Andy Wolk's writing and directing career began with the
much-lauded HBO movie CRIMINAL JUSTICE
that made Time Magazine's "Ten Best" List.
Starring Forest Whitaker, Anthony LaPaglia and Rosie Perez,
CRIMINAL JUSTICE received the Silver
Prize at FIPA in Cannes and was named Best Cable Movie of the year.
Whitaker, LaPaglia, and Perez were all nominated for acting awards and
Mr. Wolk was nominated for the WRITER'S
GUILD AWARD. He
received the WRITER'S GUILD AWARD
for writing NATICA JACKSON on PBS
which starred Michelle Pfeiffer.
He has been
nominated for the DIRECTORS GUILD
AWARD twice and also the CABLEFAX
AWARD as Best Director for
episodes of LINCOLN
HEIGHTS.
He has directed numerous episodes of shows such as
THE SOPRANOS, DAMAGES (for
which Glenn Close won an EMMY
AWARD), and
THE PRACTICE
including the "Final Judgement" episode for which Alfre Woodard received
the EMMY AWARD and Mr. Wolk and David Kelley received the HUMANITAS
AWARD. He recently directed the
acclaimed UGLY BETTY episode that featured the coming out kiss between
two 15-year-old boys. He also
directed the pilot of the long-running HBO comedy hit
ARLISS (a show he developed).
Other shows include DEFIANCE, UNFORGETTABLE, RIZZOLI AND ISLES,
CRIMINAL MINDS, IN PLAIN SIGHT, GOSSIP GIRL, THE CARRIE DIARIES, CHASING LIFE, ,
NECESSARY ROUGHNESS, , HART OF DIXIE, NUMBERS, WITHOUT A TRACE, WITCHES OF EAST
END, THE CLIENT LIST, FAIRLY LEGAL, NYPD BLUE, MEDIUM, HELLCATS,
HAWTHORNE, TRUST ME, DAY BREAK.
HEIST, CLOSE TO HOME and TALES FROM THE CRYPT.
He has been writer and director on many legal-themed
movies including DELIBERATE INTENT,
the critically praised 1st movie ever for FX. Starring Timothy
Hutton, the LA Times called it "taut, smart, provocative, well-acted and
suspensefully directed." Again for
DELIBERATE INTENT, Mr. Wolk was
nominated for the WRITER'S GUILD AWARD.
Mr. Wolk has also
directed and written the acclaimed
FIGHTING THE ODDS for LIFETIME, THE
DEFENDERS: PAYBACK, CHOICE OF EVILS and
TAKING THE FIRST, three highly-rated
movies for Paramount and Showtime starring Beau Bridges, Martha Plimpton, and
E.G. Marshall and based on the classic 60s show.
He directed 4 hit CBS movies: WHEN ANGELS COME TO TOWN
starring Peter Falk and Katey Sagal;
FINDING JOHN CHRISTMAS starring
Peter Falk and Valerie Bertinelli; THE
CHRISTMAS SHOES starring Rob Lowe and Kimberly Williams; and
A TOWN WITHOUT CHRISTMAS which was the highest-rated movie on
television and featured Patricia Heaton and Peter Falk.
Other movies he has directed include
PIZZA MY HEART,
MR. ROCK 'N' ROLL, ALIBI, ALL LIES END IN MURDER, KISS AND TELL, and
A STRANGER'S HEART.
Mr. Wolk's other writing credits include HBO's Emmy-winning
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON, produced
by Tom Hanks, and the award-winning TALES
FROM THE CRYPT starring Demi Moore.
He has written features for Miramax, Paramount,Tri-Star, UA, MGM, Warner
Brothers, Columbia Pictures, and AVCO Embassy plus pilots for Fox, ABC, and
SHOWTIME.
Mr. Wolk's career started in the theater.
He directed Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT and THE WINTER'S TALE,
each of which had successful Off-Broadway run under the auspices of Lincoln
Center Institute and he has directed at
Manhattan Theatre Club (where he worked on staff for five years).
His play OUT OF THIS FURNACE was just revived in Pittsburgh and
another play, STRINGS SNAPPING (about Chekhov's life) has just been
workshopped in Los Angeles.
Mr. Wolk is on the faculty of the American Film Institute
in Los Angeles. He has been a
Creative Advisor at the Sundance Institute's Screenwriting Lab and has also
taught Screenwriting at the University of Pennsylvania.
He has an MFA from the School of Drama at Carnegie-Mellon University and
a BA from the University of Pennsylvania where he was awarded the Thouron
Scholarship.
