- Alan Zdinak is a producer, writer, and director best known for five seasons of Emmy nominated directing on Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues (1996). After earning a degree in art and philosophy from NYU, Zdinak worked in commercial and music video production in New York. He spent several years as a key collaborator with Oscar/Emmy/MTV lauded visionary Zbigniew Rybczynski. He got his directing break at a Silicon Valley subsidiary of Paramount, returning to New York to helm over two dozen episodes of "Blue's Clues". Zdinak went on to produce and direct for Oxygen, The History Channel, NatGeo Kids, and elsewhere.
- IMDb mini biography by: Marc Twang
- Has also prepared fossils at Yale's Peabody Museum, The Smithsonian, the American Museum of Natural History, and The Natural History Museum of LA County.
- Feature screenwriting represented by Circle of Confusion. When Sandollar Productions wanted to produce a vampire film, his script "Night" vied against "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"(1992). (Spoiler alert: Joss Whedon's script won.).
- Storyboarded every episode of "Blue's Clues" he directed. Also story-boarded many TV commercials and music videos. Father William Zdinak had been a top storyboard artist with Madison Avenue advertising agencies.
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