Jack Smight
Jack Smight (born March 9, 1925 in Minneapolis , Minnesota , † September 1, 2003 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American film and television director.
He began his career as a director in 1949 with the production of several episodes of the television series One Man's Family . This was followed by television productions of various television series, such as four episodes for Twilight Zone, into the 1960s . In 1960 he was shooting with Destiny, West! his first feature film. Four years later he made his cinema debut as a director with I'd Rather Be Rich . Up until the beginning of the 1970s, he made feature films, then again worked for various television series. In 1973 he directed Double Indemnity, a television remake of the classic Woman Without a Conscience . The high point of his career was finally staging the war film Battle for Midway in 1976. In 1989 he made his last film, The Favorite .
Jack Smight had worked twice as a producer: in 1965 for the film The Third Day and five years later again for his own film The Traveling Executioner .
In 1959 he was awarded an Emmy for his work on the Alcoa Theater series .
From 1951 to 2002 he was married to actress Joyce Cunning . They had two children together, their son Alec Smight works as a film editor in the film business.
Filmography (selection)
- 1964: How to tame Eva (I'd Rather Be Rich)
- 1965: The Third Day
- 1966: A Case for Harper (Harper)
- 1966: The Gentleman Zinker (Kaleidoscope)
- 1967: The Secret War of Harry Frigg (The Secret War of Harry Frigg)
- 1968: Bizarre Murders (No Way to Treat a Lady)
- 1969: The Illustrated Man
- 1970: The Traveling Executioner
- 1970: Let's get away, Rabbit (Rabbit, Run)
- 1973: Frankenstein As He Really Was (Frankenstein: The True Story) (TV Movie)
- 1974: Giants in the sky (Airport 1975)
- 1976: Battle for Midway (Midway)
- 1977: Damnation Alley (Damnation Alley)
- 1979: The Chance of a Lifetime (Fast Break)
- 1980: A Waltz Before Breakfast (Loving Couples)
- 1982: Remembrance of Love
- 1987: Der Berserker (Number One with a Bullet)
- 1989: The Favorite
Web links
- Jack Smight in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Smight, Jack |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American director |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1925 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Minneapolis , Minnesota , USA |
DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 2003 |
Place of death | Los Angeles , California , USA |