Andy Wolk

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Andy Wolk
Occupation(s)Director and writer
Years active1987–present

Andy Wolk is an American television and theatre director.

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His television credits include Tales of the Crypt , The Sopranos , Arli$$ , The Practice , The Division , Medium , Ugly Betty , and Criminal Minds , as well as a number of television films. [1]

Wolk wrote two plays with Camera Obscura, [2] a theatre company based in Jamestown, New York, that were performed during the 1970s at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in the East Village of Manhattan. The first, Oracles, is based in Greek mythology and was produced in 1973. [3] The second, Maldoror, is based on Comte de Lautreaumont's Les Chants de Maldoror and was produced in 1974. [4] Camera Obscura also took Oracles on tour in Europe in 1973 [5] and Maldoror on tour in Europe in 1974. [6] He has also directed theatre, including plays at the Manhattan Theatre Club, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and Actors Theatre of Louisville. [7]

In 1989, Wolk won a Writers Guild of America Award for writing the Great Performances episode "Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson". [8]

Partial filmography

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References

  1. ↑ "News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity". MTV News. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  2. ↑ "La MaMa". catalog.lamama.org. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  3. ↑ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Oracles (1973)". Accessed June 20, 2018.
  4. ↑ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Maldoror (1974)". Accessed June 20, 2018.
  5. ↑ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Tour: Camera Obscura European Tour (1973)". Accessed June 20, 2018.
  6. ↑ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Tour: Camera Obscura European Tour (1974)". Accessed June 20, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Wolk biography". AFI. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Film, Writers Pick 'Bull Durham'; TV, 'thirtysomething,' 'Wonder Years'" Steve Weinstein, March 21, 1989, Los Angeles Times.


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