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Jack Bender is an American television and film director, television producer and actor known for his work as a director on Lost, The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, and From.
Occupation
film director, television director, actor, executive producer
Citizenship
United States
Born
September 25, 1949
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Jack Bender is an American television and film director, television producer and actor known for his work as a director on Lost, The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, and From.
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Biography
Bender grew up in a secular Jewish family in Los Angeles. His father was a furrier to the Hollywood community. He studied art with Los Angeles artist Martin Lubner (spouse of actress Joanna Merlin) and then went into acting "because it seemed like what I could do and make a living." 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.
Filmography
Short film
A Real Naked Lady (1981)
Feature film
Child's Play 3 (1991)
Lone Justice 2 (1995)
Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen (2018) (Concert film)
TV series
Eight Is Enough (1977)
The Paper Chase (1978)
Falcon Crest (1981)
Fame (1982)
King's Crossing (1982)
High School U.S.A. (1984) (failed TV pilot based on the 1983 film)
Northern Exposure (1990)
Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)
Episode "The Game Is Chicken"
Episode "Home and Away"
Episode "Sentenced to Life"
Ned Blessing: The Story of My Life and Times (1993)
New York News (1995)
Profiler (1996)
Episode "Cycle Of Violence"
Episode "It Cuts Both Ways"
Episode "Modus Operandi"
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Episode "Old Acquaintance"
Felicity (1998)
Episode 2.21 "The Aretha Theory"
Episode 2.23 "The Biggest Deal There Is"
Episode 3.02 "The Anti-Natalie Intervention"
The Sopranos (1999)
Episode 3.05 "Another Toothpick"
Episode 3.10 "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power"
Episode 4.04 "The Weight"
Episode 6.03 "Mayham"
Judging Amy (1999)
Episode 1.02 "Short Calendar"
Episode 1.15 "Culture Clash"
Episode 1.17 "Drawing the Line"
Episode 2.09 "The Undertow"
Episode 2.16 "Everybody Falls Down"
Episode 3.02 "Off the Grid"
That's Life (2000)
Boston Public (2000)
Alias (2001)
Episode 1.07 "Color-Blind"
Episode 1.10 "Spirit"
Episode 1.12 "The Box, Part 1"
Episode 1.13 "The Box, Part 2"
Episode 2.13 "Phase One"
Episode 3.03 "Reunion"
Episode 3.07 "Prelude"
Episode 3.10 "Remnants"
Episode 3.15 "Façade"
Episode 3.18 "Unveiled"
Episode 3.20 "Blood Ties"
Presidio Med (2002)
Episode "Breathless"
Boomtown (2002) (episode "Blackout")
Carnivàle (2003)
Episode 1.09 "Insomnia"
Episode 2.02 "Alamogordo, NM"
Joan of Arcadia (2003)
The Lyon's Den (2003)
Lost (2004–2010)
Episode 1.03 "Tabula Rasa"
Episode 1.04 "Walkabout"
Episode 1.07 "The Moth"
Episode 1.12 "Whatever the Case May Be"
Episode 1.16 "Outlaws"
Episode 1.23 "Exodus: Part 1"
Episode 1.24/1.25 "Exodus: Part 2"
Episode 2.01 "Man of Science, Man of Faith"
Episode 2.03 "Orientation"
Episode 2.12 "Fire and Water"
Episode 2.15 "Maternity Leave"
Episode 2.18 "Dave"
Episode 2.23/2.24 "Live Together, Die Alone"
Episode 3.01 "A Tale of Two Cities"
Episode 3.05 "The Cost of Living"
Episode 3.08 "Flashes Before Your Eyes"
Episode 3.13 "The Man from Tallahassee"
Episode 3.16 "One of Us"
Episode 3.22/3.23 "Through the Looking Glass"
Episode 4.01 "The Beginning of the End"
Episode 4.03 "The Economist"
Episode 4.05 "The Constant"
Episode 4.09 "The Shape of Things to Come"
Episode 4.13/4.14 "There's No Place Like Home, Part 2"
Episode 5.02 "The Lie"
Episode 5.07 "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham"
