Jack Bender (born September 25, 1949) is an American television and

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, television producer and former actor best known for his work as a director on '' Lost'', '' The Sopranos'' and ''

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''.

Biography

Bender grew up in a secular Jewish family in Los Angeles. His father was a furrier to the Hollywood community. 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." As an actor, Bender guest-starred on '' All in the Family'', '' The Bob Newhart Show'' and '' The Mary Tyler Moore Show''. He 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 directed the popular slasher film '' Child's Play 3'' before becoming an executive producer and lead director on the ABC TV series '' Lost'', directing 38 episodes of the show, including the

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. Bender has also directed on other popular shows such as '' The Sopranos'', ''

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'', '' 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). In 2016, Bender directed the fifth and sixth episodes of the sixth season of ''

'', followed by a limited TV series adaptation of

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's novel '' Mr. Mercedes''. Bender received nominations for the '' Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series'' for his direction of the '' Lost'' episodes " Live Together, Die Alone", " Through the Looking Glass" and the series finale " The End". He was also nominated for the ''

'' episode " The Door".

Family/Personal life

Bender is married to Rabbi Laura Owens of B’nai Horin of Los Angeles. They have two daughters, Hannah and Sophie Owens-Bender.

Director

*'' Eight Is Enough'' (1977) TV series *''

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'' (1981) TV series *'' Fame'' (1982) TV series *'' King's Crossing'' (1982) TV series *''In Love with an Older Woman'' (1982) (TV) *''Two Kinds of Love'' (1983) (TV film) *''Shattered Vows'' (1984) (TV) *''

Deadly Messages ''Deadly Messages'' is a 1985 made-for-TV horror mystery thriller film directed by Jack Bender. Plot After Laura Daniels, who works at a dating consulting firm, leaves to go out on a date with lawyer Michael Krasnick, her roommate Cindy Matthew ...

'' (1985) (TV) *''Letting Go'' (1985) (TV) *'' The Midnight Hour'' (1985) (TV) *''Side by Side'' (1988) (TV) *''Tricks of the Trade'' (1988/I) (TV) *''

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'' (1990) TV series *'' Beverly Hills, 90210'' (1990) TV series **Episode "The Game Is Chicken" **Episode "Home and Away" **Episode "Sentenced to Life" *'' The Dreamer of Oz'' (1990) (TV film) *''

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'' (1991) (TV film) *'' Child's Play 3'' (1991) *''Love Can Be Murder'' (1992) (TV film) *'' Ned Blessing: The Story of My Life and Times'' (1993) TV series *'' Armed and Innocent'' (1994) (TV movie) *'' Gambler V: Playing for Keeps'' (1994) (TV film) *''

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'' (1996) (TV) *''

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'' (1996) (TV film) *'' Profiler'' (1996) TV series **Episode "Cycle Of Violence" **Episode "It Cuts Both Ways" **Episode "Modus Operandi" **Episode "Old Acquaintance" *''Friends 'Til the End'' (1997) (TV film) *''

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'' (1997) (TV film) *''A Call to Remember'' (1997) (TV movie) *'' Felicity'' (1998) TV series **Episode 2.21 "The Aretha Theory" **Episode 2.23 "The Biggest Deal There Is" **Episode 3.02 "The Anti-Natalie Intervention" *''The Tempest'' (1998) (TV film) *'' The Sopranos'' (1999) TV series **Episode 3.05 "

Another Toothpick "Another Toothpick" is the 31st episode of the HBO original series ''The Sopranos'' and the fifth of the show's third season. It was written by Terence Winter and directed by Jack Bender, and originally aired on March 25, 2001. Starring * James Ga ...

