Jackson, David (David S. Jackson)

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Jackson, David (David S. Jackson)

PERSONAL

Addresses:

Agent—Agency for the Performing Arts, 405 South Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Manager—Thrive Entertainment, 1093 Broxton Ave, Suite 1228, Los Angeles, CA 90024.

Career:

Director, writer, and producer.

Awards, Honors:

Edgar Allan Poe Award, best television episode, Mystery Writers of America, 1987, for "The Cup," The Equalizer; Directors Guild of America Award nomination, outstanding directing in a children's program, 2006, for Buffalo Dreams.

CREDITS

Television Director; Series:

Swamp Thing, USA Network, multiple episodes, between 1990 and 1992.

Nash Bridges (also known as Bridges), CBS, multiple episodes, between 1996 and 2001.

The District, CBS, multiple episodes, between 2001 and 2003.

Television Director; Movies:

(As David S. Jackson) Death Train (also known as Alistair MacLean's "Death Train" and Detonator), USA Network, 1993.

Night Watch (also known as Alistair MacLean's "Night Watch" and Detonator 2: Night Watch), USA Network, 1995.

Code Name: Wolverine, Fox, 1996.

The Future Lasts a Long Time, 1996.

(As David S. Jackson) Crimes of Passion: Voice from the Grave (also known as From the Files of "Unsolved Mysteries": Voice from the Grave, Unsolved Mysteries: Voice from the Grave, and Voice from the Grace), NBC, 1996.

Home Invasion, NBC, 1998.

(As David S. Jackson) The Lake, NBC, 1998.

(As David S. Jackson) The Jesse Ventura Story, NBC, 1999.

(As David S. Jackson) The Wrong Girl, NBC, 1999.

(As David S. Jackson) The Spring, NBC, 2000.

(And, as David S. Jackson, executive producer) Do or Die, Sci-Fi Channel, 2003.

Buffalo Dreams, Disney Channel, 2005.

Locusts, CBS, 2005.

(As David S. Jackson) Return to Halloweentown (also known as Halloweentown IV), Disney Channel, 2006.

Street Warrior, Spike, 2008.

Television Director; Specials:

(As David S. Jackson) Voices that Care, Fox, 1991.

All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special, CBS, 1991.

The Best of Taxi, CBS, 1994.

Television Director; Miniseries:

Atomic Train, NBC, 1999.

Television Director; Episodic:

"French Twist," Miami Vice, NBC, 1986.

"Stone's War," Miami Vice, NBC, 1986.

"Walk-Alone," Miami Vice, NBC, 1986.

"The Afternoon Plane," Miami Vice, NBC, 1987.

"Scarecrow," Houston Knights, 1987.

"Blindsided," 21 Jump Street, Fox, 1987.

"After School Special," 21 Jump Street, Fox, 1987.

"What about Love?," 21 Jump Street, Fox, 1989.

Island Son, CBS, c. 1989.

Shades of LA, 1990.

"Over Exposure," Strange Luck, Fox, 1995.

"The Liver Wild," Strange Luck, Fox, 1995.

"Trial Period," Strange Luck, Fox, 1995.

(As David S. Jackson) "Target: Jimmy Olsen," Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (also known as Lois & Clark and The New Adventures of Superman), ABC, 1995.

(As David S. Jackson) "Just Say Noah," Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (also known as Lois & Clark and The New Adventures of Superman), ABC, 1995.

Dark Skies, NBC, c. 1996.

"Film at Eleven," Profiler, NBC, 1997.

"Hope & Prey," The Pretender, NBC, 1998.

"Prodigy," Dark Angel (also known as James Cameron's "Dark Angel"), Fox, 2000.

"The Value of Secrets," The Invisible Man (also known as I-Man), Sci-Fi Channel, 2000.

"Don't Forget Me," The Nightmare Room, The WB, 2001.

"Eine Kleine Frohike," The Lone Gunmen, Fox, 2001.

(As David S. Jackson) "Sacrifice," Witchblade, 2001.

(As David S. Jackson) "Transcendence," Witchblade, 2001.

The Lone Gunmen, Fox, 2001.

(As David S. Jackson) Witchblade, TNT, 2001.

"The Double Standard," For the People (also known as Para la gente), Lifetime, 2002.

"Magnetic," Smallville (also known as Smallville Beginnings and Smallville: Superman the Early Years), The WB, 2003.

"Prince Charmed," Charmed, The WB, 2004.

"Witch Wars," Charmed, The WB, 2004.

"Witchness Protection," Charmed, The WB, 2004.

Summerland, The WB, c. 2004.

"Hookman," Supernatural, The WB, 2005.

"Progeny," Threshold, CBS, 2005.

"The S.B.," South Beach, UPN, 2006.

"The Wind that Blew My Heart Away," One Tree Hill, CW Network, 2006.

"All These Things that I've Done," One Tree Hill, CW Network, 2006.

"Sweet 16," CSI: NY, CBS, 2006.

"Heart of Glass," CSI: NY, CBS, 2007.

"The Runaway Found," One Tree Hill, CW Network, 2007.

"My Way Home is Through You," One Tree Hill, CW Network, 2008.

Also directed episodes of Crime Story and The Equalizer, CBS.

Television Director; Pilots:

"Microcops," CBS Summer Playhouse, CBS, 1989.

Booker (also known as Booker, P.I.), Fox, 1989.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith, CBS, 1996.

Television Producer; Specials:

Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye, CBS, 1995.

WRITINGS

Television Specials:

(As David S. Jackson) Voices that Care, Fox, 1991.

All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special, CBS, 1991.

The Best of Taxi, CBS, 1994.

Television Episodes:

"The Cup," The Equalizer, CBS, 1986.

"Stone's War," Miami Vice, NBC, 1986.

"The Afternoon Plane," Miami Vice, NBC, 1987.

Also writer for episodes of 21 Jump Street.

Television Movies; As David S. Jackson:

Death Train (also known as Alistair MacLean's "Death Train" and Detonator), USA Network, 1993.

Night Watch (also known as Alistair MacLean's "Night Watch" and Detonator 2: Night Watch), USA Network, 1995.

The Spring, NBC, 2000.

Do or Die, Sci-Fi Channel, 2003.

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