Jonathan Tzachor
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Jonathan Tzachor is an American producer[1] and director best known for his work on Power Rangers. Tzachor worked on the show until 2002's Power Rangers: Wild Force. He is currently an executive producer for the 19th Power Rangers series Power Rangers Samurai.
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[edit] Tzachor's tenure
Tzachor's time spent as producer brought many firsts to the world of Power Rangers in terms of storywriting and character development for Power Rangers. Edgy themes were used (particularly in Power Rangers in Space and Power Rangers: Time Force) instead of the usual comedic tone, and actual casualties of good characters, which had been occurring in tokusatsu for years, began to be implemented. It would also mark the first time that Power Rangers started fresh every season after Power Rangers: In Space. Furthermore, under Tzachor, much of Power Rangers would draw more material from their Super Sentai counterpart this is also supported by every season's plot being similar to its sentai counterpart and very little of the plot is changed.
[edit] Disney era/departure
After Disney's acquisition of the franchise, Tzachor's final series, Power Rangers: Wild Force, would be a split season. Because of Disney's recently-completed acquisition of Fox Family Worldwide (and therefore Saban), the first half aired on Fox Kids, while the second half aired on ABC Kids. Ironically, Tzachor was succeeded as producer by the person from whom he took the reins in 1997, Douglas Sloan. MMPR Productions was shut down, and production of the show was transferred to Village Roadshow KP Productions in Auckland, New Zealand (now known as Ranger Productions).
The Wild Force finale, The End of the Power Rangers, which was Tzachor's final episode with the franchise until Power Rangers Samurai, was directed by him.
[edit] Saban Brands era
After Disney sold the Power Rangers Brand to Saban in the form of Saban Brands, Jonathan Tzachor was hired to produce the eighteenth season of Power Rangers in New Zealand, known as Power Rangers: Samurai. He returned to the directors chair for the Samurai/RPM crossover special "Clash of the Red Rangers: The Movie"
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- ^ Willis, John (1999-02-01). Screen World 1998. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 158–. ISBN 9781557833426. http://books.google.com/books?id=a0QhtY4YswQC&pg=PA158. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
