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 actor George Andy, who acted in films in the 1930s-60s, and Sofia Benjamin, a Jewish priest at a local Synagogue.

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
 * Dangerous Games (1985) - TriStar Pictures/Carolco Pictures
 * Astro Boy (1988) - MGM/UA Communications
 * Margaret (1990) - Columbia Pictures
 * Going Crazy in Vegas (1995) - Hollywood Pictures
 * End of Night (1999) - Touchstone Pictures
 * Calamity (2003) - Columbia Pictures/Revolution Studios
 * Nerdy Nerds (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.