---
name: "Art Wolff"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/art-wolff"
fi1m_id: "art-wolff"
imdb_id: "nm0938201"
tmdb_id: 175488
wikidata_id: "Q4797148"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1901"
died: "16 November 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:26:19.377793+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."
---

# Art Wolff

## Identity

Art Wolff

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/art-wolff
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** art-wolff
- **IMDb ID:** nm0938201
- **TMDB ID:** 175488
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4797148
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Wolff, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4797148, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0938201/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/175488

Director. Born 1 January 1901. Died 16 November 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Died:** 16 November 2020
- **Active:** 1988–1989
- **Frequently works with:** [Max Pross](https://film.one/person/max-pross.md), [Tom Gammill](https://film.one/person/tom-gammill.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as director, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Wolff, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4797148, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0938201/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/175488

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Seinfeld*](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md) (90)
- **Disney+:** [*The Wonder Years*](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Art Wolff was an American television and theatre director, producer and acting coach. He began his career in the 1950s on soap operas including *Search for Tomorrow* and later directed episodes of series such as *The Wonder Years*, *Dream On*, *It's Garry Shandling's Show* and *The Tracey Ullman Show*.

Wolff is best known for directing the pilot episode of *Seinfeld*, 'The Seinfeld Chronicles' (1989). He also worked in theatre, directing Broadway productions including *Heartland* (1981) and shows featuring Penn & Teller, and taught at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. As an acting coach he worked with actors including Dakota Fanning, Sean Penn and Steve Martin, and ran the Art Wolff Acting Studio.

Wolff died on 16 November 2020 in New York City, aged 82.

*Sources: variety.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Seinfeld* (1989), Fi1m 90, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)
- *The Wonder Years* (1988), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Grace Under Fire* (1993), series, Director
- *Rhythm & Blues* (1992), series, Director
- *The Powers That Be* (1992), series, Director
- *Battling for Baby* (1992), Director
- *The Kathy & Mo Show: Parallel Lives* (1991), Director
- *Dream On* (1990), series, Director
- *Grand* (1990), series, Director
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, Director — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)
- *Tattingers* (1988), series, Director
- *Dear John* (1988), series, Director
- *The Wonder Years* (1988), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md)
- *Divorced Kids' Blues* (1987), Director
- *Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends* (1987), Director
- *It's Garry Shandling's Show* (1986), series, Director
- *ABC Afterschool Special* (1972), series, Director

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