Douglas Jackson Biography (1940-)

Born January 26, 1940, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; son of Frederick and Joyce Jackson.

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Director
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days, 1975
Why Men Rape, 1979
Whispers (also known as Dean Koontz's Whispers), Cinepix, 1990
Deadbolt, New Line Cinema, 1992
Stalked, Republic, 1994
The Paper Boy, Allegro Films, 1994
The Wrong Woman, Republic, 1995
As Doug Jackson
Random Encounter, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1998
Dead End (also known as False Pretense), Allegro Films, 1998
The Witness Files, Avalanche Home Entertainment, 1999
Requiem for Murder (also known as Classy Kill), Avalanche Home Entertainment, 1999
The Ghost, Regent Entertainment, 2000
Film Producer
The Heatwave Lasted Four Days, 1975
Television Director
Movies

Bambinger, 1985
Uncle T, 1985
Someone Is Watching, Lifetime, 2000
Television Work
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.
Television Director
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.
Television Work
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
WRITINGS
Screenplays
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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