---
name: "Sandy Gallin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sandy-gallin"
fi1m_id: "sandy-gallin"
imdb_id: "nm0302939"
tmdb_id: 70458
wikidata_id: "Q7417256"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "27 May 1940"
died: "21 April 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T04:37:27.092877+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."
---

# Sandy Gallin

## Identity

Sandy Gallin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sandy-gallin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sandy-gallin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0302939
- **TMDB ID:** 70458
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7417256
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Gallin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7417256, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0302939/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70458

Producer. Born 27 May 1940 in New York City, New York. Died 21 April 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 27 May 1940, New York City, New York
- **Died:** 21 April 2017
- **Active:** 1991–1997
- **Also known as:** Albert Samuel Gallin
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Romance 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Thriller 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $173m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Gallin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7417256, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0302939/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70458

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md) (80)

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## Biography

Sandy Gallin, also known as Albert Samuel Gallin, was an American producer and talent manager. Born in New York City in 1940, he graduated from Boston University in 1962 and began his career in talent representation, later managing artists including Dolly Parton, Michael Jackson, Cher and Mariah Carey.

In 1985, Gallin partnered with Parton to form Sandollar Productions. The company produced the 1992 film *Buffy the Vampire Slayer*, the 1997 television series of the same name (on which Gallin served as executive producer across all seven seasons), the spin-off *Angel* and films including *Father of the Bride* (1991), *Father of the Bride Part II* (1995), *Fly Away Home* (1996) and *Music of the Heart* (1999). He also produced the telefilm *The Miracle Worker* (1979), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award.

Gallin died in Los Angeles in 2017.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, buffy.fandom.com, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), Fi1m 80, Producer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Shining Through* (1992), Fi1m 47, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/shining-through.md)
- *Father of the Bride* (1991), Fi1m 65, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/father-of-the-bride-1991.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

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

- *The Pooch and the Pauper* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Music of the Heart* (1999), Co-Producer
- *Angel* (1999), series, Executive Producer
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, Executive Producer, Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Unlikely Angel* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Fly Away Home* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Father of the Bride Part II* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Kicking and Screaming* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Hazelle!* (1995), Executive Producer
- *I.Q.* (1994), Executive Producer
- *All-American Girl* (1994), series, Executive Producer
- *Neil Diamond: The Christmas Special* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Michael Jackson: Live in Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1992), Executive Producer
- *A Stranger Among Us* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Shining Through* (1992), Executive Producer — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/shining-through.md)
- *Father of the Bride* (1991), Executive Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/father-of-the-bride-1991.md)
- *Wild Texas Wind* (1991), Executive Producer
- *Dolly Parton... Christmas at Home* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt* (1989), Executive Producer
- *Gross Anatomy* (1989), Executive Producer
- *Jacknife* (1989), Executive Producer
- *Tidy Endings* (1988), Executive Producer
- *Neil Diamond: Greatest Hits Live* (1988), Executive Producer
- *A Down Home Country Christmas* (1987), Executive Producer
- *Dolly* (1987), series, Creator
- *A Smoky Mountain Christmas* (1986), Executive Producer
- *Neil Diamond... Hello Again* (1986), Executive Producer
- *Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers - Real Love* (1985), Executive Producer
- *Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway* (1985), Executive Producer
- *Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember* (1984), Producer
- *Rhinestone* (1984), Executive Producer
- *Family Secrets* (1984), Executive Producer
- *Choices of the Heart* (1983), Executive Producer
- *The Miracle Worker* (1979), Executive Producer
- *Cher... Special* (1978), Executive Producer
- *'Twas the Night Before Christmas* (1977), Executive Producer
- *A Special: Olivia Newton-John* (1976), Executive Producer

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