Jerry London (born January 21, 1937) is an American

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and producer.

Life and career

London has directed more than forty television movies, including the

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nominated '' Chiefs''. London won best director for

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's ''

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'', a nine-hour

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for

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, and has also directed ten other miniseries, including the acclaimed '' The Scarlet and the Black'' with

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, '' Chiefs'' with

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, and ''

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'' with

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. He has taught film production at

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and

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. London is the father of Todd London and Lisa London. The former is a TV producer of

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's ''

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'' and '' The Pacific'', and a senior vice president and post-production executive of

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Filmography

*'' Killdozer!'' (1974) *'' Ma and Pa'' (1974) *'' Goodnight Jackie'' (1974) *'' Just by Accident (Rockford Files)'' (1975) *'' The World of Darkness'' (1977) *'' Cover Girls'' (1977) *''

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'' (1978) *'' Escapade'' (1978) *''

Evening in Byzantium ''Evening in Byzantium'' is a 1978 American two-part, four-hour made-for-television drama (film and television), drama film produced by Glen A. Larson Productions and Universal Television, and directed by Jerry London, about the Cannes Film Festi ...

'' (1978) *'' Women in White'' (1979) *''

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'' (1980) *''

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'' (1980) *'' Chicago Story'' (1981 pilot TV movie) *'' The Ordeal of Bill Carney'' (1981) *'' The Gift of Life'' (1982) *'' The Scarlet and the Black'' (1983) *'' Chiefs'' (1983) *''

'' (1984) *'' If Tomorrow Comes'' (1986) *'' Dark Mansions'' (1986) *'' Manhunt for Claude Dallas'' (1986) *'' Harry's Hong Kong'' (1987) *'' Rent-a-Cop'' (1987) *'' Dadah Is Death'' (1988) *'' Kiss Shot'' (1989) *'' The Haunting of Sarah Hardy'' (1989) *'' A Season of Giants'' (1990) *'' Vestige of Honor'' (1990) *'' Victim of Love'' (1991) *''

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'' (1992) *'' Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story'' (1992) *'' A Twist of the Knife'' (1993) *'' Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story'' (1993) *''

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'' (1994 pilot film) *'' I Spy Returns'' (1994) *'' A Mother's Gift'' (1995) *'' A Promise to Carolyn'' (1996) *'' A Holiday for Love'' (1996) *'' Stolen Women, Captured Hearts'' (1997) *'' Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story'' (1997) *'' I'll Be Home for Christmas'' (1997) *''Beauty'' (1998) *'' As Time Runs Out'' (1999) *'' Take Me Home: The John Denver Story'' (2000) *'' Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Heart Within'' (2001) *'' Counterstrike'' (2002)

References

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