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Terry Jastrow

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  • Terry Jastrow

    "What The Earth Organization addresses is the most important issue of our time. Our one and only home, Earth, has serious problems that affect us all. Species are going extinct all over the world breaking vital links in the chain of life. Wildlife is disappearing off the face of the Earth at an alarming rate. Can we break this downward spiral? Of course we can, but we have to acknowledge the problem, be honest about it, and collectively decide to do something about it. Rise up and play a bigger part. Mankind is very capable of doing it...we just have to decide to do it. Trying to take at least my share of responsibility I'm happy to be a member of and supportive of The
    Earth Organization.

    "Won't you join...for Earth's sake?"

    Biography of Terry Jastrow

    Terry Jastrow has been the Executive Producer, Producer and/or Director of some of televisions most prestigious and important programs over the last 25 years. A partial list of Mr. Jastrows accomplishments are as follows:

    Texas State Junior Golf Champion (1966), attended University of Houston on golf scholarship, Member of Texas Golf Hall of Fame

    Started working for ABC Sports at age 21 and became the youngest network television sports producer at age 23

    Producer/Director for ABC Sports,
    22 years

    Winner of 7 Emmy Awards, having been nominated 17 times Nominated for the Directors Guild of American Lifetime Achievement Award

    Produced or directed The Super Bowl, Indy 500, Kentucky Derby, numerous college football bowl games, 68 of golfs major championships (US Open, British Open, PGA Championship), etc.

    Producer/Director of 6 Olympic Games

    Produced or directed 6 Olympic Opening and Closing ceremonies including 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles

    Producer/Director of ABC Sports golf series 22 years

    President of Jack Nicklaus Productions for 12 years re-launched Shells Wonderful World of Golf (coordinated and produced 48 matches) and created Wendys 3-Tour Challenge, Michael Douglas & Friends, Tommy Bahama Challenge, etc.

    Honored with the Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Citizen Award

    Additional related activity:

    Studied acting with Lee Strassberg at the Theater Institute and The Actors Studio for 7 years

    Studied acting with Milton Katselas at the Beverly Hills Playhouse for 14 years and taught an acting class for 4 years

    Developed, produced and starred
    in a feature film entitled, Waltz
    Across Texas Acted in numerous feature films and episodes of television series

    Directed Los Angeles stage premiere of A Couple of White Chicks Sitting Around Talking, starring Anne Archer and Elizabeth Ashley

    Directed world stage premiere of
    As If It Matters, at the Beverly
    Hills Playhouse

    Married to actress Anne Archer with two fabulous sons

Mission Statement

The Earth Organization is an independent, non-profit group which seeks to reverse the dwindling spiral of the plant and animal kingdoms and our environment through education and action.

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WHAT OUR MEMBERS SAY

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