John Erman

Biography

John Erman (August 3, 1935 – June 25, 2021) was an American television director, producer, and actor. He was nominated for ten Primetime Emmy Awards, winning once for the film Who Will Love My Children? (1983). He also won two Directors Guild of America Awards for the miniseries Roots (1977) and the film An Early Frost (1985). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Erman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed

1. Star Trek (1966) — Director
2. M*A*S*H (1972) — Director
3. Roots (1977) — Director
4. The Outer Limits (1963) — Director
5. The Bob Newhart Show (1972) — Director
6. The Fugitive (1963) — Director
7. Stella (1990) — Director
8. Scarlett (1994) — Director
9. An Early Frost (1985) — Director
10. The Flying Nun (1967) — Director
11. Roots: The Next Generations (1979) — Director
12. That Girl (1966) — Director
13. My Favorite Martian (1963) — Director
14. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964) — Director
15. Candles on Bay Street (2006) — Director
16. Alex Haley's Queen (1993) — Director
17. Our Sons (1991) — Director
18. The Sunshine Boys (1996) — Director
19. Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) — Director
20. Room 222 (1969) — Director
21. Ellen Foster (1997) — Director
22. Family (1976) — Director
23. Ben Casey (1961) — Director
24. Child of Glass (1978) — Director
25. The Blackwater Lightship (2004) — Director
26. Victoria & Albert (2001) — Director
27. Only Love (1998) — Director
28. The Atlanta Child Murders (1985) — Director
29. The Boys Next Door (1996) — Director
30. David (1988) — Director
31. Who Will Love My Children? (1983) — Director
32. Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977) — Director
33. Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965) — Director
34. Carolina Skeletons (1991) — Director
35. The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980) — Director
36. Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) — Director
37. Breathing Lessons (1994) — Director
38. Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973) — Director
39. A Streetcar Named Desire (1984) — Director
40. Right to Kill? (1985) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Blackboard Jungle (1955) — Daly (uncredited)
2. The Cosmic Man (1959) — Radar Operator
3. The Benny Goodman Story (1956) — Harry Goodman (age 16 )
4. Remembering Roots (2002) — Self