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Directing

Don Scardino

Career

Active from 1970 to 2025, busiest in 1996 and 2018 with 4 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 39 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Don Scardino Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.5, average 2.5
  • Adrenaline
    2.8, average 4.7
  • Violence
    2.3, average 4.1
  • Wonder
    2.0, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Comfort Viewing 6
  • Ensemble Cast 6
  • Character-Driven Comedy 4
  • Workplace Comedy 4
  • Moral Ambiguity 4
  • Family Dynamics 3
  • Witty Dialogue 3
  • Sharp Witty Dialogue 3
  • 90s Sitcom 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Ensemble Character Study 3
  • Ensemble Cast Chemistry 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

23
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
After All
After All

Original Music Composer, Director

2020s

3 titles · average score 62
A Break in the Rain
A Break in the Rain (2025)

Music, Director

Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story (2023)
GoodWatch score 64

as Don

The Bitch Who Stole Christmas
The Bitch Who Stole Christmas (2021)
GoodWatch score 60

Director, Executive Producer

2010s

3 titles · average score 46
Mission Control
Mission Control (2014)

Director

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
GoodWatch score 46

Director

Browsers
Browsers (2013)

Director, Executive Producer

2000s

1 title · average score 76
30 Rock
30 Rock (2006)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Hermit

1990s

6 titles · average score 49
Advice From a Caterpillar
Advice From a Caterpillar (1999)
GoodWatch score 49

Director

The Deal
The Deal (1998)

Director

Me and Veronica
Me and Veronica (1993)

Director

Tracey Ullman Takes on New York
Tracey Ullman Takes on New York (1993)

Director

27 Wagons Full of Cotton
27 Wagons Full of Cotton (1990)

Director

Women and Wallace
Women and Wallace (1990)

Director

1980s

4 titles · average score 49
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show · as Singer

Purlie
Purlie (1981)

as Charlie

He Knows You're Alone
He Knows You're Alone (1980)
GoodWatch score 43

as Marvin

Cruising
Cruising (1980)
GoodWatch score 55

as Ted Bailey

1970s

4 titles · average score 47
Squirm
Squirm (1976)
GoodWatch score 38

as Mick

Rip-Off
Rip-Off (1971)

as Mike

Homer
Homer (1970)

as Homer Edwards

The People Next Door
The People Next Door (1970)
GoodWatch score 56

as Sandy Hoffman

1960s

1 title
CBS Playhouse
CBS Playhouse (1966)

TV show · as Sandy Hoffman