Jack Smight
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 9, 1925, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Died
- September 1, 2003
- Movies
- 35
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Jack Smight (March 9, 1925 - September 1, 2003) was an American theatre and film director. Smight was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and went to school with future actor Peter Graves. His film credits include The Traveling Executioner, Rabbit, Run, Loving Couples, Midway, Harper, Airport 1975, Damnation Alley and the Emmy Award-winning Eddie, as well as many episodes of television series such as The Twilight Zone and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. He also directed the 1960 Broadway play The 49th Cousin and composed the music for the film adaption of Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. Smight died from cancer in Los Angeles, California. He was 78.
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2001 | The Making of Midway | Self |
| 1979 | Fast Break | Dibber |
| 1969 | Tattooed Steiger |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2025 | Airports | Director |
| 2005 | Miles Davis: The Cool Jazz Sound | Director |
| 1989 | The Favorite | Director |
| 1987 | Number One with a Bullet | Director |
| 1982 | Remembrance Of Love | Director |
| 1980 | Loving Couples | Director |
| 1979 | Fast Break | Director |
| 1978 | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Director |
| 1977 | Damnation Alley | Director |
| 1976 | Midway | Director |
| 1974 | Airport 1975 | Director |
| 1974 | Frankenstein: The True Story | Director |
| 1974 | The Man from Independence | Director |
| 1973 | Legend in Granite | Director |
| 1973 | Linda | Director |
| 1973 | Double Indemnity | Director |
| 1973 | Partners in Crime | Director |
| 1972 | The Longest Night | Director |
| 1972 | The Screaming Woman | Director |
| 1970 | The Traveling Executioner | Director, Producer |
| 1970 | Rabbit, Run | Director |
| 1969 | The Illustrated Man | Director |
| 1969 | Strategy of Terror | Director |
| 1968 | No Way to Treat a Lady | Director |
| 1968 | The Secret War of Harry Frigg | Director |
| 1966 | Kaleidoscope | Director |
| 1966 | Harper | Director |
| 1965 | The Third Day | Director, Producer |
| 1964 | I'd Rather Be Rich | Director |
| 1963 | The Paragon | Director |
| 1959 | The Sound of Miles Davis | Director |
| 1957 | The Sound of Jazz | Director |
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