Mick Jackson | |
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Mick Jackson at the 70th Annual Peabody Awards | |
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Occupation | director, producer |
Mick Jackson (born 4 October 1943) is an English film director and television producer best known for the 1984 BAFTA-winning TV film Threads.[1]
Between 1973 and 1987, he directed many documentary and drama productions for BBC TV and Channel 4, including the powerful 1984 Cold War TV movie Threads.[2][3] He also directed theatrical feature films, including L.A. Story (1991), Volcano (1997) and the Whitney Houston-Kevin Costner thriller The Bodyguard (1992).
Jackson won an Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for the biopic television film Temple Grandin.[4]
He also won the Television Single Drama category for Threads at the 1985 BAFTA Awards.[5]