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name: "Jeremy Kagan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeremy-kagan"
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imdb_id: "nm0434571"
tmdb_id: 128947
wikidata_id: "Q3177322"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "14 December 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "director"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T12:39:29.088630+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jeremy Kagan

## Identity

Jeremy Kagan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeremy-kagan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jeremy-kagan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0434571
- **TMDB ID:** 128947
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3177322
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Kagan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3177322, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0434571/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/128947

Director. Born 14 December 1945 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 14 December 1945, Mount Vernon, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1971–1999
- **Also known as:** Jeremy Paul, Jeremy P. Kagan, Jeremy Paul Kagan
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan J. Levi](https://film.one/person/alan-j-levi.md), [Alex Graves](https://film.one/person/alex-graves.md), [Arlene Sanford](https://film.one/person/arlene-sanford.md), [Bethany Rooney](https://film.one/person/bethany-rooney.md), [Bill D'Elia](https://film.one/person/bill-delia.md), [Bryan Gordon](https://film.one/person/bryan-gordon.md), [Dan Attias](https://film.one/person/dan-attias.md), [Dennis Dugan](https://film.one/person/dennis-dugan.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as director, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 86 (1), 1990s 74 (2)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Kagan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3177322, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0434571/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/128947

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The West Wing*](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md) (86)
- **Peacock:** [*Columbo*](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md) (86)
- **Disney+:** [*Ally McBeal*](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jeremy Kagan is an American film and television director, screenwriter and producer. Born in Mount Vernon, New York, he received a B.A. from Harvard University in 1967 and attended New York University and the American Film Institute Conservatory.

His feature film credits include *Heroes* (1977), *The Big Fix* (1978), *The Chosen* (1981) and *The Journey of Natty Gann* (1985). He has directed episodes of series including *Columbo*, *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman*, *Chicago Hope* (for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series), *The West Wing* and *The Guardian*.

Kagan is a professor at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts and has served as artistic director of the Sundance Institute.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The West Wing* (1999), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), Fi1m 63, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md)
- *Columbo* (1971), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Shot* (2017), Producer, Director, Story
- *Ablution* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Blind Justice* (2005), series, Director
- *Crown Heights* (2004), Director, Producer
- *Karen Sisco* (2003), series, Director
- *The Handler* (2003), series, Director
- *Taken* (2002), series, Director
- *Boomtown* (2002), series, Director
- *Bobbie's Girl* (2002), Director
- *The Guardian* (2001), series, Director
- *The Ballad of Lucy Whipple* (2001), Director
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Family Law* (1999), series, Director
- *Eye of God* (1997), Thanks
- *The Hired Heart* (1997), Director
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), series, Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md)
- *Color of Justice* (1997), Director
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, Director
- *Roswell* (1994), Director
- *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman* (1993), series, Producer, Director
- *By the Sword* (1991), Director
- *Descending Angel* (1990), Director
- *Big Man on Campus* (1989), Director
- *Someone to Love* (1987), as Attendee
- *Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8* (1987), Director, Writer
- *Courage* (1986), Director
- *The Journey of Natty Gann* (1985), Director
- *Sleeping Beauty* (1983), Director
- *The Sting II* (1983), Director
- *Faerie Tale Theatre* (1982), series, Director
- *The Chosen* (1981), Director, Additional Writing
- *The Big Fix* (1978), Director
- *Heroes* (1977), Director
- *Scott Joplin* (1977), Director
- *Katherine* (1975), Director, Writer
- *Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders* (1974), Director
- *Unwed Father* (1974), Director
- *ABC Afterschool Special* (1972), series, Director
- *The Love Song of Charles Faberman* (1972), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Nichols* (1971), series, Director
- *Columbo* (1971), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)
- *The What Did You Think of the Movie? Movie* (1970), Director
- *Once Upon a Line* (1968), Director

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 1996: Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (won), for *Chicago Hope*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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