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Biography

Jack is an American film and television director, and also as an actor. Jack made his actor debut in the 70s, but then moved…more

Born

USA

Birth Name

Jack

Gender

Male

Credits

Guest Star (16)

Role
- 20/20
  Himself - Executive Producer, "Lost"
  - S 26: Ep 33 Lost Special
    5/6/05
- A Year in the Life
  process server
  - S 1: Ep 2 Things You Should Know Before and After
    9/23/87
- Emergency!
  Sills
  - S 6: Ep 5 Fair Fight
    10/30/76
- Ironside
  Earl Mowbray
  - S 8: Ep 12 Speak No Evil
    12/12/74
- Columbo
  Wolpert
  - S 3: Ep 5 Publish or Perish
    1/18/74
- The F.B.I.
  Joe
  - S 9: Ep 10 The Killing Truth
    12/9/73
- Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law
  John Boyd
  - S 3: Ep 5 N is for Nightmare
    10/17/73
- Here We Go Again
  Bill
  - S 1: Ep 13 Class of '77
    4/21/73
- The Bob Newhart Show
  Paul Sanders
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Crash of 29 Years Old
    1/13/73
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  Michael Lee
  - S 2: Ep 19 More Than Neighbors
    1/29/72
- Sarge
  Vince
  - S 1: Ep 10 A Bad Case Of Monagamy
    11/23/71
- All In The Family
  Paul Goodrow
  - S 1: Ep 7 Mike's Hippie Friends Come to Visit
    2/23/71
- Make Room for Granddaddy
  Jeff
  - S 1: Ep 19 Over Thirty is Out
    2/11/71
- The Mod Squad
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 14 A Short Course in War
    1/5/71
- Room 222
  Mel Wertz
  - S 2: Ep 12 Mel Wertz and the Nickel-Plated Toothpick
    12/16/70
- The F.B.I.
  Robert Loper
  - S 6: Ep 10 Antennae of Death
    11/29/70
Writer (2)

Role
- The Paper Chase
  Writer
  - S 2: Ep 17 The Advocates
    8/7/84
- King's Crossing
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 8 Strangers
Director (29)

Role
- Alcatraz
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 11 Webb Porter
    3/19/12
  - S 1: Ep 10 Clarence Montgomery
    3/12/12
  - S 1: Ep 3 Kit Nelson
    1/23/12
  - S 1: Ep 2 Ernest Cobb
    1/16/12
- Alphas
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    7/11/11
- Lost
  Director
  - S 6: Ep 17 The End (1)
    5/23/10
  - S 6: Ep 14 The Candidate
    5/4/10
  - S 6: Ep 11 Happily Ever After
    4/6/10
  - S 6: Ep 8 Recon
    3/16/10
  - S 6: Ep 5 Lighthouse
    2/23/10
  - + 37 More Credits
- Dirty Sexy Money
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Lions
    10/3/07
- The Sopranos
  Director
  - S 6: Ep 3 Mayham
    3/26/06
  - S 4: Ep 4 The Weight
    10/6/02
  - S 3: Ep 10 To Save Us All from Satan's Power
    4/29/01
  - S 3: Ep 5 Another Toothpick
    3/25/01
- Carnivale
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 2 Alamogordo, N.M.
    1/16/05
  - S 1: Ep 9 Insomnia
    11/9/03
- Alias
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 20 Blood Ties
    4/25/04
  - S 3: Ep 18 Unveiled
    4/11/04
  - S 3: Ep 15 Façade
    3/14/04
  - S 3: Ep 10 Remnants
    12/7/03
  - S 3: Ep 7 Prelude
    11/9/03
  - + 6 More Credits
- Joan of Arcadia
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    9/26/03
- Boomtown
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 17 Blackout
    4/13/03
- Presidio Med
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 11 Breathless
    1/24/03
- Boston Public
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 5 Chapter Twenty-Seven
    11/26/01
  - S 1: Ep 2 Chapter Two
    10/30/00
- Judging Amy
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 2 Off the Grid
    10/2/01
  - S 2: Ep 16 Everybody Falls Down
    3/20/01
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Undertow
    1/9/01
  - S 1: Ep 17 Drawing the Line
    2/29/00
  - S 1: Ep 15 Culture Clash
    2/15/00
  - + 1 More Credits
- That's Life
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 17 Banister Head
    2/24/01
  - S 1: Ep 4 He's Very Heavy, He's My Brother
    10/21/00
- Ally McBeal
  Director
  - S 4: Ep 10 The Ex-Files
    1/15/01
  - S 3: Ep 16 Boy Next Door
    3/27/00
- Felicity
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 2 The Anti-Natalie Intervention
    10/11/00
  - S 2: Ep 23 The Biggest Deal There Is
    5/24/00
  - S 2: Ep 21 The Aretha Theory
    5/10/00
- Profiler
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 17 Cycle of Violence
    4/11/98
  - S 2: Ep 6 Old Acquaintance
    12/12/97
  - S 2: Ep 3 It Cuts Both Ways
    11/15/97
  - S 1: Ep 16 Film at Eleven
    3/8/97
- New York News
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 5 Good-Bye Gator
    10/19/95
- Beverly Hills 90210
  Director
  - S 5: Ep 16 Sentenced to Life
    1/4/95
  - S 3: Ep 17 The Game Is Chicken
    1/6/93
  - S 3: Ep 10 Home and Away
    10/7/92
- Ned Blessing: The Story of My Life and Times
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 2 A Ghost Story
    8/25/93
- I'll Fly Away
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 15 Commencement
    1/29/93
  - S 2: Ep 8 Fragile Truths
    11/20/92
  - S 2: Ep 1 Hello And Goodbye
    9/25/92
  - S 1: Ep 14 Hard Lessons
    3/13/92
  - S 1: Ep 11 Alice Oakley Doesn't Live Here Anymore
    1/7/92
  - + 1 More Credits
- Northern Exposure
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 10 Seoul Mates
    12/16/91
- A Year in the Life
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 5 What Do People Do All Day?
    10/21/87
- The Paper Chase
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 17 The Advocates
    8/7/84
  - S 2: Ep 14 Hart Goes Home
    7/10/84
  - S 2: Ep 13 Limits
    6/26/84
  - S 2: Ep 10 Labor Of Love
    6/5/84
  - S 2: Ep 7 Snow
    11/15/83
  - + 3 More Credits
- Fame
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 22 Ending on a High Note
    3/31/83
  - S 2: Ep 12 A Tough Act to Follow
    12/16/82
- King's Crossing
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Home Front
    2/27/82
  - S 1: Ep 8 Strangers
- Falcon Crest
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 7 Kindred Spirits
    1/8/82
  - S 1: Ep 6 Tony Comes Home
    1/1/82
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Tangled Vines
    12/18/81
- American Dream
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 5 Winners
    6/10/81
- Eight Is Enough
  Director
  - S 5: Ep 21 Goals
    5/16/81
  - S 5: Ep 19 Idolbreaker (2)
    4/18/81
  - S 5: Ep 18 Idolbreaker (1)
    4/11/81
  - S 5: Ep 12 David's Rib
    1/28/81
  - S 5: Ep 6 Holly (aka So Close)
    11/26/80
  - + 6 More Credits
- Breaking Away
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 5 Heart Like a Wheel
    12/27/80
Co-Executive Producer (2)

