Jeannot Szwarc
Birthday: 1939-11-21
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Biography: Jeannot Szwarc (November 21, 1939 - January 14, 2025) was a French film director. Szwarc was born in Paris. He began working as a director in US television during the 1960s, in particular on Ironside. He is also associated with The Rockford Files, Kojak, Night Gallery, JAG, Bones, Numb3rs, and Columbo. His feature films include Bug (1975), Jaws 2 (1978), Somewhere in Time (1980), Supergirl (1984), and Santa Claus: The Movie (1985). Since then, he has mainly directed television movies and series. In 2003, Szwarc joined the crew of The WB television series Smallville as a director. One of the major episodes he directed was "Homecoming", the 200th episode of Smallville. He also directed six episodes of Heroes, at least once for each season.
Movies
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie
A documentary filmed during production of the film "Supergirl" showing the world how and who made it...
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Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Chronicles the last great American showman, filmmaker William Castle, a master of ballyhoo who becam...
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The Making of Jaws 2
A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this sequel to the now-clas...
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Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
This behind-the-scenes documentary follows Team Salkind as they set out to bring Santa's "true" stor...
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You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
A 5-part documentary of the history of Superman in the movies. • Origin - Superman in the media and...
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Back To "Somewhere In Time"
The cast and crew of Somewhere in Time (1980) looks back at the making of the movie in this document...
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