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name: "Sandy Smolan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sandy-smolan"
roles: ["Director"]
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average_as: "director"
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updated: "2026-09-20T21:11:00.466637+00:00"
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# Sandy Smolan

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2091700, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810553/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214065

## Biography

Sandy Smolan is an American director of feature films, television series and documentaries. He began his career directing documentaries, including *The Maghreb Journals* at the age of 20. His debut feature film, *Rachel River* (1987), was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

Smolan has directed numerous television episodes, including three for *Northern Exposure* (1990–1991). His other credits include episodes of *L.A. Law*, *Doogie Howser, M.D.*, *Brooklyn Bridge*, *Ally McBeal*, *Dawson's Creek*, *Everwood*, *The O.C.*, *One Tree Hill* and *Brothers & Sisters*. He has also directed television films such as *Taking a Stand* (1989), for which he received an Emmy nomination, and the mini-series *Beach Girls* (2005).

Later work includes documentaries such as *12 Stones* (2009) and *The Human Face of Big Data* (2014), as well as the virtual-reality film *The Click Effect* (2016). He is married to actress Pamela Reed.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Northern Exposure* (1990), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/northern-exposure.md)

## Also known for

- *The O.C.* (2003), Director
- *Dawson's Creek* (1998), Director
- *One Tree Hill* (2003), Director
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), Director
- *Everwood* (2002), Director
- *Brothers and Sisters* (2006), Director
- *Doogie Howser, M.D.* (1989), Director
- *Greek* (2007), Director

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