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Jeannot Szwarc (born 21 November, 1939 in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
) is a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 film director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
. He began working as a director in US television during the 1960s, in particular on Ironside
Ironside (TV series)

Ironside is a Universal Studios television series which ran on NBC from September 14, 1967 to February 6, 1975. The character's debut was in a TV-movie on March 28, 1967....
. He is also associated with The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files is an American detective television drama originally aired on the NBC television network between September 13, 1974 and January 10, 1980; it has remained in constant television syndication to the present day, making it a cult classic....
 and Columbo.

His feature film
Feature film

In the film industry, a feature film is a film made for initial Film distributor in Movie theater and being the "main attraction" of the screening ....
s include Bug
Bug (1975 film)

Bug is a 1975 in film horror film starring Bradford Dillman, Joanna Miles and Richard Gilliland. It was directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by William Castle and Thomas Page....
 (1975), Jaws 2
Jaws 2

Jaws 2 is a 1978 in film Cinema of the United States horror film/thriller directed by Jeannot Szwarc. It is the first sequel to Steven Spielberg's 48th Academy Awards-winning classic Jaws ....
 (1978), Somewhere in Time
Somewhere in Time (film)

Somewhere in Time is a 1980 in film time travel romance film directed by Jeannot Szwarc, screenplay by Richard Matheson and starring Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour , Christopher Plummer, Teresa Wright and featuring an early appearance by then-unknown William H....
 (1980), Supergirl
Supergirl (film)

Supergirl is a 1984 superhero film. It stars Helen Slater in her first film role in the title role of the DC Comics superheroine Supergirl. Faye Dunaway played the primary villain, Selena....
 (1984), and Santa Claus: The Movie
Santa Claus: The Movie

Santa Claus: The Movie is a 1985 in film Christmas film starring Dudley Moore and John Lithgow. It is the last major fantasy film movie producer by the Paris-based father-and-son production team of Alexander Salkind and Ilya Salkind....
 (1985), since then, he has mainly directed television movie
Television movie

A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a television network....
s and series.

In 2003, Szwarc joined the crew of The WB television series Smallville
Smallville (TV series)

Smallville is an Television in the United States series developed by writers/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics fictional character Superman, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster....
 as a director.






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Jeannot Szwarc (born 21 November, 1939 in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
) is a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 film director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
. He began working as a director in US television during the 1960s, in particular on Ironside
Ironside (TV series)

Ironside is a Universal Studios television series which ran on NBC from September 14, 1967 to February 6, 1975. The character's debut was in a TV-movie on March 28, 1967....
. He is also associated with The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files is an American detective television drama originally aired on the NBC television network between September 13, 1974 and January 10, 1980; it has remained in constant television syndication to the present day, making it a cult classic....
 and Columbo.

His feature film
Feature film

In the film industry, a feature film is a film made for initial Film distributor in Movie theater and being the "main attraction" of the screening ....
s include Bug
Bug (1975 film)

Bug is a 1975 in film horror film starring Bradford Dillman, Joanna Miles and Richard Gilliland. It was directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by William Castle and Thomas Page....
 (1975), Jaws 2
Jaws 2

Jaws 2 is a 1978 in film Cinema of the United States horror film/thriller directed by Jeannot Szwarc. It is the first sequel to Steven Spielberg's 48th Academy Awards-winning classic Jaws ....
 (1978), Somewhere in Time
Somewhere in Time (film)

Somewhere in Time is a 1980 in film time travel romance film directed by Jeannot Szwarc, screenplay by Richard Matheson and starring Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour , Christopher Plummer, Teresa Wright and featuring an early appearance by then-unknown William H....
 (1980), Supergirl
Supergirl (film)

Supergirl is a 1984 superhero film. It stars Helen Slater in her first film role in the title role of the DC Comics superheroine Supergirl. Faye Dunaway played the primary villain, Selena....
 (1984), and Santa Claus: The Movie
Santa Claus: The Movie

Santa Claus: The Movie is a 1985 in film Christmas film starring Dudley Moore and John Lithgow. It is the last major fantasy film movie producer by the Paris-based father-and-son production team of Alexander Salkind and Ilya Salkind....
 (1985), since then, he has mainly directed television movie
Television movie

A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a television network....
s and series.

In 2003, Szwarc joined the crew of The WB television series Smallville
Smallville (TV series)

Smallville is an Television in the United States series developed by writers/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics fictional character Superman, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster....
 as a director. He also directed "Distractions
Distractions (Heroes)

"Distractions" is the fourteenth episode of the List of Heroes episodes#Volume One - Genesis of the NBC science fiction Television drama series Heroes ....
", an episode of Heroes
Heroes (TV series)

Heroes is an American science fiction dramatic programming created by Tim Kring, which premiered on NBC on September 25, 2006. The series tells the stories of ordinary individuals from around the world who inexplicably develop Superpower , and their roles in preventing disasters, usually foreseen in images produced by precognitive painter...
 (2007).

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