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Jeannot Szwarc (born November 21, 1939) is a French film and television director. Szwarc was born in Paris. He began working as a director in American television during the 1960s, in particular on Ironside. He has also directed episodes of: The Rockford Files, Kojak, Night Gallery, JAG, Bones, Numb3rs, Columbo, Heroes, and Fringe.His feature films include Bug (1975), Jaws 2 (1978), Somewhere in Time (1980), Supergirl (1984) and Santa Claus: The Movie (1985). Since then, he has mainly directed television films and series. In 2003, Szwarc joined the crew of The WB/CW television series Smallville as a director. One of the major episodes he directed was “Homecoming”, the 200th episode of Smallville. He is a graduate of Harvard University. —Wikipedia