Jessica Landaw

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Jessica Landaw
Occupation Film director, film editor, television director, television editor, television producer
Years active1994–present

Jessica Landaw is an American director, editor and producer of film and television.

She has directed a number of documentaries and short films in career as well as working as an editor on the films Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995), The Great White Hype (1996), The War at Home (1996) and The House of Yes (1997). [1]

As a television director her credits are Judging Amy , Cold Case , Bones , One Tree Hill and web series The Booth at the End starring Xander Berkeley. [2]

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References

  1. "Jessica Landaw". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
  2. "The Booth at the End" 2011. Retrieved November 3, 2011.