Episode 43: Jeremy Kagan: Movies Making Change

In this episode we visit with storied Hollywood director, Jeffrey Kagan, whose career has proved that yes, the power of story on the big screen, the small screen, and the community screen can be both entertaining and help change hearts and minds for the better. BIOJeremy Kagan is a director/writer/producer of feature films and television. His credits include the box-office hits https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076138?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Heroes) (1977), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077233?ref_=nmbio_mbio (The Big Fix) (1978) and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082175?ref_=nmbio_mbio (The Chosen) (1981). His https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089385?ref_=nmbio_mbio (The Journey of Natty Gann) (1985) was the first US film to win a Gold Prize at the Moscow Film Festival. Other directing credits include https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092780?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8) (1987) (winning the ACE Award for Best Dramatic Special) and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111021?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Roswell) (1994), which he produced and directed and which was nominated for a Golden Globe. In 1996, his episode of https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108724?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Chicago Hope) (1994) won him an Emmy for Outstanding Direction of a Dramatic Series. One of his segments of https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103512?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Picket Fences) (1992) was listed by TV critics among the top 100 television episodes. His recent work includes en episode of https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000229?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Steven Spielberg)'s Emmy-winning anthology _"Taken" (2002/I) (mini)_ and numerous episodes of such hit series as https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200276?ref_=nmbio_mbio (The West Wing) (1999) and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285370?ref_=nmbio_mbio (The Guardian) (2001).  His https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317179?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Bobbie's Girl) (2002) was the highest rated film on Showtime 2003 and his movie&