Stanley Kramer originally was casted to direct the film, but after two weeks he was fired due to "creative differences".  Jerry Jameson took over to direct the film.

Biography (Press Kit)

     From a humble beginning as a broom pusher at the Warner Bros. Studio in the heyday of that company's screen glory, Jerry Jameson has tenaciously worked his way to the top of his chosen profession.  He has become one of the most sought-after directors of movies for both television and theatre screens.  It is now evident that he has reached a peak with his assignment as director for the multiplex and ambitious new action-adventure drama, "Raise The Titanic!" produced by William Frye and directed by Jameson from a screenplay by Adam Kennedy.

     Based on Clive Cussler's international best-seller, the movie deals with what it projects as the most prodigious feat of modern man--locating and then raising the wreck of what was 68 years ago the world's finest luxury liner.  A Lord Grade Presentation, of a Martin Starger Production it will be released in the U.S. and Canada on August 1 by AFD (Associated Film Distribution.).

     Signing Jameson as director of "Raise The Titanic!" came from his reputation as a "creative detailist"--a man who can handle the challenges of a highly-imaginative action  screenplay and still keep at his fingertips the enormous amount of detail planning which such a film project generates.

     Jameson, unquestionably, was born in a place that augured well for his future career--Hollywood.  He attended Bancroft Junior High and Hollywood High School, then promptly talked his way into that menial job at Warner Bros. sweeping floors.  A determined young man, he managed to do most of his sweeping in the studio's film editing department, the film cutting rooms.  In due course, he got an assignment as an editorial assistant.

     Alert, sharp and an indefatigable worker, Jameson gradually worked his way up in the editorial ranks and became the editorial supervisor of the Sheldon Leonard and Danny Thomas filmed productions.  In time, he asked for the chance to direct a Thomas-produced special for television, got the assignment, and his career as a director was launched.

     Jameson went on to direct episodes of such popular series as "Mod Squad," "Dan August," "Ironside," "Search," "Hawaii Five-O," "The Rookies," "Cannon," "The Six Million-Dollar Man" and "The Streets Of San Francisco."  Simultaneously, he was responsible for a number of low-budget feature films, "Dirt Gang" and "The Bat People" for A.I.P. and "Brute Core" for general Film Corporation.

     In 1973, Jameson directed his first feature film for television, "The Elevator," with William Frye as producer.  He went on to helm a series of well-received, highly rated films for the small screen, including "Heat Wave," "Hurricane," "The Lives Of Jenny Dolan," "The Deadly Tower," "Call Of The Wild" and "Brahman."  His latest directing assignment puts him at the helm of a two-hour feature for television, "High Noon," starring Lee Majors in a production continuing the lawman character filmed by Gary Cooper in the 1952 award-winning movie.

     Jameson's biggest break came when producer Frye signed him to direct Universal's "Airport '77," starring Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, Brenda Vaccaro, Olivia De Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Darren McGavin, Christopher Lee and James Stewart.  At that point, he signed a three-year contract with Universal.

     Paged by Martin Starger for "Raise The Titanic!" Jameson was reunited with producer William Frye, and together they tackled a film production which was proved to be one of the most ambitious undertakings in motion picutre history.

     "The secret of Jerry's success as a director is that he looks straight ahead," says Frye.  "When he's on the set carefully working on what he had laid out exaclty days before, and then went over again the night beofre, nothing dissuades or distrubs him.  He concentrates wholly on the problem of the moment and keeps at it until it is solved.  Nothing escapes him."

     "He's a  gentle man," observed Sir Alec Guinness, who is starred in "Raise The Titanic!" with Jason Robards, Richard Jordan, David Selby and Anne Archer.

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Filmography-Thanks goes to the Internet Movie Database again.