John Erman

John Erman
Born	(1935-08-03) August 3, 1935 Chicago, Illinois
Occupation	Television director

John Erman (born August 3, 1935) is an American television and film director, actor and producer.

Career

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Erman spent the early years of his career, after a few small roles in films such as The Cosmic Man (1957), directing episodes of such primetime series as Peyton Place, The Fugitive, The Outer Limits (original series), Stoney Burke, Ben Casey, My Favorite Martian, That Girl, The Flying Nun, Marcus Welby, M.D., Star Trek, and Judd for the Defense.

Erman directed several episodes of both Roots, its sequel, Roots: The Next Generations, and Alex Haley's Queen, and has helmed numerous television films, including Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn, The Scarlett O'Hara War, Eleanor, First Lady of the World, Who Will Love My Children?, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Two Mrs. Grenvilles,Right to Kill?, An Early Frost, The Atlanta Child Murders, The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank, David, Breathing Lessons, Scarlett, The Sunshine Boys, Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke, The Boys Next Door, and Candles on Bay Street, many of which he also produced.

Erman's feature film directing credits include Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies and Stella.

Awards and nominations

Awards

1978 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series (Roots Part II)
1983 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special (Who Will Love My Children?)
1986 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials (An Early Frost)
2004 Monte Carlo TV Awards Golden Nymph for Best Director - Television Films (The Blackwater Lightship)
2004 Monte Carlo TV Awards SIGNIS Prize (The Blackwater Lightship)

Nominations

1977 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series (Roots, Part II)
1980 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special (The Scarlett O'Hara War)
1984 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials (Who Will Love My Children?)
1984 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special (A Streetcar Named Desire)
1986 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or a Special (An Early Frost)
1987 Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries (The Two Mrs. Grenvilles)
1988 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or a Special (The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank)
1988 Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special (The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank)
1989 Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special (David)
1994 Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie (Breathing Lessons)

Filmography

The Cosmic Man (1959)

External links

John Erman at the Internet Movie Database
MSN Movies bio

Films directed by John Erman

Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973)
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977)
Child of Glass (1978)
Just Me and You (1978)
My Old Man (1979)
Who Will Love My Children? (1983)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1984)
Right to Kill? (1985)
An Early Frost (1985)
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987)
The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988)
David (1988)
Stella (1990)
The Last Best Year (1990)
Our Sons (1991)
The Sunshine Boys (1996)
The Boys Next Door (1996)
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999)
Candles on Bay Street (2006)

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special

George Cukor (1975)
Daniel Petrie (1976)
Daniel Petrie (1977)
David Lowell Rich (1978)
David Greene (1979)
Marvin J. Chomsky (1980)
James Goldstone (1981)
Marvin J. Chomsky (1982)
John Erman (1983)
Jeff Bleckner (1984)
Lamont Johnson (1985)
Joseph Sargent (1986)
Glenn A. Jordan (1987)
Lamont Johnson (1988)
Simon Wincer (1989)
Joseph Sargent (1990)
Brian Gibson (1991)
Joseph Sargent (1992)
James Steven Sadwith (1993)
John Frankenheimer (1994)
John Frankenheimer (1995)
John Frankenheimer (1996)
Andrei Konchalovsky (1997)
John Frankenheimer (1998)
Allan Arkush (1999)
Charles S. Dutton (2000)
Mike Nichols (2001)
David Frankel, Tom Hanks, David Leland, Richard Loncraine, David Nutter, Phil Alden Robinson, Mikael Salomon, and Tony To (2002)
Steven Schachter (2003)
Mike Nichols (2004)
Stephen Hopkins (2005)
Tom Hooper (2006)
Philip Martin (2007)
Jay Roach (2008)
Dearbhla Walsh (2009)
Mick Jackson (2010)
Brian Percival (2011)
Jay Roach (2012)
Steven Soderbergh (2013)
Colin Bucksey (2014)
Lisa Cholodenko (2015)

Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series

1971-2000	Daniel Petrie for "Hands of Love" (1971) Robert Butler for "Dust Bowl Cousins" (1972) Charles S. Dubin for "Knockover" (1973) David Friedkin for "Cross Your Heart, Hope to Die" (1974) James Cellan Jones for Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (Miniseries) (1975) Glenn Jordan for "Rites of Friendship" (1976) John Erman for "Second Hour" (1977) Gene Reynolds for "Prisoner" (1978) Roger Young for "Cop" (1979) Roger Young for "Lou" (1980) Robert Butler for "Hill Street Station" (1981) David Anspaugh for "Personal Foul" (1982) Jeff Bleckner for "Life in the Minors" (1983) Thomas Carter for "The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall (1984) Will Mackenzie for "My Fair David" (1985) Will Mackenzie for "Atomic Shakespeare" (1986) Marshall Herskovitz for "Pilot" (Thirtysomething) (1987) Marshall Herskovitz for "Therapy" (1988) Eric Laneuville for "I'm in the Nude" (1989) Michael Zinberg for "Vietnam" (1990) Eric Laneuville for "All God's Children" (1991) Rob Thompson for "Cicely" (1992) Gregory Hoblit for "Pilot" (NYPD Blue) (1993) Charles Haid for "Into That Good Night" (1994) Christopher Chulack for "Hell and High Water" (1995) Christopher Chulack for "Fear of Flying" (1996) Barbara Kopple for "The Documentary" (1997) Paris Barclay for "Hearts and Souls" (1998) David Chase for "The Sopranos" (1999) Thomas Schlamme for "Noël" (2000)

2001-present	Alan Ball for "Pilot" (Six Feet Under) (2001) John Patterson for "Whitecaps" (2002) Chris Misiano for "Twenty Five" (2003) Walter Hill for "Deadwood" (2004) Michael Apted for "The Stolen Eagle" (2005) Jon Cassar for "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." (2006) Alan Taylor for "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (2007) Daniel Attias for "Transitions" (2008) Lesli Linka Glatter for "Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency" (2009) Martin Scorsese for "Boardwalk Empire" (2010) Patty Jenkins for "Pilot" (The Killing) (2011) Rian Johnson for "Fifty-One" (2012) Vince Gilligan for "Felina" (2013) Lesli Linka Glatter for "From A to B and Back Again" (2014) David Nutter for "Mother's Mercy" (2015)

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