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Jack Willis is a journalist, writer and filmmaker. ==Career== Jack Willis, documentary filmmaker and television producer, was the co-founder of Link TV〔(LinkTV ),〕 a Direct Broadcast Satellite channel currently in over 34 million American homes via DirecTV and the Dish Network. He has been a producer and executive in commercial, cable and public television. He was a Senior Fellow at George Soros’ Open Society Institute where he developed and directed a program on media policy. From 1990 to 1997 he was President and CEO of Twin Cities Public Television.〔(True Grit: Twin Cities Public Television President Jack Willis Interview )〕 He was also vice-president of programming and production for CBS Cable, where he developed the critically acclaimed performing arts channel, Director of Statue of Liberty Programming for Metro Media Producer’s Corp. and Director of Programming and Production of WNET/13 in New York City. Jack Willis has created and produced many award winning series including the Emmy-award winning news show ''The 51st State''〔(The 51st State )〕 for WNET/13. He was Co-Executive Producer of PBS’ groundbreaking, Emmy winning, ''The Great American Dream Machine'',〔(The Great American Dream Machine at IMDB )〕 and the Emmy-winning series ''City Within a City'', a documentary which was widely credited with helping to achieve passage of Milwaukee’s Open Housing Law. He has also produced and directed numerous award-winning documentaries. He has produced films for CBS News as well as ''The Human Animal'' series, with Phil Donahue, for NBC. His independent documentary, ''Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang'', about the government cover up of the fatal effects of the Nevada nuclear bomb tests on military personnel and civilians living downwind from the tests, won an Emmy and the George Polk Award〔(George Polk Awards 1979 )〕 for investigative journalism. Two of his films, ''Lay My Burden Down'',〔(''Lay My Burden Down'' at IMDB )〕 about the plight of black sharecroppers in the rural south, and ''Every Seventh Child'', about Catholic education were shown at the New York Film Festival.〔(New York Film Festival Special Events )〕 His first film, ''The Streets of Greenwood'' about voting rights in Mississippi, won the Gold Medal at the San Francisco Film Festival. With his wife, Mary, he has written several highly rated network movies and co-authored the book ''But There Are Always Miracles''. He has a BA and LLB from UCLA and an Honorary Doctor of Law from Saint John's University in Minnesota. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack Willis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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