Jeannot Szwarc

Born: 1939-11-21

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jeannot Szwarc (born 21 November 1939) is 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.


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Released: 2007-11-08

Chronicles the last great American showman, filmmaker William Castle, a master of ballyhoo who...

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Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie

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Released: 1985-12-01

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Released: 2006-11-28

A 5-part documentary of the history of Superman in the movies. • Origin - Superman in the media...

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The Making of Jaws 2

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Released: 2001-05-22

A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this sequel to the...

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

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First aired: 1975-01-12

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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