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Jeannot Szwarc

Born 1939-11-21 Paris, France 6 films

Jeannot Szwarc (November 21, 1939 - January 14, 2025) was a French film director. Szwarc was born in Paris. He began working as a director in US television during the 1960s, in particular on Ironside. He is also associated with The Rockford Files, Kojak, Night Gallery, JAG, Bones, Numb3rs, and Columbo. His feature films include Bug (1975), Jaws 2 (1978), Somewhere in Time (1980), Supergirl (1984), and Santa Claus: The Movie (1985). Since then, he has mainl…

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Filmography

6 films

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Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story poster

Chronicles the last great American showman, filmmaker William Castle, a master of ballyhoo who beca…

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Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

★ 7.8 2007

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman poster

A 5-part documentary of the history of Superman in the movies. • Origin - Superman in the media an…

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You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

★ 6.0 2006

A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this sequel to the now-cla…

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The Making of Jaws 2

★ 7.8 2001

The cast and crew of Somewhere in Time (1980) looks back at the making of the movie in this documen…

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Back To "Somewhere In Time"

★ 8.0 2000

Supergirl: The Making of the Movie poster

A documentary filmed during production of the film "Supergirl" showing the world how and who made i…

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Supergirl: The Making of the Movie

★ 6.9 1985

Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie poster

This behind-the-scenes documentary follows Team Salkind as they set out to bring Santa's "true" sto…

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Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie

★ 5.4 1985