Jay Sandrich

Jay Henry Sandrich (born February 24, 1932) is an American television director; he is son of film director Mark Sandrich. 2Early life Jay Sandrich was born February 24, 1932 in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of director Mark Sandrich. Sandrich attended the University of California Los Angles, graduating with a B.A. in 1953. 2Career Sandrich began his television work in the mid-1950s as a second assistant director with Desilu Productions, and began his career as an Assistant Director on I Love Lucy. Sandrich has directed and/or produced episodes of The Bill Dana Show, Get Smart, The Odd Couple, Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers, Loves Me, Loves Me Not, Soap, two-thirds of the episodes of the Mary Tyler Moore Show in early seasons, and the first three seasons of The Cosby Show. He was responsible for the series pilots of The Bob Newhart Show, WKRP in Cincinnati, Empty Nest, and The Golden Girls. Sandrich also directed for Theatre Aspen, in Aspen, Colorado, Rounding Third (2008), Chapter Two (2009), and Same Time, Next Year (2010). The only theatrical movie he directed was the 1980 film Seems Like Old Times, originally written by Neil Simon. In 1965, Sandrich put in his only stint as a producer, serving as associate producer for the first season of the NBC-TV comedy Get Smart, which co-starred Don Adams and Barbara Feldo