{{short description|American television director|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Mark Cendrowski | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|08|05}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | alma_mater = University of Michigan | occupation = Film and Television director producer and screenwriter | years_active = 1989–present | known_for = Director of ''The Big Bang Theory'' episodes | spouse = | partner = | website = }}
'''Mark Cendrowski''' (born August 5, 1959) is an American film and television director. He is best known as the director of most episodes of ''The Big Bang Theory''.
Cendrowski is a 1981 graduate of the University of Michigan and a 1977 graduate of Notre Dame High School in Harper Woods, Michigan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alum Talks About the Long Road to Hollywood|url=http://www.ndpma.org/alum-talks-about-the-long-road-to-hollywood/|access-date=28 February 2019|date=July 11, 2016|archive-date=1 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301074553/http://www.ndpma.org/alum-talks-about-the-long-road-to-hollywood/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He has worked on a number of series, including directing many episodes of ''Yes, Dear'', ''Still Standing'', ''According to Jim'', ''Rules of Engagement'', and was the primary director of ''The Big Bang Theory''. He has also directed episodes of ''Wizards of Waverly Place'', ''The King of Queens'', ''A.N.T. Farm'', ''Hannah Montana'', ''Sabrina, the Teenage Witch'', ''The Hughleys'', ''Malcolm & Eddie'', ''Men at Work'', ''Sullivan & Son'', ''Dads'', ''The Carmichael Show'' and ''Superior Donuts'', among others.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kronke|first1=David|title=The Physics of Comedy|url=https://www.dga.org/Craft/DGAQ/All-Articles/1303-Summer-2013/Mark-Cendrowski.aspx|access-date=28 February 2019|publisher=Directors Guild of America|date=Summer 2013|archive-date=14 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214143547/https://www.dga.org/Craft/DGAQ/All-Articles/1303-Summer-2013/Mark-Cendrowski.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Cendrowski received his first-ever Emmy nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for the final episode of the eleventh season of ''The Big Bang Theory'', "The Bow Tie Asymmetry", which included special guest star Mark Hamill<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Goldberg|first1=Lesley|title='Big Bang Theory' Director on His Surprise Delayed Emmy Nomination|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/big-bang-theory-director-his-surprise-delayed-emmy-nomination-1134588|access-date=28 February 2019|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=August 17, 2018}}</ref> and another nomination for the series finale "The Stockholm Syndrome".
Cendrowski began his TV career as an assistant director and stage manager.
==Filmography==
{| class=wikitable style=align:center ! Year ! Title ! Episodes ! Note |- | 2024- || ''Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage'' || TBD |- | 2023 || ''Night Court'' || 1 |- | 2021 || ''Call Me Kat'' || 1 |- | 2021-2022 || ''United States of Al'' || 19 |- | 2020 || ''United We Fall'' || 6 |- | 2018 || ''Happy Together'' || 2 |- | 2018–2024 || ''The Neighborhood'' || 39 |- | 2017–2018 || ''Superior Donuts'' || 3 |- | 2017–2019 || ''Young Sheldon'' || 5 |- | 2016–2019 || ''Fuller House'' || 6 |- | 2015–2017 || ''Dr. Ken'' || 4 |- | 2015–2017 || ''The Odd Couple'' || 10 |- | rowspan=2|2016 || ''Poser'' || 1 || Cancel after "Pilot" |- || ''Family Fortune'' || || TV movie |- | rowspan=2|2015 || ''The Carmichael Show'' || 1 |- || ''Fantasy Life'' || || |- | 2014 || ''Living the Dream''|| |- | 2013–2014 || ''Dads'' || 6 |- | rowspan=3|2013 || ''Guys with Kids'' || 1 |- | ''Malibu Country'' || 1 |- | ''Super Fun Night'' || 1 |- | 2012–2013 || ''Sullivan & Son''|| 2 |- | rowspan=2|2012 || ''Men at Work'' || 7 |- | ''Rob'' || 1 |- | rowspan=5|2011 || ''Billion Dollar Freshmen'' || || |- | ''Whitney''|| 1 |- || ''A.N.T. Farm'' || 1 |- | ''Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures'' || 1 |- | ''Mad Love'' || 1 |- | 2010 || ''Who Gets the Parents'' || || |- | 2009–2010 || ''The Suite Life on Deck'' || 2 |- | 2009 || ''Rita Rocks'' || 2 |- | 2008 || ''Cory in the House''|| 1 |- | 2007–2019 || ''The Big Bang Theory''|| 244 |- | 2007–2012 || ''Rules of Engagement'' || 6 |- | 2007–2009 || ''Wizards of Waverly Place''|| 8 |- | rowspan=2|2007 || ''Hannah Montana''|| 2 |- | ''The Winner'' || 5 |- | rowspan=2|2006 || ''Happy Hour'' || 3 |- |''Courting Alex'' || 6 |- | 2005–2006 || ''Out of Practice'' || 4 |- | rowspan=2|2005 || ''Committed'' || 1 |- | ''Untitled Susie Essman Project'' || || |- | 2004–2006 || ''Still Standing'' || 12 |- | 2004–2005 || ''Center of the Universe'' || 6 |- | 2000–2005 || ''Yes, Dear'' || 44 |- | rowspan=3|2004 || ''The Men's Room''|| Unknown |- | ''Listen Up'' || 1 |- |''George Lopez''|| 1 |- | 2003–2004 || ''Married to the Kellys'' || 5 |- | rowspan=3|2003 || ''Lost at Home'' || 3 || Canceled after first episode |- | ''8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter'' || 2 |- |''Abby'' || 1 |- | 2002–2005 || ''According to Jim'' || 24 |- | rowspan=4|2002 || ''Greetings from Tucson'' || 1 |- | ''What I Like About You'' || 1 |- | ''One on One'' || 1 |- | ''Three Sisters'' || 1 |- | 2001–2002 || ''Off Centre'' || 4 |- | 2001 || ''So Little Time'' || 4 |- | rowspan=2|2000 || ''Daddio'' || 2 |- | ''Then Came You'' || 1 |- | 1999–2005 || ''The King of Queens'' || 3 |- | 1999–2002 || ''The Hughleys'' || 22 |- | 1998–2003 || ''Sabrina, the Teenage Witch'' || 3 |- | rowspan=2|1999–2000 || ''The Jamie Foxx Show'' || 4 |- |''Ladies Man'' || 5 |- |rowspan=2|1999 || ''Los Beltrán'' || 2 |- | ''Oh, Grow Up'' || 1 |- | 1998–1999 || ''Smart Guy'' || 4 |- | 1998 || ''Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place'' || 1 |- | 1997–1998 || ''Teen Angel'' || 8 |- | 1997 || rowspan=2| ''Brotherly Love'' || 2 |- | 1996–1998 || rowspan=2| ''Malcolm & Eddie'' || 15 |- | 1996–1997 || 17 || assistant director |- | 1995 || 2 || assistant director |- | 1994–1995 || ''All-American Girl'' || 9 || assistant director |- | 1994 || ''Wings'' || 2 || assistant director |- | 1993 || ''The Mommies'' || 1 || stage manager |- | rowspan=2|1992 || ''Woops!'' || 1 || stage manager |- || ''Nurses'' || 1 || stage manager |- | 1991 || ''Roseanne'' || 1 || stage manager |- | 1990 || ''Good Grief'' || 2 || stage manager |- | 1989–1990 || ''Full House''|| 19 || stage manager |- | 1986 || ''What's Happening Now!!'' || 1 || | stage manager |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|148252}}
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