---
name: "Andy Wolk"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/andy-wolk"
fi1m_id: "andy-wolk"
imdb_id: "nm0938490"
tmdb_id: 115447
wikidata_id: "Q4761509"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T04:05:47.703687+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Andy Wolk

## Identity

Andy Wolk

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andy-wolk
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** andy-wolk
- **IMDb ID:** nm0938490
- **TMDB ID:** 115447
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4761509
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Wolk, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4761509, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0938490/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/115447

Director. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Active:** 1993–2017
- **Frequently works with:** [Matthew Penn](https://film.one/person/matthew-penn.md), [Félix Enríquez Alcalá](https://film.one/person/felix-alcala.md), [Guy Ferland](https://film.one/person/guy-ferland.md), [Karen Gaviola](https://film.one/person/karen-gaviola.md), [Michael W. Watkins](https://film.one/person/michael-w-watkins.md), [Nelson McCormick](https://film.one/person/nelson-mccormick.md), [Nick Gomez](https://film.one/person/nick-gomez.md), [Steve Shill](https://film.one/person/steve-shill.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (2), 2000s 69 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 80 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 3, Mystery 2
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Wolk, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4761509, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0938490/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/115447

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Sopranos*](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md) (94)
- **Disney+:** [*Damages*](https://film.one/tv/damages.md) (78)
- **Apple TV:** [*Criminal Minds*](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Andy Wolk is an American television and theatre director and writer. He began his career in New York theatre, writing and directing plays performed at venues including La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, the Manhattan Theatre Club, Ensemble Studio Theatre and Actors Theatre of Louisville. He holds an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University and has taught at institutions including Brooklyn College, the New School, Lincoln Center and the Sundance Institute.

Wolk's television directing credits include episodes of *Tales from the Crypt*, *The Sopranos* (the 1999 episode 'Boca'), *The Practice*, *Medium*, *Ugly Betty*, *Criminal Minds*, *Gossip Girl*, *Manifest*, *SEAL Team* and *Station 19*, as well as numerous television films. He won a Writers Guild of America Award in 1989 for writing the *Great Performances* episode 'Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson' and has received Directors Guild of America nominations.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, drama.cmu.edu.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Damages* (2007), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/damages.md)
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), Fi1m 60, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *The Sopranos* (1999), Fi1m 94, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Rough Magic: Exit Shakespeare* (2022), Director, Writer
- *Manifest* (2018), series, Director
- *Station 19* (2018), series, Director
- *SEAL Team* (2017), series, Director
- *Shadowhunters* (2016), series, Director
- *Witches of East End* (2013), series, Director
- *Defiance* (2013), series, Director
- *The Client List* (2012), series, Director
- *Hart of Dixie* (2011), series, Director
- *Unforgettable* (2011), series, Director
- *Necessary Roughness* (2011), series, Director
- *Fairly Legal* (2011), series, Director
- *Hellcats* (2010), series, Director
- *Rizzoli & Isles* (2010), series, Director
- *Hawthorne* (2009), series, Director
- *In Plain Sight* (2008), series, Director
- *Gossip Girl* (2007), series, Director
- *Damages* (2007), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/damages.md)
- *A Stranger's Heart* (2007), Director
- *Lincoln Heights* (2007), series, Director
- *Day Break* (2006), series, Director
- *Ugly Betty* (2006), series, Director
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *Close to Home* (2005), series, Director
- *Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story* (2005), Director, Writer
- *Pizza My Heart* (2005), Director
- *Numb3rs* (2005), series, Director
- *Medium* (2005), series, Director
- *When Angels Come to Town* (2004), Director
- *Finding John Christmas* (2003), Director
- *L.A. Dragnet* (2003), series, Director
- *The Christmas Shoes* (2002), Director
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, Director
- *A Town Without Christmas* (2001), Director
- *The Guardian* (2001), series, Director
- *Crossing Jordan* (2001), series, Director
- *The Division* (2001), series, Director
- *Deliberate Intent* (2000), Director, Writer
- *Secret Agent Man* (2000), series, Director
- *Mr. Rock n Roll: The Alan Freed Story* (1999), Director
- *The Sopranos* (1999), series, Director — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *The Defenders: Taking the First* (1998), Director, Writer
- *From the Earth to the Moon* (1998), series, Writer
- *The Defenders: Choice of Evils* (1998), Director, Teleplay
- *The Defenders: Payback* (1997), Director, Writer
- *Alibi* (1997), Director
- *The Practice* (1997), series, Director
- *All Lies End in Murder* (1997), Director
- *Arli$$* (1996), series, Director
- *Kiss and Tell* (1996), Director
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)
- *Traces of Red* (1992), Director
- *Arresting Behavior* (1992), series, Director
- *Criminal Justice* (1990), Director, Writer
- *Equal Justice* (1990), series, Director
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, Director, Screenplay
- *Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson* (1987), Teleplay
- *Great Performances* (1971), series, Writer

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