Jerry Jameson

Directing

Jerry Jameson

Born

1934-11-26 (91)

Place of birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Jerry J. Jameson is an American film and TV director.

Known for

Airport '77 poster
5.6

Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving passengers must brave panic, slow leaks, oxygen depletion, and more while attempting a daring plan, all while 200 feet underwater.

Airport '77

1977

Raise the Titanic poster
5.4

To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.

Raise the Titanic

1980

A Fire in the Sky poster
5.8

Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but without 100% certainty, the governor of Arizona is reticent to cause a panic. Even after a television news reporter discovers the truth and threatens to go live with it, the response is understated enough to doom some residents of Phoenix to certain death.

A Fire in the Sky

1978

Captive poster
5.7

Based on a miraculous true story that drew the attention of the entire nation, is the dramatic, thrilling, and spiritual journey of Ashley Smith and Brian Nichols. After being taken hostage by Brian in her own apartment, Ashley turns to Rick Warren’s inspirational book, The Purpose Driven Life, for guidance. In reading from the book, Ashley not only finds purpose in her own life, but helps Brian find a more peaceful resolution to a harrowing situation.

Captive

2015

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land poster
5.0

Starflight One, a commercial aircraft that can whisk passengers around the globe in a matter of hours, embarks on its maiden voyage. The trip goes horribly awry, however, when the aircraft is forced out of the atmosphere and into outer space. As it is too dangerous to attempt reentry, Captain Cody Briggs, his passengers and his crew brave declining levels of oxygen while NASA scientists scramble to launch a rescue mission in a race against time.

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

1983

This Girl for Hire poster
5.0

In this pilot for a proposed TV series, B.T. Brady is a flippant, but somewhat klutzy female private detective in Hollywood who sets out to solve the murder of a obnoxious mystery writer. Along the way, Brady gets help from her flamboyant mother Zandra, a washed-up actress, as well as Brady's live-in boyfriend Wolfe who runs a memorabilia shop.

This Girl for Hire

1983

Behind the camera

Airport '77 poster
5.6

Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving passengers must brave panic, slow leaks, oxygen depletion, and more while attempting a daring plan, all while 200 feet underwater.

Airport '77

1977

Raise the Titanic poster
5.4

To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.

Raise the Titanic

1980

A Fire in the Sky poster
5.8

Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but without 100% certainty, the governor of Arizona is reticent to cause a panic. Even after a television news reporter discovers the truth and threatens to go live with it, the response is understated enough to doom some residents of Phoenix to certain death.

A Fire in the Sky

1978

Captive poster
5.7

Based on a miraculous true story that drew the attention of the entire nation, is the dramatic, thrilling, and spiritual journey of Ashley Smith and Brian Nichols. After being taken hostage by Brian in her own apartment, Ashley turns to Rick Warren’s inspirational book, The Purpose Driven Life, for guidance. In reading from the book, Ashley not only finds purpose in her own life, but helps Brian find a more peaceful resolution to a harrowing situation.

Captive

2015

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land poster
5.0

Starflight One, a commercial aircraft that can whisk passengers around the globe in a matter of hours, embarks on its maiden voyage. The trip goes horribly awry, however, when the aircraft is forced out of the atmosphere and into outer space. As it is too dangerous to attempt reentry, Captain Cody Briggs, his passengers and his crew brave declining levels of oxygen while NASA scientists scramble to launch a rescue mission in a race against time.

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

1983

This Girl for Hire poster
5.0

In this pilot for a proposed TV series, B.T. Brady is a flippant, but somewhat klutzy female private detective in Hollywood who sets out to solve the murder of a obnoxious mystery writer. Along the way, Brady gets help from her flamboyant mother Zandra, a washed-up actress, as well as Brady's live-in boyfriend Wolfe who runs a memorabilia shop.

This Girl for Hire

1983

Hurricane poster
5.4

Two hurricane hunters track a huge, violent hurricane that is bearing down on a Gulf Coast town.

Hurricane

1974

The Deadly Tower poster
6.7

The real-life story of Charles Whitman's deadly shooting spree at the University of Texas is retold. In August 1966, after killing his wife and mother, Whitman climbed to the top of the school's tower and opened fire on passers-by, killing 13 and wounding many others.

