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Jackson Douglas
Doug Jackson is one of Canada's most experienced filmmakers. His works have won more than 30 international awards, including an Oscar nomination. In 1987, Jackson received an ACE Award in Los Angeles for directing Peter O'Toole in Banshee for HBO.
Jackson directed more than 20 films for the National Film Board of Canada. The Sloane Affair, which Jackson co-wrote, produced and directed, won four Genies (the Oscar equivalent in Canada), including Best Director and Best Screenplay.
He wrote, produced and directed The Heatwave Lasted Four Days (1974-'75), starring Gordon Pinsent. It was the first Canadian feature to receive a U.S. network telecast.
Jackson also directed Bambinger (1984), an NFB/Atlantis co-production based on a Mordecai Richler story It was an award winner at the 1986 American Film Festival in New York.
Jackson has been active in films for television. He directed the theatrical feature Whispers, starring Victoria Tennant, Chris Sarandon and Jean Leclerc, in association with ITC in Los Angeles. Whispers, a psychological thriller, is based on the novel by American author Dean R. Koontz.
Other recent directing assignments included the CBS prime-time series Wiseguy; Counterstrike, starring Christopher Plummer and Simon MacCorkindale, for Alliance Entertainment and the USA Network; Urban Angel for producers Robin Spry and Jamie Brown of Telescene, in Montreal; episodes of Street Legal for the CBC; and Friday the 13th for Paramount.
Previously, Jackson directed episodes of the new Twilight Zone for MGM-TV, including the pilot. He also directed half the episodes in the 6-hour CBC miniseries Empire. This series has been sold in 38 countries and aired nationally in the U.S. on Metromedia in 1985 to excellent reviews.
Jackson has written four theatrical feature screenplays, including JJ and the Chinese Sex Secrets, I Am Mary Dunne, based on the novel by Brian Moore, and The Wolf that Never Sleeps.
Jackson's most recent film with the NFB is The Making of a Dancer (1993).
