Mick Jackson

Biography

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), the HBO film Temple Grandin (2010), and the drama Denial (2016). He attended Palmer's School before graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in electronics at the University of Southampton and a postgraduate degree in drama from the University of Bristol.

Known For

Acting

2007

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

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Self

2024

Mick Jackson Remembers... Threads

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Self - Interviewed Guest

The Emmy Awards

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Self

Production

1984

Threads

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The Real Thing

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Crew

Directing

1992

The Bodyguard

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1997

Volcano

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1978

How to Pick Up Girls!

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1991

L.A. Story

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2002

The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest

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2006

Covert One: The Hades Factor

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1999

Tuesdays with Morrie

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2010

Temple Grandin

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2002

Live from Baghdad

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2008

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

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1995

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

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1986

Double Image

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1984

Threads

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1994

Clean Slate

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1990

Chattahoochee

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2016

Denial

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1987

Life Story

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1982

A Guide to Armageddon

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The Practice

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Numb3rs

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Jack & Bobby

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The Handler

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In Justice

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Strange World

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The Ascent of Man

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A Very British Coup

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Covert One: The Hades Factor

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The Real Thing

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Q.E.D

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