" **Episode 3.10 " ...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" **Episode 4.04 " The Weight" **Episode 6.03 " Mayham" *'' It Came from the Sky'' (1999) (TV) *''

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'' (1999) TV series **Episode 1.02 "Short Calendar" **Episode 1.15 "Culture Clash" **Episode 1.17 "Drawing the Line" **Episode 2.09 "The Undertow" **Episode 2.16 "Everybody Falls Down" **Episode 3.02 "Off the Grid" *''My Little Assassin'' (1999) (TV film) *''The David Cassidy Story'' (2000) (TV film) *'' That's Life'' (2000) TV series *'' Boston Public'' (2000) TV series *'' Alias'' (2001) TV series **Episode 1.07 "Color-Blind" **Episode 1.10 "Spirit" **Episode 1.12 "The Box, Part 1" **Episode 1.13 "The Box, Part 2" **Episode 2.13 "Phase One" **Episode 3.03 "Reunion" **Episode 3.07 "Prelude" **Episode 3.10 "Remnants" **Episode 3.15 "Façade" **Episode 3.18 "Unveiled" **Episode 3.20 "Blood Ties" *'' Presidio Med'' (2002) TV series **Episode "Breathless" *'' Boomtown'' (2002) TV Series (episode "Blackout") *'' The Lone Ranger'' (2003) (TV film) *''

'' (2003) TV series **Episode 1.09 "Insomnia" **Episode 2.02 "Alamogordo, NM" *''

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'' (2003) TV series *'' The Lyon's Den'' (2003) TV series *'' Lost'' (2004–2010) TV series **Episode 1.03 " Tabula Rasa" **Episode 1.04 " Walkabout" **Episode 1.07 " The Moth" **Episode 1.12 "

Whatever the Case May Be "Whatever the Case May Be" is the twelfth episode of the first season of ''Lost''. It was directed by Jack Bender and written by Damon Lindelof and Jennifer Johnson. It first aired on January 5, 2005, on ABC. The character of Kate Austen (Evang ...

" **Episode 1.16 "

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" **Episode 1.23 " Exodus: Part 1" **Episode 1.24/1.25 " Exodus: Part 2" **Episode 2.01 " Man of Science, Man of Faith" **Episode 2.03 " Orientation" **Episode 2.12 " Fire and Water" **Episode 2.15 " Maternity Leave" **Episode 2.18 "

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" **Episode 2.23/2.24 " Live Together, Die Alone" **Episode 3.01 " A Tale of Two Cities" **Episode 3.05 " The Cost of Living" **Episode 3.08 "

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" **Episode 3.13 "

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" **Episode 3.16 "

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" **Episode 5.16/5.17 " The Incident" **Episode 6.01/6.02 "

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" **Episode 6.05 "

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" **Episode 6.08 " Recon" **Episode 6.11 "

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" **Episode 6.14 " The Candidate" **Episode 6.17/6.18 " The End" *'' Alcatraz'' (2012) TV series **Episode 1.02 "Ernest Cobb" **Episode 1.03 "Kit Nelson" **Episode 1.10 "Clarence Montgomery" **Episode 1.11 "Webb Porter" *'' Under the Dome'' (2013) TV series **Episode 1.02 "The Fire" **Episode 1.05 "Blue on Blue" **Episode 1.08 "Thicker Than Water" **Episode 1.13 "Curtains" **Episode 2.01 "Heads Will Roll" **Episode 2.06 "In the Dark" **Episode 2.08 "Awakening" **Episode 2.11 "Black Ice" **Episode 2.13 "Go Now" *'' The Last Ship'' (2014) TV series **Episode 1.02 "Welcome to Gitmo" **Episode 1.03 "Dead Reckoning" **Episode 1.04 "We'll Get There" **Episode 1.09 "Trials" **Episode 2.01 "Unreal City" **Episode 2.02 "Fight the Ship" **Episode 2.05 "Achilles" **Episode 2.13 "A More Perfect Union" *''

'' (2016) TV series **Episode 6.5 " The Door" **Episode 6.6 " Blood of My Blood"

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bender, Jack American film directors American television directors American television producers Jewish American male actors Living people University of Southern California alumni 1949 births 21st-century American Jews