Jack Shea (director)
Jack Shea ( born August 1, 1928 in New York City; † April 28, 2013 in Tarzana, California ) was an American film director, who was responsible especially numerous television productions.
Life
Shea started working in the film business in the late 1950s. From the beginning, his focus was on television films and series. At the most known is his work on the television series The Jeffersons, which he directed from 1975 to 1979 more than 100 episodes over the period of years and also as a screenwriter and producer responsible for some episodes. Another successful television production was the series Silver Spoons, was involved in the in the years 1982 until 1987. Shea was active as a director until 1997.
From 1997 to 2002, he was president of AOL's Directors Guild of America. He took over from Gene Reynolds and was itself replaced by Martha Coolidge. He had been involved in the 1940s in the founding of Radio and Television Directors Guild, then in the course of a merger, the Directors Guild of America emerged from the 1960.
For his work, he was honored in 1992 with the Robert B. Aldrich Achievement Award. He was previously in 1961 and 1987 respectively nominated for an Emmy.
Shea was verhairatet and was survived by his wife. He died from the effects of Alzheimer's disease.