Jerry London | |
Birth Date: | January 21, 1937 |
Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California |
Othername: | Jerome London Jerome R. London |
Occupation: | Television director and producer |
Years Active: | 1968-present |
Spouse: | Marilynn Landau since June 15, 1958 |
Children: | Todd London andLisa London |
Website: | http://www.jerrylondon.com/ |
Jerry London (born January 21, 1937) is an American television director and producer.[1]
London has directed more than forty television movies, including the Emmy Award nominated Chiefs.
London won best director for James Clavell's Shōgun, a nine-hour miniseries for NBC, and has also directed ten other miniseries, including the acclaimed The Scarlet and the Black with Gregory Peck, Chiefs with Charlton Heston, and Ellis Island with Richard Burton. He has taught film production at UCLA and Los Angeles Film School.
London is the father of Todd London and Lisa London. The former is a TV producer of HBO's Rome and The Pacific, and a senior vice president and post-production executive of Walt Disney Pictures.