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John Erman

Television Director / Film Director / Actor / Television Producer | * 08/03/1935 († 85, 06/25/2021) | Chicago, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
John Erman (August 3, 1935 – June 25, 2021) was an American television director, producer, and actor. He was nominated for ten Primetime Emmy Awards, winning once for the film Who Will Love My Children? (1983). He also won two Directors Guild of America Awards for the miniseries Roots (1977) and the film An Early Frost (1985). ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | TV Movies | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

A man in the final stages of AIDS is cared for by his sister and mother and grandmother. ...

The Blackwater Lightship

PG

2004 | 3.0/5 | 1h 38min
Drama
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In this coming of age comedy, a cocky high school student thinks nothing of using the people around him to satisfy his self-centered needs, until someone in his life gets pregnant. ...

Making It

R

1971 | 1h 37min
Comedy, Drama
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The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes with a plot twist at the end. ...

The Outer Limits

TV-PG

1963 | 3.9/5 | 1h per episode
Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
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The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of a ...

Roots

NR

1977 | 3.7/5 | 1h 30min per episode
Drama, Documentary
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Awards & Nominations for John Erman

Primetime Emmy Awards Directors Guild of America Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
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Movies with John Erman as Actor(3)

as Radar Operator1959 The Cosmic Man
as Harry Goodman (age 16 )1956 The Benny Goodman Story
as Daly (uncredited)1955 Blackboard Jungle

Movies with John Erman as Crew(40)

Directing/Director2006 Candles on Bay Street
Directing/Director2004 The Blackwater Lightship
Production/Producer2004 The Blackwater Lightship
Directing/Director2001 Victoria & Albert
Directing/Director1998 Only Love
Directing/Director1997 Ellen Foster
Directing/Director1996 The Sunshine Boys
Production/Producer1996 The Sunshine Boys
Directing/Director1996 The Boys Next Door
Production/Producer1996 The Boys Next Door
Directing/Director1994 Breathing Lessons
Production/Producer1994 Breathing Lessons
Directing/Director1991 The Last to Go
Production/Producer1991 The Last to Go
Directing/Director1991 Carolina Skeletons
Directing/Director1991 Our Sons
Directing/Director1990 Stella
Directing/Director1990 The Last Best Year
Directing/Director1988 The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
Directing/Director1988 David
Directing/Director1987 When the Time Comes
Production/Producer1987 When the Time Comes
Directing/Director1985 Right to Kill?
Directing/Director1985 An Early Frost
Directing/Director1984 A Streetcar Named Desire
Directing/Director1983 Another Woman's Child
Directing/Director1983 Who Will Love My Children?
Directing/Director1982 The Letter
Directing/Director1982 Eleanor, First Lady of the World
Directing/Director1980 This Year's Blonde
Directing/Director1980 The Scarlett O'Hara War
Directing/Director1980 The Silent Lovers
Directing/Director1979 My Old Man
Directing/Director1978 Just Me and You
Directing/Director1978 Child of Glass
Directing/Director1977 Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
Directing/Director1977 Green Eyes
Directing/Director1973 Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
Directing/Director1973 Letters from Three Lovers
Directing/Director1971 Making It

TV Shows/Series with John Erman as Crew(30)

Directing/Director1999 Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
Production/Producer1999 Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
Directing/Director1994 Scarlett
Production/Producer1994 Scarlett
Directing/Director1993 Alex Haley's Queen
Directing/Director1987 The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
Production/Supervising Producer1987 The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
Directing/Director1985 The Atlanta Child Murders
Directing/Director1979 Roots: The Next Generations
Directing/Director1977 Roots
Directing/Director1976 Good Heavens
Directing/Director1976 Family
Directing/Director1972 M*A*S*H
Directing/Director1972 The Bob Newhart Show
Directing/Director1969 Room 222
Directing/Director1969 Marcus Welby, M.D.
Directing/Director1967 Judd for the Defense
Directing/Director1967 The Flying Nun
Directing/Director1966 That Girl
Directing/Director1966 Occasional Wife
Directing/Director1966 Star Trek
Directing/Director1965 Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Directing/Director1964 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Directing/Director1963 The Fugitive
Directing/Director1963 My Favorite Martian
Directing/Director1963 The Outer Limits
Directing/Director1962 Stoney Burke
Directing/Director1961 Ben Casey
Directing/Director1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
Production/Producer1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Full Name: John Erman
Born: Saturday, 08/03 1935 (August) in Chicago, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 06/25 2021 (June) in New York City (aged: 85)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
John Erman frequently works together with these people:
J. Pat O'Malley (12x, Actor)
Julie Harris (11x, Actress)
Harry Townes (11x, Actor)
Maurice Evans (11x, Actor)
James Hulsey (11x, Crew)
Jason Wingreen (11x, Actor)
Dabney Coleman (10x, Actor)
Bill Blackburn (10x, Actor)
William Hanley (10x, Crew)
Byron Morrow (10x, Actor)
Joseph V. Perry (10x, Actor)
John Anderson (10x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1024671, Added: 11/29/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024