Role
- Lost
  Co-Executive Producer
  - S 1: Ep 11 All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues
    12/8/04
  - S 1: Ep 9 Solitary
    11/17/04
  - S 1: Ep 8 Confidence Man
    11/10/04
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Moth
    11/3/04
  - S 1: Ep 6 House of the Rising Sun
    10/27/04
  - + 3 More Credits
- girls club
  Co-Executive Producer
  - S 1: Ep 2 Book of Virtues
    10/28/02
  - S 1: Ep 1 Girls Club
    10/21/02
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Moment
  - S 1: Ep 4 Sex, Drugs & Being Madonna
Story (1)

Role
- The Paper Chase
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Tables Down At Ernie's
    3/27/79
Executive Producer (3)

Role
- Alcatraz
  Executive Producer
  - S 1: Ep 12 Garrett Stillman
    3/26/12
  - S 1: Ep 13 Tommy Madsen
    3/26/12
  - S 1: Ep 11 Webb Porter
    3/19/12
  - S 1: Ep 10 Clarence Montgomery
    3/12/12
  - S 1: Ep 9 Sonny Burnett
    3/5/12
  - + 8 More Credits
- Alphas
  Executive Producer
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    7/11/11
- Lost
  Executive Producer
  - S 6: Ep 17 The End (1)
    5/23/10
  - S 6: Ep 5 Lighthouse
    2/23/10
  - S 6: Ep 4 The Substitute
    2/16/10
  - S 6: Ep 3 What Kate Does
    2/9/10
  - S 6: Ep 1 LA X (Part 1)
    2/2/10
  - + 56 More Credits

Jack Bender News

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20

Alcatraz: Girlfriend in a Coma

By Tim Surette, Mar 20, 2012

Director Jack Bender offered us the best-looking episode of the series this week, but he was just putting lipstick on a hogzilla. read more
18

ABC Bumps Courteney Cox For Matthew Perry

By Tim Surette, Dec 08, 2010

Plus: Syfy orders a new super-powered show, Eliza Dushku has a change of heart, and more True Blood casting news. read more

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Trivia
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- Jack Bender's first directing job was on the television series Eight is Enough, for which he only directed one episode.
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- Jack Bender has directed 24 episodes of Lost as of the end of Season 4. This is the most among all of directors the show has had.
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- Jack Bender has recieved the "Special Thanks" credit only seven times from a television show. All seven came from Lost after a recap episode.
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- Jack: (About "Lost") We get these scripts, like two episodes down the road, you start to think about "How are we going to do this?" and "Can we do a bridge?" and "Can we do this?" So, we start thinking about things, production-wise, how we can realize them. And the 'Black Rock' was one of those things.
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- Jack: (About the hatch on "Lost") Directorially, I love the idea of it being round. Because I knew that whoever was sitting at that computer, we were going to be able to be doing a lot of movement around them, and that was the central core of that set.
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- Jack: Whenever we're shooting Lost, we can't get too hysterical about what we're doing in terms of pressure.
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