Celebration of 100 Years of Arts at Belmont Hill School
with Andy Cadiff ’73
Friday • January 27 • 2023
8:00 a.m.
Hamilton Chapel
Andrew D. Cadiff ’73
Andy Cadiff ’73 served as Director and Executive Producer of Home Improvement, which won the People’s Choice Award for ‘Favorite Comedy’ four times. He recently concluded as director of two long-running TV Land shows: The Exes and the award-winning hit comedy, Hot In Cleveland. More recently, Andy has been the Director and Executive Producer of Young & Hungry and Director of several episodes of Last Man Standing.
Andy started his career in the New York theater working for the legendary Broadway director Harold Prince until he launched his own theatrical career directing plays and musicals off-off-Broadway, off-Broadway, and on Broadway. These included awardwinning productions of Brownstone, Three Guys Naked From The Waist Down and Mail. He began his television career directing multiple episodes of Quantum Leap before transitioning primarily to comedy and multi-camera.
To date, Andy has directed over 650 episodes of television, which includes shows such as Empty Nest, Growing Pains, King of Queens, Rules of Engagement, The Odd Couple, Dr. Ken, and Man With A Plan. He directed over eighty episodes each of Home Improvement, Spin City, and Hot In Cleveland. Included in the over forty pilots he has directed are Herman’s Head, Teen Angel, The Hughleys, My Wife And Kids, According To Jim, and Young & Hungry. He also directed the feature film version of Leave It To Beaver, Chasing Liberty and A Bunch Of Amateurs.
He is currently a member of the faculty of the USC School Of Cinematic Arts.
Andy is the Belmont Hill School 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient. He has always demonstrated his devotion to Belmont Hill through his involvement in many aspects of school life. He has a particular fondness for his own Class of 1973, who are celebrating their 50th Reunion this year.
100 Years of Arts Celebration Program
Welcome ............................................................... .... Greg Schneider Ronald M. Druker ‘62 Head of School
Remarks ....................................................... Dan Duarte and Paul DiResta
Visual Arts Department Chair and Performing Arts Department Chair
Video
Introduction of Andy Cadiff ’73 ....................................... Bill Achtmeyer ’73, P ‘26 Chair of the Centennial Celebration Committee
Remarks ................................................................... Andy Cadiff ’73
Film and Television Director and Producer
Performance of “Senior Slump” from 1973 musical Of Pucks and Panels and “Director Admissions” from 1973 musical Poison Ivy ................. B-Flats, Mark Jennings ’73 and Ken Victor 73
Centennial Song ........................... B-Flats and members of the Jazz Band and Orchestra
COME CELEBRATE BELMONT HILL!
I. THIS IS THE TIME! THIS IS THE YEAR! TO COME TOGETHER, AND LET OUT A CHEER - (WOO!!!!)
II. TO CELEBRATE! WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED! BY WORKING TOGETHER, SIDE BY SIDE, WE DREAMED AND BELIEVED!!
III. COME CELEBRATE, COME CELEBRATE BELMONT HILL! COME CELEBRATE, COME CELEBRATE 100 YEARS! COME CELEBRATE, COME CELEBRATE BELMONT HILL!
Andy Cadiff ’73