Carl Andy

Carl Andy (Born October 18, 1939) is an American Film Director and Writer, best known for directing Music Videos for various acts in the 70s, 80s and 90s such as Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, Heart, Prince and the Revolution, Squeeze, Pearl Jam, etc. he also ventured into Film and Television a couple of times directing films such as Toby (1975), and Funk Your Mama (1977) and writing and directing for episodes of My Three Sons, The Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones, Charlie's Angels, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and also contributed to Comic Strips such as Peanuts.

He is the son of late actor George Andy, who acted in films in the 1930s-60s, and Sofia Benjamin, a Jewish priest at a local Synagogue, he was also the Nephew of actor Bud Jamison who appeared in Comedy shorts of the 30s and 40s.

Filmography

 * Home Invader (1971) - United Artists
 * Toby (1975) - United Artists
 * The Preservationist (1976) - United Artists
 * Funk Your Mama (1977) - United Artists/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 * What's in the Closet?... (1978) United Artists/Lorimar
 * Horseshoe (1979) - 20th Century-Fox
 * My Sharona (1980) - United Artists
 * Head-Ache (1983) - Embassy Pictures
 * Man of all Men (1984) - Warner Bros. Pictures/The Ladd Company
 * Dangerous Games (1985) - TriStar Pictures/Carolco Pictures
 * The Booter (1987) Warner Bros. Pictures/The Geffen Company
 * Astro Boy (1988) - MGM/UA Communications
 * Margaret (1990) - Columbia Pictures
 * The Creep (1993) Hollywood Pictures/Caravan Pictures
 * Going Crazy in Vegas (1995) - Hollywood Pictures/Cinergi Pictures
 * An Orgy (1997) Miramax Films/PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
 * End of Night (1999) - Touchstone Pictures/Beacon Pictures
 * The Impatient Artist (2001) Miramax Films
 * Calamity (2003) - Columbia Pictures/Revolution Studios
 * Nerdy Nerds of Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow and the Future (2005) - Paramount Pictures

Unrealized Projects
One of Andy's unmade projects was a Live-Action film based on the Peanuts strips for United Artists in 1972, which was rejected by creator Charles Schulz (Andy's friend at the time), Andy changed his mind and cancelled the project.