{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "@id": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/35479/john-blanchard",
  "name": "John Blanchard",
  "url": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/35479/john-blanchard",
  "knownForDepartment": "Directing",
  "description": "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.\n\nJohn Blanchard is a Canadian television director and producer.\n\nHe is best known for his directorial work on the sketch comedy series SCTV, The Kids in the Hall, CODCO, MADtv and the talk show The Martin Short Show for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Talk Show.\n\nHe also directed episodes of the sitcoms Grounded for Life, Wanda at Large, Cavemen, Unhitched, as well as a number of television films one of his notable films being The Last Polka (1985) starring John Candy and Eugene Levy. He also directed the direct-to-video Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth.\n\nDescription above from the Wikipedia article John Blanchard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​",
  "alternateName": [
    "Reuben Rose"
  ],
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0087071"
  ],
  "lastVerified": "3 May 2026",
  "filmography": [
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 4731,
      "title": "Grounded for Life",
      "year": "2001",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.789,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/sbcNGnpZsvZUuyHlGZ5LBbaEH6m.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/4731/grounded-for-life-2001"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 1551,
      "title": "The Kids in the Hall",
      "year": "1989",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.479,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/2dNiB88EBv64V9rcicXwNGQosJW.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/1551/the-kids-in-the-hall-1989"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 1696,
      "title": "Rock Me Baby",
      "year": "2003",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 9.833,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/m9kdrhEwZyIVFZTAdijZXYPvT6U.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/1696/rock-me-baby-2003"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 10254,
      "title": "The Jim Henson Hour",
      "year": "1989",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 8.9,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/w3ETHcUlUexcmYNN4FuLyLH6UmX.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/10254/the-jim-henson-hour-1989"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 3169,
      "title": "Cavemen",
      "year": "2007",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 3.4,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/uzapDOiR6cKbN2Dvs4VKSiGJ85t.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/3169/cavemen-2007"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 15136,
      "title": "Unhitched",
      "year": "2008",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.2,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/qsZPAAh0QqgB5IFW1bJRPbkG1Vz.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/15136/unhitched-2008"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 23364,
      "title": "SCTV Channel",
      "year": "1983",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.714,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/oWkP2l0u0tyvpCrpO5MVfHNWjjT.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/23364/sctv-channel-1983"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 9956,
      "title": "Wanda at Large",
      "year": "2003",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.167,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/2RLchTHDCV8oH0Pz2PztFxpCaaV.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/9956/wanda-at-large-2003"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 9819,
      "title": "The Mullets",
      "year": "2003",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 5.5,
      "posterUrl": null,
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/9819/the-mullets-2003"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 10429,
      "title": "SportsCentury",
      "year": "1999",
      "role": "Cast",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 9,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/r2jJY4gjwH84R7b5wANb7PgrrBs.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/10429/sportscentury-1999"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 4226,
      "title": "Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth",
      "year": "2000",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 4.69,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/m0jr23r30h8DUrX3kIu7rO3NIQp.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/4226/shriek-if-you-know-what-i-did-last-friday-the-thirteenth-2000"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 4469,
      "title": "MADtv",
      "year": "1995",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.068,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/4tXHrqYbETym7Def99MeXrpPyRA.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/4469/madtv-1995"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 297008,
      "title": "Really Weird Tales",
      "year": "1986",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 5.333,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/zkMvkgE0TJjuPj4cZ7yqOeSVM08.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/297008/really-weird-tales-1986"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 451524,
      "title": "The Rocket Boy",
      "year": "1989",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 4.5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/fo6rlvbwFkg3nGHCmPOhasnufVr.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/451524/the-rocket-boy-1989"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 161595,
      "title": "Loose Ends",
      "year": "1986",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 4,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ibtC35jGlk09O4dkE9mCCq6bNbj.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/161595/loose-ends-1986"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 113784,
      "title": "The Last Polka",
      "year": "1985",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 5.25,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/5w6HZjtXFrS5F79IbFKFgRr0fkW.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/113784/the-last-polka-1985"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 785316,
      "title": "All My Sons",
      "year": "1987",
      "role": "Producer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 9,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/9HzxhKLe675Kw4fLtiSBmfPGksX.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/785316/all-my-sons-1987"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 507724,
      "title": "The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show",
      "year": "1995",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 8.5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/2S96a1ujbydO0DQb6k4EBFID9Vt.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/507724/the-show-formerly-known-as-the-martin-short-show-1995"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 534232,
      "title": "Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas",
      "year": "1985",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 9.333,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/csdTbd7fKeojhDqOaxPmZciCpUq.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/534232/martin-short-concert-for-the-north-americas-1985"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1090904,
      "title": "PMS - Premenstrual Syndrome",
      "year": "1985",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/cD1xlJUWYHNLMCDqlcktE7MqoIQ.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1090904/pms-premenstrual-syndrome-1985"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 440236,
      "title": "Scrooge",
      "year": "1978",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 9.333,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/2cruyYGjGodEnv75vgw17OYzFV5.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/440236/scrooge-1978"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 657010,
      "title": "Loretta Lynn: In Concert",
      "year": "2004",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/yp4kXAKR8sITD606UbLyd1yzJNG.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/657010/loretta-lynn-in-concert-2004"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 451522,
      "title": "The Miles Ahead",
      "year": "1990",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 9,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/37r0s19ldmejNgwz5YbIgNvVxRA.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/451522/the-miles-ahead-1990"
    }
  ]
}