George Jackson

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia   George Jackson January 6 1958February 10 2000 was a film director and producer Jackson was born and raised in Harlem New York and graduated from Fordham Prep in Bronx NY and Harvard College in Cambridge MA He worked with Doug McHenry as coproducer on such projects as Krush Groove Jasons Lyric New Jack City and Body Count 1998 in which he made a cameo appearance as a ticket clerk Jackson was codirector of the second installment of the House Party series Subsequently he was President of Motown Records and founded an internetbased media company Urban Box Office with Adam Kidron and Frank Cooper Jackson died of a stroke in 2000 He is survived by his wife daughter mother sister and brother The George Jackson Academy in New York City was founded in his memory Description above from the Wikipedia article George Jackson producer licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia