Other names Jean Szwarc Role Director | Name Jeannot Szwarc Years active 1968–present | |
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Occupation Film director, television director Nominations Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form Movies Jaws 2, Somewhere in Time, Supergirl, Santa Claus: The Movie, Bug Similar People Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Greg Beeman, Roy Scheider, Helen Slater | ||
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Jeannot Szwarc (born November 21, 1937) is a French-American director of film and television, known for such films as Jaws 2, Somewhere in Time, and Santa Claus: The Movie. He has also produced and written for TV.
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- Life and career
- Feature films
- Television films
- Television series
- References
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Life and career
Szwarc was born in Paris. He began working as a director in American television during the 1960s, in particular on Ironside. He has also directed episodes of The Rockford Files, Kojak, Night Gallery, JAG, Bones, Castle, Numbers, Columbo, Heroes, and dozens of other series.
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 films and series.
In 2003, Szwarc joined the crew of The WB/CW television series Smallville as a director. One of the major episodes he directed was "Homecoming", the 200th episode of the series.
Szwarc co-directed, with Miguel Sapochnik, the fifth and final season premiere of the Fox science-fiction/crime series Fringe. He has directed multiple other episodes of the series throughout its run.
He is a graduate of Harvard University.