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Jerry Jameson

Jerry Jameson

Director, also producer and writer · Born November 26, 1934 (91) · Los Angeles, California, USA

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

Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 26, 1934 (91)
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Works as
Director, also producer and writer
Titles
41 on MovieCove · 74 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 37% in 30 days

What are Jerry Jameson's films like?

Across their 32 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Action10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 23rd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Western2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 84th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Western movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
34%
Survival
20%
Bonds
15%
Self
15%
Society
6%
Ideas
6%
Power
4%
Justice15 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival9 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption6 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth4 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 28 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 25 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 14 · Intense 9

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 12 · Shifting 16 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 26 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 18 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 12 · Engaged 13 · Full focus 3

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 10 · Affecting 14 · Heavy 4

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 26 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
28
Dread
8
Thrilling
9
Warm
6
Melancholic
9
Other
19

How their films linger

Hopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy14
  • Bittersweet14
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jerry Jameson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 24 of their 41 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jerry Jameson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

74 credits, 41 with a MovieCove page.

  • Airports (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director

  • Captive(2015)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Safe Harbor(2009)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Last Flight Out(2004)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Red Phone 2(2003)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Red Phone: Manhunt(2002)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Running Red(1999)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Land of the Free(1998)

    Director · Art Direction · Writer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • The Magnificent Seven(1998)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Too Close to Home(1997)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Gone in a Heartbeat(1996)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • JAG(1995)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Touched by an Angel(1994)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Models Inc. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Gunsmoke: One Man's Justice(1994)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Bonanza: The Return (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Director

  • Gunsmoke: The Long Ride(1993)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Walker, Texas Ranger(1993)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows

  • Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman(1993)

    Show 7 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Gunsmoke: To the Last Man(1992)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Fire and Rain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Director

  • Shades of L.A. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Life Goes On (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • B.L. Stryker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Terror on Highway 91(1989)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • The Red Spider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Director

  • Jake and the Fatman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Houston Knights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • One Police Plaza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Director

  • Heat(1986)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Lady Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Stormin' Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • The Cowboy and the Ballerina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Director

  • Murder, She Wrote(1984)

    Show 19 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Last of the Great Survivors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Director

  • Cowboy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Director

  • Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land(1983)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • This Girl for Hire(1983)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Hotline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Director

  • Killing at Hell's Gate(1981)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Stand by Your Man(1981)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Dynasty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Magnum, P.I.(1980)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane(1980)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Raise the Titanic(1980)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • A Fire in the Sky(1978)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Superdome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Director

  • Airport '77(1977)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Invasion of Johnson County(1976)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Call of the Wild(1976)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Lives of Jenny Dolan(1975)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Deadly Tower(1975)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Secret Night Caller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Director

  • Terror on the 40th Floor(1974)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Hurricane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Director

  • The Elevator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Director

  • Heatwave! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Director

  • The Six Million Dollar Man(1974)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • The Bat People(1974)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • The Dirt Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Director

  • Delphi Bureau (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • The Streets of San Francisco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Search (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • The Rookies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Brute Corps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Director

  • Cannon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • McCloud(1970)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • The Ballad of Andy Crocker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Supervising Editor

  • The Pigeon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Supervising Editor

  • The Monk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Editor

  • Wake Me When the War Is Over(1969)

    Supervising Editor

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Over-the-Hill Gang(1969)

    Supervising Editor

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Hawaii Five-O(1968)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Mayberry R.F.D.(1968)

    Show 5 episodes · Supervising Editor

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 72 titles from 1968 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Captive (2015)

$2.8M worldwide

Highest rated

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Midcredits 75th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing65 of 72: 62 only directing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score40thWriting2 of 72: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing3 of 72: 1 only producing, 2 with another roleEditing6 of 72: 6 only editing, 0 with another roleOther crew1 of 72: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

72 titles, 3 with more than one role.

By decade

1960s7 · crew1970s22 · crew1980s22 · crew1990s15 · crew2000s4 · crew2010s1 · crew2020s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Jerry Jameson's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 30th percentile, the median of all 30; across their 28 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 30th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Approval · how many liked their films

26thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Reach · how many have seen their films

32ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Midcredits score across 41 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th16

Shape of the crowd

19 of their 41 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed19

Most divisive · director

The Red Phone: Manhunt (2002)

84th percentile spread · 55% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Gunsmoke: To the Last Man (1992)

Midcredits 87th · 73% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 51/100 and the pacing 42/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jerry Jameson's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, 3 of the 5 categories sit near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles43–86 · median 53 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles15–37 · median 27 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles24–41 · median 26 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 40 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 52 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jerry Jameson work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jerry Jameson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Matthew F. Leonetti shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles