantic comedy film directed by Sue Kramer, starring Heather Graham, Tom Cavanagh and Bridget Moynahan. It premiered on October 21, 2006 at the Hamptons International Film Festival and had a United States limited theatrical release on February 23, 2007.- Plot :Gray Baldwin ,...
(2007) - 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 - Now and AgainNow and AgainNow and Again is an American television series that aired in the US from September 24, 1999 until May 5, 2000 on CBS. The story revolves around the United States government engineering the perfect human body for use in espionage, but not being able to yet perfect the brain...
(1999) TV Series - Sex and the CitySex and the CitySex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...
(1998) TV Series- episode "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda"
- episode "Defining Moments"
- episode "Just Say Yes"
- episode "My Motherboard, My Self"
- episode "Time and Punishment"
- episode "What's Sex Got to Do with It?"
- Nick and Jane (1997)
- I'm Not RappaportI'm Not RappaportI'm Not Rappaport is a play by Herb Gardner originally staged by Seattle Repertory Theatre in 1984. Its Broadway debut production, directed by Daniel Sullivan, starring Judd Hirsch, Cleavon Little, Jace Alexander, and Mercedes Ruehl, opened on November 19, 1985 at the Booth Theatre, where it ran...
(1996) - Canadian BaconCanadian baconCanadian bacon can mean:* Canadian bacon, a US name for two different pork products - back bacon and a smoked ham* Canadian Bacon, a 1995 comedy film* Canadian Bacon , a peak in the US state of Washington...
(1995) - The Pesky Suitor (1995)
- City Arts (1994) TV Series
- The Making of '...And God Spoke (1993)
- The Last PartyThe Last PartyThe Last Party is a 1997 book by Adele Morales, second wife of Norman Mailer, whom she married in 1954. It was published in the US by Barricade Books....
(1993) - Roger & MeRoger & MeRoger & Me is a 1989 American documentary film directed by Michael Moore. Moore portrays the regional negative economic impact of General Motors CEO Roger Smith's summary action of closing several auto plants in Flint, Michigan, costing 30,000 people their jobs at the time and economically...
(1989)