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Mick Jackson
Director 82 years old

Mick Jackson

Aveley, Essex, England, UK

Mick Jackson (born 4 October 1943) is an English film director and television producer best known for the 1984 BAFTA Award-winning television film Threads. He is also known for directing projects such as the comedy L.A. Story (1991), the romance drama The Bodyguard (1992),... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

11 titles
Denial

Denial

Mick Jackson 2016 1h 49m 6.5

Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.

Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin

Mick Jackson 2010 1h 48m 8.0

A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of top scientists in humane livestock handling.

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

Mick Jackson 2008 1h 30m

During a blizzard in 1964, Dr. David Henry delivers his son Paul with the help of nurse Caroline. But when Henry realizes his wife is also carrying a girl with Down syndrome, he hands the second child over to Caroline without his wife's knowledge. Henry's fateful decision yields grave consequences for his family over the next 20 years.

The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest

The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest

Mick Jackson 2002 1h 45m 5.0

Andy works in marketing but wants to create something "real" so he gets a job in research with huge a pay cut. He teams with 3 nerds to develop a $99 PC for 3rd world students. Then comes the dot-com crash.

Live from Baghdad

Live from Baghdad

Mick Jackson 2002 1h 48m

A group of CNN reporters venture to the Iraqi capital to cover the Gulf War.

Volcano

Volcano

Mick Jackson 1997 1h 44m 4.6

After falling head over hooves in love with Giselle, Elliot's road to the altar takes a slight detour when Mr. Weenie is kidnapped by a group of pampered pets determined to return him to his owners.

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Mick Jackson 1995 2h 15m

The McMartin family's lives are turned upside down when they are accused of serious child molestation. The family run a school for infants. An unqualified child cruelty "expert" videotapes the children describing outrageous stories of abuse.

The Bodyguard

The Bodyguard

Mick Jackson 1992 2h 9m 5.7

The Bodyguard is thriller about a bodyguard secret service agent who trying to protect a Pop music Diva from a deadly stalker. The soundtrack to the film was extremely popular and greatly added to the films success.

L.A. Story

L.A. Story

Mick Jackson 1991 1h 35m 7.2

With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.

Chattahoochee

Chattahoochee

Mick Jackson 1989 1h 38m

In 1955 Florida, a Korean vet has a breakdown and is incarcerated in a "maximum security" mental health prison, where patients are abused.

Threads

Threads

Mick Jackson 1985 1h 57m 9.0

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.

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