Sandy is an art director and production designer. Her long list of credits includes "Dead Poet's Society," "Outrageous Fortune," "Home Alone II," "Dallas," "Terms of Endearment," "Stripes," "My Favorite Martian," "Blood Done Sign My Name," "Nebraska" and the television series, "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "Gilmore Girls." She was honored with an Academy Award nomination for Art Direction for "Terms of Endearment." 

Sandy is a graduate from NU (BFA 1973, MA 1975, MFA 1978). She taught film design classes at UNL between Hollywood assignments and was honored for her professional success as a university Master in 1994. She received the 2003 Alumni Achievement in Theatre Arts and a UNL Alumni Association Alumni Achievement Award in 2000. From 2006-2007, She was a visiting faculty member at the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, teaching Production Design: Film and TV, Scene Design I & II and Principles of Design.

(Sandy's Television and Film Credits).

She is a member of the Art Directors Guild, IATSE #800 and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.