Jack Bender

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American film and television director

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nameJack Bender
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birth_placeLos Angeles, California, U.S.
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years_active1971–present
spouseLaura Owens
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Jack Bender (born September 25, 1949) is an American television and film director, television producer and actor best known for his work as a director on Lost, The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, and From.

Biography

Bender grew up in a secular Jewish family in Los Angeles. His father was a furrier to the Hollywood community. As an actor, Bender guest-starred on All in the Family, The Bob Newhart Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He co-starred in The Million Dollar Duck, Savage and McNaughton's Daughter. He then went into directing, working on a number of television series.

He directed the popular slasher film Child's Play 3 before becoming an executive producer and lead director on the ABC TV series Lost, directing 38 episodes of the show, including the series finale. Bender has also directed on other popular shows such as The Sopranos, Carnivàle, Alias and Boston Public. In recent years he was an executive producer and lead director on the TV series Under the Dome (2013) and The Last Ship (2014–15). In 2016, Bender directed the fifth and sixth episodes of the sixth season of Game of Thrones, followed by episodes of Mr. Mercedes (2017-2019), a limited TV series adaptation of Stephen King's novel of the same name.

Bender received nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for his direction of the Lost episodes "Live Together, Die Alone", "Through the Looking Glass" and the series finale "The End". He was also nominated for the Game of Thrones episode "The Door".

Family and personal life

Bender is married to Rabbi Laura Owens of B’nai Horin of Los Angeles. They have two daughters, Hannah and Sophie Owens-Bender.

Director

References

References

  1. Maseng, Jonathan. (January 7, 2015). "Jack Bender's lost and found". [[Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]].
  2. Miller, Ross. "J.J. Abrams Will NOT Direct The Lost Season 6 Finale".
  3. "''The Sopranos'' cast and crew".
  4. (2 July 2015). "'Game of Thrones' New Director Teases Season 6, Why He's Treating Show Like 'Lost'".
  5. "''The Sopranos'' – "Another Toothpick"".
  6. "''The Sopranos'' – "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power"".
  7. "''The Sopranos'' – "The Weight"".
  8. "''The Sopranos'' – "Mayham"".
  9. "Insomnia".
  10. "Alamogordo, NM".
  11. "Tabula Rasa".
  12. "Walkabout".
  13. "The Moth".
  14. "Whatever the Case May Be".
  15. "Outlaws".
  16. "Exodus: Part 1".
  17. "Exodus: Part 2".
  18. "Man of Science, Man of Faith".
  19. "Orientation".
  20. "Fire and Water".
  21. "Maternity Leave".
  22. "Dave".
  23. "Live Together, Die Alone".
  24. "A Tale of Two Cities".
  25. "The Cost of Living".
  26. "Flashes Before Your Eyes".
  27. "The Man from Tallahassee".
  28. "One Of Us".
  29. "Through the Looking Glass".
  30. "The Beginning of the End".
  31. "The Economist".
  32. "The Constant".
  33. "The Shape of Things to Come".

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