Jack Bender

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Jack Bender
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Bender at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2011.
Born (1949-09-25) September 25, 1949 (age 74)
Ethnicity Jewish
Occupation Television director, television producer, film director, television writer, actor
Years active 1971–present
Spouse(s) Laura Owens
Children Hannah Owens-Bender

Jack Bender (born September 25, 1949) is an American television and film director, television producer and former actor.

Biography

Bender grew up in a secular Jewish family in Los Angeles.[1] His father was a furrier to the Hollywood community.[1] 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."[1] As an actor, Bender has guest starred on All in the Family, The Bob Newhart Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He has 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 was an executive producer and lead director on the ABC TV series Lost, directing 38 episodes of the show, including the series finale.[2] Bender has also directed on other popular shows such as The Sopranos,[3] 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). Bender will be directing the fifth and sixth episodes of the sixth season of Game of Thrones (2016), followed by a limited TV series adaptation of Stephen King's novel Mr. Mercedes.[4]

Personal life

He is married to Rabbi Laura Owens of B’nai Horin.[1] They have two daughters, Hannah and Sophie Owens-Bender.[1] He now practices Judaism.[1]

Director

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Jewish Journal: "Jack Bender’s lost and found" by Jonathan Maseng January 7, 2015
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