The Deadly Tower

1975

Bonanza: The Return poster
6.5

A man with a grudge against the late Little Joe seeks revenge on the Cartwrights and attempts to take over the Ponderosa.

Bonanza: The Return

1993

Gunsmoke: The Long Ride poster
5.4

For thirty years, Marshall Matt Dillon fought to preserve the law in Dodge City… now, he's wanted for murder and fighting to clear his name. Three deputies ride up with a warrant for Dillon's arrest, a wealthy mine operator has been gunned down in cold blood and an eyewitness says Dillon was the murderer.

Gunsmoke: The Long Ride

1993

The Invasion of Johnson County poster
6.6

A free-spirited Bostonian recently arrived in the West teams up with a crusty Wyoming cowboy to stop a land baron's attempts to drive out a group of small ranchers and take over their property.

The Invasion of Johnson County

1976

Airports poster
NR

Edited together from all four Airport movies by Academy Award nominated screenwriter Josh Olson (A History of Violence, Infested) and veteran genre fellow screenwriter Adam Rifkin (Small Soldiers, Mouse Hunt), Airports is an exercise in narrative truncation for both newcomers and fans alike in the vein of Soderbergh’s Psychos edit.

Airports

2025

Brute Corps poster
4.8

A hippy couple travelling cross country run foul of a band of mercenaries.

Brute Corps

1971

Superdome poster
4.5

It's the biggest event of the year — the Super Bowl! But the star players for the Cougars, gathered in New Orleans for the big game, are preoccupied with some serious off-the-field issues. Dave Walecki's marriage to his wife Nancy is falling apart, while Jim McCauley is involved in a shady deal with a management firm that could destroy his career. But that's nothing compared to the real drama. There's an assassin killing off many of the team's personnel (as well as their chances of winning)!

Superdome

1978

Gunsmoke: To the Last Man poster
8.0

Retired marshal Matt Dillon tracks Arizona rustlers and lands in the middle of the 1880s Pleasant Valley War.

Gunsmoke: To the Last Man

1992

The Dirt Gang poster
3.4

A film crew shooting in the desert is terrorized by a vicious outlaw motorcycle gang (on dirt bikes, no less) who are after the women in the company.

The Dirt Gang

1972

The Secret Night Caller poster
6.6

A man who is the pillar of his community has a secret - he has a compulsion to make obscene telephone calls.

The Secret Night Caller

1975

The Cowboy and the Ballerina poster
3.5

A champion rodeo rider falls in love with a Russian ballerina who is trying to defect.

The Cowboy and the Ballerina

1984

Terror on Highway 91 poster
5.8

A police deputy in a small town grows more and more disgusted with the rampant corruption and brutality practiced by the sheriff and his fellow officers.

Terror on Highway 91

1989

Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice poster
6.0

Retired marshal Dillon goes after a 15 year old boy who is determined to kill the men responsible for the murder of his mother during a stagecoach robbery

Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice

1994

Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice poster
6.0

Retired marshal Dillon goes after a 15 year old boy who is determined to kill the men responsible for the murder of his mother during a stagecoach robbery

Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice

1994

The Red Spider poster
4.2

A cop is found dead in a hotel, brutally murdered, a spider cut into his stomach. The police believes his death might be connected to the fact that he was a dirty cop - the internal affairs commission already was after him - but then several other people are murdered in the very same way, and there seems to be no connection between the cases. The police seeks for a blonde woman among the prostitutes.

The Red Spider

1988

Land of the Free poster
5.1

A politician's campaign manager (Speakman) discovers that the candidate (Shatner) is a front for a military organization plotting a political overthrow of the government. In trying to expose the candidate's right-wing activities, he puts himself and his family in danger of being killed.

Land of the Free

1998

Land of the Free poster
5.1

A politician's campaign manager (Speakman) discovers that the candidate (Shatner) is a front for a military organization plotting a political overthrow of the government. In trying to expose the candidate's right-wing activities, he puts himself and his family in danger of being killed.

Land of the Free

1998

Killing at Hell's Gate poster
6.2

A whitewater rafting party is terrorized by a group of loggers who, after accidentally killing one of the rafters in a drunken session of target practice, decide to eliminate the rest of the witnesses.

