Jerry London has been a director and producer of a wide range of American TV shows and movies for almost forty years. He was born on January 21, 1947 in Los Angeles, California.
Starting work in 1965, he directed a host of classic US sitcoms and dramas - such as Hogan's Heroes, Hawaii Five-O, The Brady Bunch, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Rockford Files and Kojak. He has directed over 40 movies for television. He won best director for James Clavell's Shogun, a twelve hour miniseries for NBC. He has also directed ten other miniseries, including the acclaimed The Scarlet and The Black with Gregory Peck, Ellis Island with Richard Burton, and Chiefs with Charlton Heston. He has worked with 25 Academy Award winning actors.
Jerry London is the father of Todd London, a TV producer of HBO's Rome.
Father of actor/producer Todd London
