Jeannot Szwarc

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Jeannot Szwarc
Born November 21, 1939 (1939-11-21) (age 72)
Paris, France
Other names Jean Szwarc
Occupation Film director
television director
Years active 1968 – present

Jeannot Szwarc (born 21 November 1939) is a French film/TV director.

Szwarc was born in Paris. He began working as a director in American television during the 1960s, in particular on Ironside. He is also associated with The Rockford Files, Kojak, Night Gallery, JAG, Bones, Numb3rs, Columbo and Fringe.

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 mainly directed television films and series.

In 2003, Szwarc joined the crew of The WB/CW television series Smallville as a director. One of the major episodes he directed was "Homecoming", the 200th episode of Smallville. He also directed six episodes of Heroes, at least once for each season.

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