Killing at Hell's Gate

1981

Stand by Your Man poster
7.3

The rags-to-riches tale of country western queen, Tammy Wynette, from her impoverished childhood to country's First Lady and her two rocky marriages to fellow superstar George Jones, who had been her childhood idol.

Stand by Your Man

1981

Safe Harbor poster
5.4

Doug and Robbie are about to set sail on a long trip when they unexpectedly find themselves foster parenting a group of troubled teenage boys. The experience changes their lives for the better, and they decide to stay in town and run the foster home for boys permanently.

Safe Harbor

2009

Last of the Great Survivors poster
7.5

A dedicated social worker joins forces with a group of senior citizens fighting City Hall to prevent the demolition of their apartment building and falls for the man she meets on a blind date at a punk rock club. She soon learns that he is the building inspector who condemned the seniors' decrepit home, forcing her to turn to her amorous lawyer ex-boyfriend to find the loophole that will save the building.

Last of the Great Survivors

1984

Gone in a Heartbeat poster
5.4

When teenage students kidnap Jan Hale they do not mean her any real harm - they just want enough ransom money from her husband Mark to afford a life of luxury. However, when they leave Jan handcuffed to the steering wheel of their car in the freezing cold, they are not aware that she suffers from a potentially fatal heart condition. Mark is racing against time as he and the police play a game of cat and mouse with the kidnappers, aware that he may never see his wife alive again.

Gone in a Heartbeat

1996

High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane poster
4.7

Former Marshal Will Kane and his Amish bride, Amy, return to Hadleyville a year after he resigned and find the town in the grip of a bounty-hunting marshal and his two trigger-happy deputies.

High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane

1980

The Lives of Jenny Dolan poster
7.0

A newspaper reporter's life is endangered when she is assigned to investigate a political assassination.

The Lives of Jenny Dolan

1975

Last Flight Out poster
5.2

Hot-shot pilot Dan Hogan is sent deep into the Colombian jungle to rescue missionary doctor Ann Williams. Caught between innocent villagers and a ruthless drug lord, Ann won't abandon the people she has come to love.

Last Flight Out

2004

Fire and Rain poster
6.3

This movie is based on the actual events on the tragic day of August 2nd, 1985. Delta Airlines flight 191 en route to Los Angeles Via Dallas Ft Worth took off from Ft Lauderdale, Fl. When the plane was landing in Ft Worth wind-shear from a strong thunderstorm caused the plane to crash.

Fire and Rain

1990

The Red Phone: Manhunt poster
4.6

No synopsis available yet.

The Red Phone: Manhunt

2001

Terror on the 40th Floor poster
4.5

A number of business people, keeping the Christmas Eve office party going longer than was originally intended, are beset by a fire that starts in the basement of their office building and creeps up at them from floor to floor.

Terror on the 40th Floor

1974

No artwork available
4.9

The special unit "AT-13" is a top-secret, multinational anti-terrorist unit whose unconventional problem-solving methods are its trademark. It impresses not only with its team of professional counter-terrorism experts, but also with its outstanding technical capabilities, which are virtually limitless. With a clear mandate to combat global terrorism by any means necessary, Jack Darrow and his team are our last line of defense...

The Red Phone: Checkmate

2004

The Call of the Wild poster
6.5

A prospector, a trapper and their sled dog battle the Klondike elements on their journey to get to the gold country.

The Call of the Wild

1976

The Bat People poster
3.6

Dr. John Beck, recently married, decides to take his wife, Cathy, spelunking in Carlsbad Cavern. While there, Dr. Beck, who specializes in bats, is bitten by a fruit bat. He is then, inexplicably, transformed into a vampire bat. While he escapes and seeks help from another doctor, it is clear the treatments are not working. In fact, they are aggravating his condition. Dr. Beck unwittingly goes on a killing spree, catching the attention of Sergeant Ward.

The Bat People

1974

Hotline poster
5.4

A crisis helpline assistant attracts the attention of a serial killer who delights in feeding her cryptic, nursery-rhyme style riddles when planning his next murder!

Hotline

1982

Heatwave! poster
6.1

A devastating heatwave hits the Los Angeles area and a young expecting couple try to evade it by escaping to a mountain resort town.

Heatwave!

1974