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Television director and producer
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Male
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21 January 1947(Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Jerry London (born January 21, 1947) is an American television director and producer.
Life and career
London has directed more than forty television movies including Emmy Award nominated Chiefs.
London won best director for James Clavell's Shogun, a twelve-hour miniseries for NBC. He has also directed ten other miniseries, including the acclaimed The Scarlet and the Black with Gregory Peck, Ellis Island with Richard Burton, and Chiefs with Charlton Heston. He has taught Film Production at UCLA and Los Angeles Film School.
London is the father of Todd London, a TV producer of HBO's Rome and The Pacific, and now a Vice President of Disney Features. Lisa London, casting director is his daughter.