E.W. Swackhamer

Birthday:: 01/17/1927
Place of birth:: Middletown, New Jersey, USA:
Biography:: E.W. Swackhamer was an American television and film director with an extensive career spanning several decades. His credits include directing episodes of popular TV series such as MASH*, L.A. Law, Murder, She Wrote, Bewitched, and Law & Order. Notably, he directed 27 pilots for television series, 18 of which went into regular production, including Eight Is Enough, Quincy, M.E., and S.W.A.T.. Swackhamer received an Emmy Award for directing the miniseries The Dain Curse during the 1977–78 season. He was married to actress Bridget Hanley and had two daughters.

Credits

	MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice (1994) Director
	MacShayne: Winner Takes All (1994) Director
	Perfect Family (1992) Director
	The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton (1992) Director
	Are You Lonesome Tonight? (1992) Director
	Lookwell (1991) Director
	Desperado: Badlands Justice (1989) Director
	Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (1989) Director
	The Return of Desperado (1988) Director
	Terror at London Bridge (1985) Director
	Command 5 (1985) Director
	Brothers-in-Law (1985) Director
	The Sheriff and the Astronaut (1984) Director
	Carpool (1983) Director
	Malibu (1983) Director
	Cocaine and Blue Eyes (1983) Director
	Peking Encounter (1982) Director
	Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang (1982) Director
	The Oklahoma City Dolls (1981) Director
	Longshot (1981) Director
	Reward (1980) Director
	The Death of Ocean View Park (1979) Director
	Vampire (1979) Director
	The Winds of Kitty Hawk (1978) Director
	Spider-Man (1977) Director
	Night Terror (1977) Director
	Death at Love House (1976) Director
	Crunch (1976) Director
	Death Sentence (1974) Director
	Movin' On (1972) Director
	Gidget Gets Married (1972) Director
	Gidget Gets Married (1972) Producer
	Man and Boy (1971) Director
	Three for Tahiti (1970) Director
	In Name Only (1969) Director
	In Name Only (1969) Producer