Sandy Smolan

Mr. Smolan is an award-winning director whose work spans features, documentaries, television, commercials and VR films. His critically acclaimed debut feature film "Rachel River," was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at The Sundance Film Festival and took awards for Best Cinematography and a Special Jury Prize for Actress Viveca Lindfors. His VR film "The Click Effect" was the first New York Times Op-Doc Virtual Reality film. Produced by Annapurna Pictures, it was nominated for an Emmy, premiered at The Sundance and Tribeca Film Festivals, and was awarded the Lumiere Award for Best VR Documentary of The Year. His television movies include "The Last Soldier" for HBO, the mini-series "Beach Girls" with Rob Lowe and Julia Ormond for Lifetime", "A Place To Be" and "Taking A Stand" (Emmy Award) with Betty Buckley, for which he was also nominated for Best Director. Television credits include the pilot for "Middle Ages," as well as over 50 network series including "Brothers & Sisters," "