Jeannot Szwarc
Director, Producer, Writer
November 21, 1939 — January 14, 2025 (85 years)
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.
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| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre · as Associate Producer |
| 2007 | Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story · as SelfOn Plex |
| 2007 | Heroes Unmasked · as Self |
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| 2001 | The Making of 'Jaws 2' · as Self |
| 2001 | John Williams: The Music of 'Jaws 2' · as Self |
| 2000 | Back to 'Somewhere in Time' · as Self |
| 1987 | Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie · as Self |
| 1985 | Supergirl: The Making of the Movie · as Self |
| 1975 | Sunday meetings · as Self |
| 1973 | Tomorrow with Tom Snyder · as Self |
| 1973 | Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend · as Self |
| 1984 | Supergirl · as Art Direction |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief · as Story |
| 1967 | Ironside · as Story |