Frank, Sandy

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FRANK, Sandy


PERSONAL


Married; wife's name, Pam.


Addresses: Office Sandy Frank Entertainment, 954 Lexington Ave., Suite 255, New York, NY 10021.


Career: Producer, writer, and executive. Sandy Frank Entertainment, New York City, chair.

Awards, Honors: Emmy awards, outstanding writing in a variety or music program (with others), 1985, 1986, and 1987, all for Late Night with David Letterman.


CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Senior executive producer, You Asked for It, syndicated, 1983.

Executive story editor, The Fresh Prince of BelAir, NBC, c. 1990.

Executive producer (with Matt Wickline), Martin, Fox, beginning 1993.

Creator and executive producer, The Other Side, NBC, 1994.

Coexecutive producer, Misery Loves Company, Fox, 1995.

Executive producer, The Clinic, Comedy Central, 1995.

Coexecutive producer, The Jamie Foxx Show, The WB, 19961997.

Executive producer, You Asked for It!, NBC, 1999.

Executive producer, Name That Video, VH1, 2001.

Coproducer, Mister Sterling, NBC, 2003.


Also worked as story editor for the series Working Girl, NBC.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Peter Leonard, "The Lucky Charm," The Fresh Prince of BelAir, NBC, 1991.

WRITINGS

Television Episodes:

"Kiss My Butler," The Fresh Prince of BelAir, NBC, 1990.

(With Rita Rogers Blye) "Courting Disaster," The Fresh Prince of BelAir, NBC, 1990.

"Nice Lady," The Fresh Prince of BelAir, NBC, 1991.

(With Matt Wickline) "Do You Remember the Time?," Martin, Fox, 1993.

(With Wickline) "Hollywood Swinging," Martin, Fox, 1993.

(With Wickline) "Yours, Mine, and Ours," Martin, Fox, 1994.

"Stuck on You," The Jamie Foxx Show, The WB, 1996.

"Act Like You Love Me," The Jamie Foxx Show, The WB, 1997.

"The Employee Formerly Known As Prince," The Jamie Foxx Show, The WB, 1997.

MADtv, Fox, multiple episodes, 1999.

(With Paul Haggis) "Human Error," Mister Sterling, NBC, 2003.


Also writer for episodes of The Clinic, Comedy Central; In Living Color, Fox; and Secret Agent Man, UPN.

Television Series:

Writer for the series Late Night with David Letterman, NBC, 1980s.

Television Specials:

(Contributor) David Letterman's 2nd Annual Holiday Film Festival, NBC, 1986.

Late Night with David Letterman Fifth Anniversary Show, NBC, 1987.

Action Family, Cinemax, 1987.


ADAPTATIONS


The television special FDR: A One Man Show (also known as Chris Elliott's FDR: A One Man Show ), broadcast by Cinemax in 1986, was based on a story by Franks.

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