Jack Shea (director)
Jack Shea | |
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Born | John Francis Shea, Jr. August 1, 1928 Tarzana, California , U.S. |
Occupation | Director |
Years active | 1958–1997 |
Jack Shea (August 1, 1928 – April 28, 2013)[1] was an American television and film director. He was the president of the Directors Guild of America from 1997 to 2002.
Life and career
Born John Francis Shea, Jr., Shea's father was a traveling salesman and his mother a bookkeeper. He received a parochial high school education, later attaining a degree in history from
Among the TV shows he contributed to during this period include
A lifelong Catholic, Shea was a co-founder, with his wife Patt and other prominent Catholics in the Hollywood entertainment community, of the Hollywood-based Catholics in Media Associates (CIMA),[1] which he was also past president of. Shea and Patt Shea jointly received the CIMA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002 from the organization of Catholic entertainment industry professionals which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2013. Shea was also a former member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee for Communications.
Personal life and family
On January 2, 1954, Shea married the former Patricia C. Carmody, who, later known as Patt Shea, became a three-time Humanitas Award-nominated screenwriter whose credits include the CBS-TV series
Death
Shea died of complications from Alzheimer's disease.