John Erman

Born in Hyde Park, Chicago,^[1] Erman spent the early years of his career, after a few small roles in films such as The Cosmic Man (1957), directing episodes of such primetime series as Peyton Place, The Fugitive, The Outer Limits (original series), Stoney Burke, Ben Casey, My Favorite Martian, That Girl, The Flying Nun, Marcus Welby, M.D., Star Trek (original series), and Judd, for the Defense.

Erman directed episodes of Roots and its sequel, Roots: The Next Generations, as well as Alex Haley's Queen. He helmed many television films, including Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn, Green Eyes, Child of Glass, The Scarlett O'Hara War, Who Will Love My Children?, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, Right to Kill?, An Early Frost, The Atlanta Child Murders, The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank, David, Breathing Lessons, Scarlett, The Sunshine Boys, Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke, The Boys Next Door, and Candles on Bay Street, many of which he also produced.

Erman directed the feature films Making It (1971), Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973, credited as Bill Sampson) and Stella (1990).

Erman died on June 25, 2021, in New York City, New York after a brief illness, at age 85.^[2][3][4]

Primetime Emmy Awards

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Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1977	Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series	Roots ("Part II")	Nominated
1980	Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or Special	The Scarlett O'Hara War	Nominated
1983		Who Will Love My Children?	Won
1984		A Streetcar Named Desire	Nominated
1986	Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or Special	An Early Frost	Nominated
1987	Outstanding Miniseries	The Two Mrs. Grenvilles	Nominated
1988	Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special	The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank	Nominated
	Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or Special		Nominated
1989	Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special	David	Nominated
1994	Outstanding Made for Television Movie	Breathing Lessons	Nominated

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Directors Guild of America Awards

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Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
1978	Outstanding Directing – Drama Series	Roots ("Part II")	Won
1984	Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film	Who Will Love My Children?	Nominated
1986		An Early Frost	Won

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Film

Director

• Making It (1971)
• Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973) (Credited as "Bill Sampson")
• Stella (1990)

Actor

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1955	Blackboard Jungle	Daly	Uncredited
1956	The Benny Goodman Story	Harry Goodman (aged 16)
	Anything Goes	Boy	Uncredited
1959	The Cosmic Man	Radar Operator

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Television

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Year	Title	Director	Producer	Notes
1962-63	Stoney Burke	Yes	Associate	11 Episodes; Also assistant to producer
1963-64	The Outer Limits	Yes	No	19 episodes (first season only); Also production associate, casting consultant
1964	The Fugitive	Yes	No	1 Episode
	Ben Casey	Yes	No	1 Episode
1965	Karen	Yes	No	1 Episode
1965-66	My Favorite Martian	Yes	No	12 Episodes
1966	Please Don’t Eat The Daisies	Yes	No	6 Episodes
1966-67	That Girl	Yes	No	10 Episodes
1967	Occasional Wife	Yes	No	1 Episode
1967-68	The Second Hundred Years	Yes	No	4 Episodes
1967-69	Judd, for the Defense	Yes	No	3 Episodes
	Peyton Place	Yes	No	12 Episodes
1968	Star Trek	Yes	No	1 Episode
	The Flying Nun	Yes	No	4 Episodes
1968-70	The Ghost & Mrs. Muir	Yes	No	8 Episodes
1969	Bracken's World	Yes	No	1 Episode
	Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.	Yes	No	2 Episodes
1969-74	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Yes	No	5 Episodes
1970	Room 222	Yes	No	2 Episodes
1971	Arnie	Yes	No	1 Episode
1974	The Girl with Something Extra	Yes	No	1 Episode
1975	The Bob Newhart Show	Yes	No	1 Episode
	Karen	Yes	No	3 Episodes
	M*A*S*H	Yes	No	1 Episode
1976	Family	Yes	No	4 Episodes
	Good Heavens	Yes	No	1 Episode
1977	Roots	Yes	No	1 Episode
1979	Roots: The Next Generations	Yes	No	3 Episodes
1985	The Atlanta Child Murders	Yes	No
1987	The Two Mrs. Grenvilles	Yes	Supervising
1993	Alex Haley's Queen	Yes	Co-Producer
1994	Scarlett	Yes	Yes
1999	Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke	Yes	No
2001	Victoria & Albert	Yes	No	2 Episodes

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Actor

• Navy Log (1957)
• West Point (1957)
• Playhouse 90 (1958)
• Profiles in Courage (1965)

TV movies

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Year	Title	Director	Producer
1973	Letters from Three Lovers	Yes	No
1977	Green Eyes	Yes	Yes
	Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn	Yes	No
1978	Child of Glass	Yes	No
	Just Me and You	Yes	No
1979	My Old Man	Yes	No
1980	The Scarlett O'Hara War	Yes	No
	This Year's Blonde	Yes	No
	The Silent Lovers	Yes	No
1982	The Letter	Yes	No
	Eleanor, First Lady of the World	Yes	No
1983	Another Woman's Child	Yes	No
	Who Will Love My Children?	Yes	No
1984	A Streetcar Named Desire	Yes	No
1985	Right to Kill?	Yes	No
	An Early Frost	Yes	No
1987	When the Time Comes	Yes	Yes
1988	The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank	Yes	Supervisor
	David	Yes	No
1990	The Last Best Year	Yes	Yes
1991	The Last to Go	Yes	Yes
	Our Sons	Yes	No
	Carolina Skeletons	Yes	Supervisor
1994	Breathing Lessons	Yes	Yes
1996	The Boys Next Door	Yes	Yes
	The Sunshine Boys	Yes	No
1997	Ellen Foster	Yes	Yes
1998	Only Love	Yes	Executive
2004	The Blackwater Lightship	Yes	Yes
2006	Candles on Bay Street	Yes	Yes

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