Andy Cadiff

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Andy Cadiff
Born
Alma mater Harvard University
Occupation(s)Producer, television director
Years active1978–present
Spouse
(m. 2003;div. 2010)
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Andy Cadiff is an American producer and television director. [2]

Born in Newton, Massachusetts, [3] Cadiff attended the Belmont Hill School, where he graduated in 1973. [4] He then attended Harvard University, and later moved to New York. [4] Cadiff began his career in 1978, where he worked as an assistant stage manager for the Broadway play On The Twentieth Century . [1] He then worked on the play Evita in 1979. [1] Cadiff made his debut as director on the play Mail in 1988. [1] In the same year, he was director for one episode of the sitcom television series Eisenhower and Lutz . Cadiff then made his producing debut in 1989 as producer for three episodes of the sitcom television series FM . His directing credits include Quantum Leap , According to Jim , George Lopez , My Wife and Kids , Home Improvement , Hot in Cleveland , Last Man Standing , Growing Pains and Spin City . [4] [5]

In 1997 Cadiff directed the film Leave It to Beaver , [4] followed by Chasing Liberty in 2004 and A Bunch of Amateurs in 2008.

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