Sanford Bookstaver

{{Short description|American film and television director}} {{Infobox person | name = Sanford Bookstaver | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | othername = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|09|01}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | occupation = Film/television director<br>television producer | years_active = 1999–present | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|[[Rena Sofer]]|2003|2017|end=divorced}} * {{marriage||2024}} }} | children = 1 }}

'''Sanford Bookstaver''' (born September 1, 1973) is an American [[film director|film]], [[television director]] and [[television producer]].

==Early life== In 1995, Bookstaver graduated from the [[USC School of Cinematic Arts|USC School of Cinema-Television]].<ref>[http://cinema.usc.edu/inmotion/2006spring.cfm In Motion Spring 2006 - USC School of Cinematic Arts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103150223/http://cinema.usc.edu/inmotion/2006spring.cfm |date=2011-11-03 }}</ref> In 1999, he directed the film ''Scriptfellas''.

==Television== As a television director, some of Bookstaver's episodic credits include ''[[Prison Break]]'', ''[[The O.C.]]'', ''[[Chicago Fire (TV series)|Chicago Fire]]'', ''[[Chicago P.D. (TV series)|Chicago PD]]'', ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'', ''[[One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill]]'', ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', ''[[Harper's Island]]'', ''[[Jericho (2006 TV series)|Jericho]]'', ''[[White Collar (TV series)|White Collar]]'', ''[[Fastlane (TV series)|Fastlane]]'' and ''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]''.<ref>[https://tv.yahoo.com/contributor/54230/credits;_ylt=Ah8jYhNFE07hck745FTmLjC.o9EF Sanford Bookstaver], Yahoo! TV</ref>

==Personal life== Bookstaver married actress [[Rena Sofer]] in 2003. On August 5, 2005, the couple's first child together was born in [[Los Angeles]]. Bookstaver and Sofer eventually divorced in 2017. In 2019, Sofer announced they had reconciled, and in April she announced their engagement. They later remarried in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |author=SOD |authorlink1=Soap Opera Digest |title=B&B's Rena Sofer to Re-Wed |url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/bbs-rena-sofer-to-re-wed/ |website=[[Soap Opera Digest]] |publisher=[[American Media, Inc.]] |accessdate=April 29, 2019 |location=United States |date=April 29, 2019 }}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb name}} *{{Twitter}}

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