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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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James Newton Howard to Kevin Jarre
Douglas Jackson Biography (1940-)
Born January 26, 1940, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; son of Frederick and Joyce Jackson.
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Director, writer
- Birth Details
- January 26, 1940
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Director
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The Heatwave Lasted Four Days, 1975
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Why Men Rape, 1979
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Whispers (also known as Dean Koontz's Whispers), Cinepix, 1990
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Deadbolt, New Line Cinema, 1992
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Stalked, Republic, 1994
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The Paper Boy, Allegro Films, 1994
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The Wrong Woman, Republic, 1995
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As Doug Jackson
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Random Encounter, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1998
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Dead End (also known as False Pretense), Allegro Films, 1998
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The Witness Files, Avalanche Home Entertainment, 1999
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Requiem for Murder (also known as Classy Kill), Avalanche Home Entertainment, 1999
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The Ghost, Regent Entertainment, 2000
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Film Producer
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The Heatwave Lasted Four Days, 1975
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Television Director
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Movies
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Bambinger, 1985
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Uncle T, 1985
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Someone Is Watching, Lifetime, 2000
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Television Work
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Series
- Associate producer, Designing Women, CBS, 1986-1987
- Producer, Designing Women, CBS, 1987-1988 and 1989-1990
- Supervising producer, Designing Women, CBS, 1990-1991
- Producer, Evening Shade (also known as Arkansas), CBS, 1990-1994
- Co-executive producer, Designing Women, CBS, 1992-1993
- Producer (with Tommy Thompson), Hearts Afire (also known as Capitol Hill and D.C.), CBS, beginning 1992.
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Television Director
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Episodic
- "Banshee," Ray Bradbury Theater, HBO, 1986
- Director of "Extra Innings" and "The Mind of Simon Foster," episodes of The Twilight Zone, CBS; and episodes of Friday the 13th (also known as Friday the 13th: The Series and Friday's Curse), and Wiseguy, CBS.
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Television Work
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Other
- Director (with others), Empire, Inc. (miniseries), CBC (Canada), 1985
- Producer, The Designing Women Special: Their Finest Hour, CBS, 1990
- Producer, Close Encounters (pilot; also known as Matchmaker), CBS, 1990
- (As Doug Jackson) Director, Midnight in St. Petersburg, Showtime,1995
- Director, Twists of Terror (also known as Primal Scream), 1996
- Director, Natural Enemy, 1997
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
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The Heatwave Lasted Four Days, 1975
- Also author or coauthor of numerous screenplays for National Film Board (Canada), Canadian Broadcasting Corp., and U.S. television.
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