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Jack Sher
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
John Jacob Sher (16 March 1913 – 23 August 1988) was an American newspaper columnist, songwriter, film director, film writer, and producer. Born in Minneapolis, Sher wrote for se…
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John Jacob Sher (16 March 1913 – 23 August 1988) was an American newspaper columnist, songwriter, film director, film writer, and producer. Born in Minneapolis, Sher wrote for several magazines, including the Saturday Evening Post, Esquire, Redbook, Radio Mirror, Reader's Digest, and Collier's. He also had been a columnist for the New York Reporter, and from 1937 to 1940 Screen & Radio Weekly, a nationally syndicated Sunday supplement published by the Detroit Free Press. Sher wrote a number of films for Audie Murphy, including in 1959, The Wild and the Innocent, which he also directed. In the 1979 remake for TV, The Kid from Left Field, Gary Coleman (1968–2010), who starred in the series, accepted the NAACP Image Award for Best Children's Special of Episode in a Series. Sher's 1971–1972 television play, Goodbye, Raggedy Ann was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama – Original Teleplay.
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1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Movie Self
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1979
The Kid from Left Field
Movie Teleplay
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1974
Hello Mother, Goodbye!
TV show Writer
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1974
Hello Mother, Goodbye!
Movie Creator
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1973
Slither
Movie Producer
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1973
Female Artillery
Movie Story
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1971
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
Movie Writer
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1964
Bewitched
TV show Writer
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1963
Move Over, Darling
Movie Screenplay
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1963
Critic's Choice
Movie Screenplay
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1961
Paris Blues
Movie Screenplay
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1961
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
Movie Director
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1960
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Movie Director
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1959
The Wild and the Innocent
Movie Director
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1958
Kathy O'
Movie Screenplay
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1957
Joe Butterfly
Movie Writer
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1957
Four Girls in Town
Movie Director
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1956
Walk the Proud Land
Movie Screenplay
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1956
World in My Corner
Movie Story
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1953
The Kid from Left Field
Movie Writer
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1953
Shane
Movie Dialogue
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1952
Off Limits
Movie Screenplay
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1951
My Favorite Spy
Movie Screenplay
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Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
TV show Creator
