Jerry Jameson (born November 26, 1934) is an American

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and

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and producer.

Biography

Highly prolific, he began his career in 1964 as an editor on the episode " The Song Festers" of ''

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'', soon moving to work as an associate producer or editorial supervisor (sometimes both) on hundreds of episodes of numerous different television series, from 1965 through 1970. Jameson started directing with the 1971 episode " Trackdown" of the series '' Dan August'', before going on to direct over 100 episodes of shows like ''

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,'' '' Ironside,'' ''

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,'' ''

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,'' and ''

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.'' He also directed numerous made-for-TV movies and theatrical motion pictures, including ''

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'', '' Raise the Titanic'', and '' Captive.''

Partial directorial filmography

*1970: ''

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'' *1971: '' Dan August'' *1972: '' Brute Corps'' (film) *1972: ''

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'' *1972: '' The Dirt Gang'' (film) *1972: ''

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'' *1973: ''

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'' *1974: '' Heatwave!'' (TV film) *1974: '' The Bat People'' (film) *1974: '' The Elevator'' (TV film) *1974: ''

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'' (TV film) *1974: ''Terror on the 40th Floor'' (TV film) *1974: ''

'' *1974: '' McCloud'' *1975: '' Ironside'' *1975: ''

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'' *1975: '' Hawaii Five-O'' *1975: '' The Secret Night Caller'' (TV film) *1975: '' The Deadly Tower'' (TV film) *1975: '' The Lives of Jenny Dolan'' (TV film) *1976: '' The Call of the Wild'' (TV film) *1976: ''The Invasion of Johnson County'' (TV film) *1977: ''

'' (film) *1978: '' Superdome'' (TV film) *1978: '' A Fire in the Sky'' (TV film) *1980: '' Raise the Titanic'' (film) *1980: '' High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane'' (TV film) *1980: '' Dan August: Murder, My Friend'' (TV film, an edit that used Jameson's 1971 episode " Trackdown") *1981: '' Stand by Your Man'' (TV film) *1981: '' Killing at Hell's Gate'' (TV film) *1982: ''

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'' (TV film) *1983: '' Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land'' (TV film) *1983: ''Cowboy'' *1983: ''This Girl for Hire'' *1984: ''Last of the Great Survivors'' *1984: ''The Cowboy and the Ballerina'' *1985: '' Stormin' Home'' (TV film) *1986: ''

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'' (film) (uncredited) *1986: ''

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'' (TV film) *1986: '' Magnum, P.I.'' *1987: ''

'' *1988: ''

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'' *1988: ''The Red Spider'' (TV film) *1989: '' Fire and Rain'' (TV film) *1992: '' Gunsmoke: To the Last Man'' (TV film) *1993: '' Gunsmoke: The Long Ride'' (TV film) *1993: '' Bonanza: The Return'' (TV film) *1993: ''

'' *1994: ''Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice'' (TV film) *1995: ''

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'' *1996: '' Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'' *1996: ''Gone in a Heartbeat'' *1998: '' Land of the Free'' (film) *2002: ''The Red Phone: Manhunt'' (TV film) *2003: ''The Red Phone: Checkmate'' (TV film) *2004: ''Last Flight Out'' (TV film) *2015: '' Captive'' (film)

References

*''The American Vein: Directors and Directions in Television''. Edited by Christopher Wicking, Tise Vahimagi

External links

*
The Accidental Auteur
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