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Jeannot Szwarc Dies: French Director Of ‘Jaws 2’ & ‘Supergirl’ Was 85
Jane Seymour, who starred in Jeannot Szwarc's 1980 film 'Somewhere in Time', announced the French director's death on Wednesday.
Jane Seymour, who starred alongside the late Christopher Reeve in Szwarc’s 1980 film Somewhere in Time, announced the director’s death Wednesday with a heartfelt statement on social media. Born Nov. 21, 1939 in Paris, Szwarc graduated from Harvard University before he began directing episodes of TV shows like Ironside, It Takes a Thief, The Virginian, Columbo, The New Perry Mason, The Six Million Dollar Man, Kojak and The Rockford Files through the 1960s and ’70s. In addition to directing movies like Extreme Close-Up(1973), Bug(1975) Enigma(1982) and Santa Claus: The Movie(1985), Szwarc continued working in television through the decades on JAG, CSI: Miami, Ally McBeal, Smallville, Heroes, Bones, Supernatural, Designated Survivor, Grey’s Anatomy, Fringe, Scandal and Castle.
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