Terry Jastrow
- Producer
- Director
- Actor
Terry Jastrow has been the Producer and / or Director of some of the
world's greatest events over the last 30 years. Mr. Jastrow is also a
Screenwriter, Playwright, Theatrical Director and Acting Teacher. The
following is a partial list of his accomplishments: In Film /
Television, Mr. Jastrow has received 7 Emmy Awards and been nominated
17 times. He started working for ABC Sports at age 21, being the
youngest network television sports producer ever at age 23. He went on
to serve as a Producer and / or Director at ABC Sports for 24 years.
Among the many projects Mr. Jastrow Produced or Directed are: The Super
Bowl XIX; 68 of golf's Major Championships including the U.S. Open,
British Open and PGA Championship; the Indy 500; and ABC's Wide World
of Sports. Mr. Jastrow was the Producer / Director of six Olympic Games
including the Opening and Closing Ceremonies most notably for the 1984
Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, as well as the Summer Olympics in
Munich 1972 and Montreal 1976, as well as the Winter Olympics in Lake
Placid 1980, Sarajavo 1984, and Calgary '88. In addition, he Produced
many of the Howard Cosell telecasts during the prime of his career from
1974-1977. As President of Jack Nicklaus Productions for 12 years, Mr.
Jastrow re-launched Shell's Wonderful World of Golf, and created
Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge, The Diners Club Matches, Michael Douglas &
Friends, Tommy Bahama Challenge, as well as produced a line of video
games with Accolade, etc. He Produced / Directed golf instructional
programs for Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Greg Norman, Curtis Strange,
Tom Kite, Phil Mickelson, Tom Watson, and Butch Harmon. Mr. Jastrow
Produced the famed Haute Couture Paris Fashion Collections for ABC TV's
prime time specials, and Produced the first English speaking programs
of great Carnival in Rio, 2 hour prime time specials for The Travel
Channel. In Feature Films, Mr. Jastrow Developed, Produced and Starred
in the feature film Waltz Across Texas with Anne Archer. He is the
Writer of Good Luck, Mr. Anthony, a feature film script in development
at Beacon Pictures, and the Co-Creator, Commissioner and Executive
Producer of The People's Games, in development for ABC. He has been
Nominated for the Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement
Award. In Theater, he Studied acting with Lee Strasberg at the Theater
Institute and The Actor's Studio for 7 years, as well as studying
acting with Milton Katselas at the Beverly Hills Playhouse for 15 years
where he also taught an acting class for 6 years. He has acted in
numerous feature films and episodes of television series, as well as
plays in both New York City and Los Angeles. Mr. Jastrow Directed the
Los Angeles stage premiere of A Couple of White Chicks Sitting Around
Talking, starring Anne Archer and Elizabeth Ashley, Directed the world
stage premiere of As If It Matters at the Beverly Hills Playhouse,
Wrote and Directed The Vaginal Lock produced by Camelot Productions at
the Skylight Theater in Los Angeles, and most Wrote and Directed Jane
Fonda in the Court of Public Opinion, which premiered at the Edgemar
Theater in Los Angeles in October 2012. On a personal note, he has been
Honored with the Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Citizen Award, and
is married to actress Anne Archer.