Jack Bender
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 25 September 1949 · USA
Jack Bender is an American television and film director, actor, television producer and also a screenwriter. Bender was an executive producer and lead director on the ABC television series, Lost. He directed the series finale of Lost. Bender has also directed on other popular shows such as The Sopranos, Carnivàle, Alias and Boston Public. He has recently signed to direct Syfy's new pilot Alphas. As an actor, Bender has guest starred on All in the Family, The Bob Newhart Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He has co-starred in The Million Dollar Duck, Savage and McNaughton's Daughter
Known for
Directing 36
- 2026The End: LOST · director
- 2025Weekends at Bellevue · director
- 2018Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen · director
- 2013Rewind · director
- 2011Weekends at Bellevue · director
- 2008The Prince of Motor City · director
- 2003The Lone Ranger · director
- 2000The David Cassidy Story · director
- 1999My Little Assassin · director
- 1999It Came from the Sky · director
- 1999The Sopranos · 4 episodes
- 1998The Tempest · director
- 1997A Call to Remember · director
- 1997Killing Mr. Griffin · director
- 1997Friends 'Til the End · director
- 1996Sweet Dreams · director
- 1996A Face to Die For · director
- 1995Nothing Lasts Forever · director
- 1995Lone Justice 2 · director
- 1994The Gambler: Playing for Keeps · director
- 1994Armed and Innocent · director
- 1992Love Can Be Murder · director
- 1991Child's Play 3 · director
- 1991The Perfect Tribute · director
- 1990The Dreamer of Oz · director
- 1990Beverly Hills, 90210 · 3 episodes
- 1989My Brother's Wife · director
- 1988Tricks of the Trade · director
- 1988Side by Side · director
- 1985The Midnight Hour · director
- 1985Letting Go · director
- 1985Deadly Messages · director
- 1984Shattered Vows · director
- 1984High School U.S.A. · director
- 1983Two Kinds of Love · director
- 1982In Love with an Older Woman · director
Acting 9
- 2024Getting LOST as Self
- 1978Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force as Allcott
- 1978Hot Lead & Cold Feet as Farmer 3
- 1975Target Risk as Joe Cordova
- 1973Savage as Jerry
- 1972Now You See Him, Now You Don't as Slither Roth
- 1972The Bob Newhart Show as Paul Sanders · 1 episode
- 1971The Million Dollar Duck as Arvin Wadlow
- 1971The Barefoot Executive as Tom
Sound 1
- 2012My Little Friend · music
Production 4
- 2010The New Man in Charge · executive producer
- 2008I Kicked Luis Guzman in the Face · executive producer
- 1998The Tempest · executive producer
- 1997A Call to Remember · executive producer
Writing 2
- 1999It Came from the Sky · writer
- 1980John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body · writer