Douglas Jackson

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Douglas "Doug" Jackson (born January 26, 1938 in Montréal , Québec , Canada ) is a Canadian film director , film producer and screenwriter who received an Oscar nomination in 1969 .

Life notes

Jackson began working in film in the 1960s as a member of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), where his primary responsibility was documentary shorts. At the beginning of his career he was always carried under the name Doug Jackson. He was nominated for an Oscar with the short film Blake , produced by him in 1968 and directed by Bill Mason . The film shows the animator Blake James, who leads an extraordinary life away from the usual norms in order to live out his extraordinary desire for freedom.

The film The Sloane Affair , released in 1972, was directed, scripted and produced by Jackson. The plot, though fictional, is based on incidents from Treasury files and shows an investigation into alleged tax fraud that a successful building contractor is accused of. Jackson also worked as director, producer and writer for the crime drama Four Hot Days , which was made in 1974 . A reporter happened to photograph a fleeing gangster during a heat wave in Montréal while reporting on the bathing industry, whom he now wants to blackmail, which leads to his being drawn ever deeper into dangerous machinations.

In the English-speaking world, Jackson Name is primarily associated with the miniseries Empire, Inc. (1985), which he staged together with Denys Arcand . The following year Jackson directed an episode of the sci-fi and fantasy television series Bradbury's Chamber of Horrors , called Banshee , in which an eccentric extravagant critic who lives in a lodge in the Irish woods makes a strange bet with a skeptical writer. Jackson's action thriller The Ghost , published in 2001, is about a killer hounded by her own people who, as a mail order bride, finds shelter with an unsuspecting Californian.

Douglas Jackson is married to the actress Tanya Jackson, whom he cast as a ballet dancer in the 1996 thriller Midnight in St. Petersburg (The Palmer Files: Lords of the Apocalypse) .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1958: General Motors Presents (TV series, episode Power to Destroy ; author)
  • 1964: Lacrosse (documentary short film; director, producer, author, editor)
  • 1965: Control of Inmates (documentary short film; director, author)
  • 1967: Reception (documentary short film; director, producer, author)
  • 1969: Blake (short film; producer)
  • 1969: Danny and Nicky (documentary; director, producer, editor)
  • 1971: Norman Jewison, film maker (documentary, director; producer)
  • 1972: The Sloane Affair (director, producer, writer, preparatory work)
  • 1973: La gastronomie (short documentary film; director, author)
  • 1975: Four Hot Days ( The Headwave Lasted Four Days ; director, producer, writer)
  • 1976: The Art of Eating (documentary short film; director, producer, editor)
  • 1979: Why Men Rape (documentary short film; director, producer, editor, preparatory work)
  • 1984: Bambinger (short film; director)
  • 1985: Empire, Inc. (TV miniseries, 6 episodes; director)
  • 1986: Bradbury's Chamber of Horrors ( Ray Bradbury's Chronicles , TV series, episode Banshee ; director)
  • 1988/1989: Twilight Zone (TV series, episodes Extra Innings and The Mind of Simon Foster ; director)
  • 1989: Fight against the Mafia ( Wiseguy ; TV series, episode High Dollar Bop ; director)
  • 1990: On your own ( Counterstrike / Force de frappe , TV series, episode Thanos ; director)
  • 1990: Whispers (Director)
  • 1990/1991: The Guns of the Law ( Street Legal , TV series, episodes of Lies and The Cookies Crumble; director)
  • 1992: Deadbolt (TV movie; director)
  • 1992–1995: Kiss Me, John ( Hearts Afire , sitcom; producer)
  • 1994: The Paperboy (Director)
  • 1995: The Wrong Woman ( The Wrong Woman ; director)
  • 1996: Midnight in St. Petersburg (Director)
  • 1997: Hate (alternatively The Enemy in My House ), OT: Natural Enemy , (video; director)
  • 1997: Twists of Terror (TV movie; director)
  • 1998: Random Encounter (Director)
  • 1998: False Pretense ( Dead End ; director)
  • 1999: Symphony of Death ( Requiem for Murder ; director)
  • 2000: The Voyeur ( Someone Is Watching ; TV movie; director)
  • 2001: The Ghost (Director, Writer)
  • 2002: The Denver Assassination ( Aftermath , VT: Bomb Attack - The Hunt for the Assassin ; Director)
  • 2004: Saving Emily (TV movie; director)
  • 2005: Verbotene Liebe - A Murderous Game ( A Killer Upstairs , TV film; director)
  • 2006: The Perfect Marriage (TV movie; director)
  • 2007: Trügerische Freiheit - The murderer is waiting for you ( Framed for Murder , TV film; director)
  • 2008: You're dead at 17 ( Dead at 17 , TV film; director)
  • 2008: The Perfect Assistant (also Perfect Secretary; director)
  • 2009: A Nanny's Secret (TV movie; director)

Awards

Academy Awards 1970

Canadian Film Awards 1973

  • Winner of the Etrog Award in the "Best Screenplay" category together with Alvin Goldman for The Sloane Affair and in the "Best Director" and "Best TV Drama" category for The Sloane Affair

CableACE Awards 1987

  • Awarded ACE for Best Director in a Dramatic Series for the Banshee episode from Bradbury's Chamber of Horrors

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The 42nd Academy Awards | 1970 see page oscars.org (English).
  2. ↑ Douglas Jackson see page in the IMDb (English).
personal data
SURNAME Jackson, Douglas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jackson, Doug
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian film director, film producer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Montréal , Quebec, Canada