
Birthday:
01-06-1954
(71 years)
Birthplace:
Not available
Biography
Jan Eliasberg is a director, writer and producer known for evocative material featuring performances from some of today’s most respected actors.
Jan’s directing career was launched when she was hand-picked by Michael Mann to be the first female director on Miami Vice. She quickly repeated the feat on other shows by becoming the first woman to direct episodes of Crime Story, Wiseguy and 21 Jump Street.
Jan has directed multiple-episodes and hundreds of hours of award-winning television including Blue Bloods, Parenthood, N.C.I.S.: Los Angeles, Criminal Minds, Supernatural, In Plain Sight, L.A. Law, Party of Five, Dawson’s Creek, andThe Ghost Whisperer.
Jan’s directing career was launched when she was hand-picked by Michael Mann to be the first female director on Miami Vice. She quickly repeated the feat on other shows by becoming the first woman to direct episodes of Crime Story, Wiseguy and 21 Jump Street.
Jan has directed multiple-episodes and hundreds of hours of award-winning television including Blue Bloods, Parenthood, N.C.I.S.: Los Angeles, Criminal Minds, Supernatural, In Plain Sight, L.A. Law, Party of Five, Dawson’s Creek, andThe Ghost Whisperer.
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Past Midnight
Director
event1992 star_border 5.2
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A man gets out of prison after 15 years for stabbing his wife to death, and his social worker becomes convinced he was innocent. As she researches his case, and interviews other people who were involved, she begins to fall in love with him, as her friends warn her that he's dangerous.
Lovers, Partners & Spies
Director
event1988
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Retired international police agent, now suburban housewife, is asked by her former partner to help him catch a serial killer.
Nash Bridges
Director (1 ep.)
event1996 star_border 6.6
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Fun-loving San Francisco Police Department investigator Nash Bridges is part of the elite Special Investigations Unit. He tackles crime using his keen sense of humor and charm. Joe Dominguez comes out of retirement to become Bridges' wisecracking yet more rule-abiding partner.
Sisters
Director (4 ep.)
event1991 star_border 7.3
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The Reed sisters of Winnetka, Illinois, are a close-knit group. Alex, Georgie, Teddy, and Frankie navigate the waters of life's triumphs and tragedies with the help of their mom, Bea. And no matter what befalls them, they know they can count on their sisters to help pull them through. (Sisters is an Emmy Award-winning television drama.)
Any Day Now
Director (4 ep.)
event1998 star_border 7.4
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Any Day Now is an American drama series that aired on the Lifetime network from 1998 to 2002. The show stars Annie Potts and Lorraine Toussaint as best friends of different races who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1960s during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement. In every episode, contemporary storylines are interwoven with a storyline from their shared past.
Wiseguy
Director (2 ep.)
event1987 star_border 6.5
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Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau) of the United States. His roots in a traditional Italian city neighborhood form the underlying dramatic base throughout the series, bringing him into conflict with his conservative mother and other family members while acting undercover as syndicate enforcer.
In Plain Sight
Director (1 ep.)
event2008 star_border 7
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U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon must hunt down witnesses for federal cases in the witness protection program while also managing a rather dysfunctional family and her own personal life.
Miami Vice
Director (3 ep.)
event1984 star_border 7.4
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The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.
L.A. Law
Director (2 ep.)
event1986 star_border 7.1
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L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994.
Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff.
The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
Booker
Director (2 ep.)
event1989 star_border 5.1
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Booker is an American crime drama series starring Richard Grieco that aired on the Fox Network from September 24, 1989 to May 6, 1990. The series is a spin-off of 21 Jump Street and the second installment of the 21 Jump Street series. The character of Dennis Booker was originally a recurring character on that police drama during its third season. The theme song for the series, "Hot in the City", was performed by Billy Idol.
Criminal Minds
Director (1 ep.)
event2005 star_border 8.3
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An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.
Party of Five
Director (3 ep.)
event1994 star_border 7
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Five brothers and sisters are determined to stay together following the tragic loss of their parents.
Supernatural
Director (2 ep.)
event2005 star_border 8.3
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When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.
Dawson's Creek
Director (1 ep.)
event1998 star_border 7.4
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Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama that portrays the fictional lives of a close-knit group of teenagers through high school and college.
Strong Medicine
Director (4 ep.)
event2000 star_border 7.1
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The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.
21 Jump Street
Director (1 ep.)
event1987 star_border 7.1
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21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults.
Ghost Whisperer
Director (1 ep.)
event2005 star_border 8.1
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Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. Most of Melinda's efforts involve resolving conflicts that are preventing the spirits from passing over.
Crime Story
Director (1 ep.)
event1986 star_border 7.9
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The hard-boiled saga of hair-trigger cop Lieutenant Mike Torello and his obsessive pursuit of ruthless gangster Ray Luca.
TV 101
Director (1 ep.)
event1988 star_border 5
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TV 101 is an American drama series that aired on CBS from 1988 until 1989. The series stars Sam Robards, Brynn Thayer, Leon Russom and Andrew Cassese. Other notable cast members include Stacey Dash, Teri Polo, Alex Désert and Matt LeBlanc. The music for this show was created and produced by Todd Rundgren.
Dirty Dancing
Director (1 ep.)
event1988 star_border 8.2
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Dirty Dancing is a 1988 television series on the CBS network. It is based on the film Dirty Dancing but had none of the original cast or staff. It stars Patrick Cassidy as Johnny and Melora Hardin as Baby. The show only lasted half a season, before it was canceled in January 1989 due to low ratings.
NCIS: Los Angeles
Director (2 ep.)
event2009 star_border 7.5
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The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.
Nashville
Director (1 ep.)
event2012 star_border 6.5
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Rayna Jaymes and Juliette Barnes face personal and professional challenges as they navigate their paths as artists and individuals. Surrounding them, and often complicating their lives, are their family, friends and, in some cases, lovers, as well as the up-and-coming performers and songwriters trying to get ahead in the business.
Blue Bloods
Director (1 ep.)
event2010 star_border 7.8
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A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.
Unforgettable
Director (1 ep.)
event2011 star_border 7.2
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Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit after her former boyfriend and partner asks for help with solving a case. The move allows her to try to find out the one thing she has been unable to remember, which is what happened the day her sister was murdered.
Conviction
Director (1 ep.)
event2016 star_border 6.8
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A brilliant young attorney, who is also the daughter of a former U.S. president, is blackmailed to head up LA's new Conviction Integrity Unit. She and her team investigate cases where people may have been wrongly convicted.
Bull
Director (2 ep.)
event2016 star_border 7
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Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.
Gone
Director (2 ep.)
event2017 star_border 7.1
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The survivor of a famous child-abduction case joins a special task force dedicated to solving abductions and missing person cases.
The Magicians
Director (1 ep.)
event2015 star_border 7.6
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Brakebills University is a secret institution specializing in magic. There, amidst an unorthodox education of spellcasting, a group of twenty-something friends soon discover that a magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real— and poses grave danger to humanity.
The Outsiders
Director (1 ep.)
event1990 star_border 7.3
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The story of the Curtis brothers, a group of troubled teens in 1960s Oklahoma, struggling to make it as a family. A follow-up to the novel and film of the same name.
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