Andy Ackerman

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|birth_name = Robert Andrew Ackerman

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|9|19}}

|birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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|spouse = Betsy Ackerman

|children = 4

|alma_mater = Santa Clara University

|occupation = {{hlist|Television director|script editor|television producer}}

|years_active = 1979–present

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Robert Andrew Ackerman (born September 19, 1956){{cite AV media |people=Matz, Jenni |date=2009-09-08 |title=Andy Ackerman Interview Part 1 of 6 |language=English |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeIvs68sTFQ |access-date=2023-02-15 |publisher=Archive of American Television}} is an American director, producer, and script editor who is best known for his work on Seinfeld, The New Adventures of Old Christine and the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Early life and education

Ackerman was born in Los Angeles, California. His father Robert was a lithographer, and his mother Rosemary was a substitute teacher and homemaker. He was raised in Glendale. He attended Loyola High School in Los Angeles before graduating from Santa Clara University in 1978 with a degree in general humanities.{{cite magazine |last=Levy |first=Karyne |date=2006-10-10 |title=Find the Funny |url=https://magazine.scu.edu/magazines/fall-2006/find-the-funny/ |magazine=Santa Clara Magazine |access-date=2023-02-15}}

Career

Ackerman began his career as a videotape editor on WKRP in Cincinnati (1979–82) and Newhart, winning an Emmy for the former. He also was an assistant editor on Welcome Back, Kotter. He replaced Tom Cherones as director of Seinfeld starting in its sixth season, ultimately directing 89 episodes.

Ackerman directed every episode of The New Adventures of Old Christine, and has directed or guest directed such series as Everybody Loves Raymond, Becker, Cheers, Wings, Frasier, Two and a Half Men, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Perfect Couples, Whitney and The Ellen Show. He also directed the pilot episode of the 2006 Fox series Happy Hour.

Ackerman has received 15 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations, winning three.{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/andy-ackerman|title=Andy Ackerman|work=Television Academy|access-date=July 11, 2021}}

Personal life

Ackerman is a Catholic.{{cite magazine |last=Winston |first=Kimberly |date=2018-03-01 |title=CBS Hopes Viewers Will Want to Watch, If Not Live, 'Biblically' |url=https://wordandway.org/2018/03/01/cbs-hopes-viewers-will-want-to-watch-if-not-live-biblically/ |magazine=Word & Way |access-date=2023-02-15 |quote='Andy is a good Catholic boy and he assured me it was going to be very respectful,' Goethals said recently.}} He and his wife Betsy, also a Santa Clara University graduate, are the parents of four children.

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ Film/TV Series
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Additional Notes
2020 \| Indebted \| Director/Executive producer \|
2019 \| Mr. Iglesias \| Director \| Episode: "Some Children Left Behind"
2019 \| Santa Clarita Diet \| Director \| Episode: "More of a Cat Person"
2018 \| The Conners \| Director \| 2 episodes
2018–2019 \| Happy Together \| Director \| 6 episodes
2018 \| Living Biblically \| Director/Executive producer \| 12 episodes
2017 \| Marlon \| Director/Executive producer \|
rowspan=2\| 2016–2017 \| The Great Indoors \| Director/Executive producer \|
Grace & Frankie \| Director \| 2 episodes
2014–2015 \| Mulaney \| Director \|
2011–2013 \| Whitney \| Director/Executive producer \|
2010–2011 \| Perfect Couples \| Director/Executive Producer \|
2009 \| The Big D \| Director \|
2008 \| Starting Under \| Director/Executive Producer \|
2007–2008 \| Rules of Engagement \| Director/Executive Producer (2007–10) \|
2007 \| The Hill \| Director \|
2006–2010 \| The New Adventures of Old Christine \| Director/Executive Producer \|
2006 \| Happy Hour \| Director \|
2006 \| Separate at Worth \| Director \|
2005 \| Hot Properties \| Director \|
2005 \| Life on a Stick \| Director \|
2005 \| Uncommon Sense \| Director \|
2005 \| Peep Show \| Director \|
2004–2005 \| Center of the Universe \| Director \|
2004 \| Listen Up \| Director \|
2004 \| Come to Papa \| Director/Executive Producer \|
2004 \| Spellbound \| Executive Producer \|
2003 \| Two and a Half Men \| Director/Executive Producer \|
2003 \| The O'Keefes \| Director \|
2003 \| Watching Ellie \| Director \|
2002–2003 \| Andy Richter Controls the Universe \| Director/ Executive Producer (2002–04) \|
2001 \| The Ellen Show \| Director/Producer \|
2001 \| Raising Dad \| Director \|
2000–2009 \| Curb Your Enthusiasm \| Director \|
2000–2005 \| Everybody Loves Raymond \| Director \|
2000–2001 \| The Trouble with Normal \| Director/Producer \|
1999 \| It's Like, You Know... \| Director \| 1999 Producer
1998–2003 \| Becker \| Director/Producer (1998-2001) \|
1998 \| LateLine \| Director/Producer \|
1997 \| Jenny \| Director \|
1996 \| Public Morals \| Director \|
1996 \| Suddenly Susan \| Director \|
1996 \| Ellen \| Director \|
1996 \| Good Company \| Director \|
1995 \| Almost Perfect \| Director \|
1995 \| Dweebs \| Director \|
1994–1998 \| Seinfeld \| Director \| 1996-1998 Producer
1994 \| Muddling Through \| Director \|
1993–1995 \| Frasier \| Director \|
1993 \| Big Wave Dave's \| Director \| 1993 Producer
1991–1994 \| Wings \| Director/Producer (1991-1993) \|
1991 \| Roc \| Director \|
1988–1991 \| Cheers \| Director/Co-Producer (1989–91)/Editor (1986–91) \|
1980–1982 \| WKRP in Cincinnati \| Editor \|

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Film/TV Series

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Additional Notes

2020

| Indebted

| Director/Executive producer

2019

| Mr. Iglesias

| Director