Mick Jackson (director)

For other people named Michael Jackson, see Michael Jackson (disambiguation).

Mick Jackson (born 4 October 1943, Grays, England, United Kingdom) is a British television and film director, television producer and author. He won an Emmy for Outstanding Directing for Temple Grandin (film).

Selected filmography

Television films directed by Jackson include:

• Connections (1978), a 10-part documentary series created with science historian James Burke
• The 1984 docufiction Threads, with Karen Meagher and Reece Dinsdale.
• The 1987 docudrama Life Story, with Jeff Goldblum and Tim Pigott-Smith
• The 1988 adaptation by Alan Plater of Chris Mullin's 1982 novel A Very British Coup, with Ray McAnally
• The 1995 docudrama Indictment: The McMartin Trial
• The 1999 adaptation of Mitch Albom's 1997 novel Tuesdays with Morrie, with Jack Lemmon
• The 2002 HBO Special adaptation of Robert Wiener's non-fiction Live from Baghdad, with Michael Keaton and Helena Bonham Carter
• Covert One: The Hades Factor (2006), a CBS miniseries based on the novel by Robert Ludlum and Gayle Lynds
• Temple Grandin (2010), a HBO biography film, starring Claire Danes, Catherine O'Hara and Julia Ormond.

Theatrical films directed by Jackson include:

• The 1989 film Chattahoochee, with Gary Oldman and Dennis Hopper
• The 1991 film L.A. Story, with Steve Martin.
• The 1992 film The Bodyguard, starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner.
• The 1994 film Clean Slate, starring Dana Carvey and Valeria Golino.
• The 1997 film Volcano, with Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche.

External links

• Mick Jackson at the Internet Movie Database

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