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Jack Bender

ジャック・ベンダー　/　じゃっく・べんだー

American film director

September 25, 1949 (age 76)　・　Los Angeles, California, United States

California
film director
television director
actor

My Take

What I admire about Jack Bender is that his fingerprints are all over television's golden age while his face stays invisible. Lost, The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, From: he sets the tone for shows people obsess over, yet he is content to serve the story rather than his own ego. Directing episodic television is a brutal craft of matching the established rhythm while still leaving a mark, and few do it across so many landmark series. I think of him as a quiet architect of mood, the kind of veteran whose name in the credits is a small promise that the hour will land.

Overview

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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Jack Bender
Name (Japanese): ジャック・ベンダー
Reading: じゃっく・べんだー
Born: September 25, 1949 (age 76)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Ox
Origin: Los Angeles, California, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / television director / actor / executive producer / screenwriter

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Southern California

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC

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