Jack Eaton

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{{Short description|American film producer}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}}

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| name = Jack Eaton

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|6|16}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1968|12|4|1888|6|16}}

| death_place = Mystic, Connecticut

| occupation = Film producer, film director

| yearsactive = 1918–1953

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Jack Eaton (June 16, 1888 – December 4, 1968) was an American film producer and director. He produced 78 films between 1918 and 1953. He also directed 38 films between 1918 and 1953. He was nominated for five Academy Awards, all for Best Short Subject, winning once, in 1950, for Aquatic House Party.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1950 |title=The 22nd Academy Awards (1950) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 18, 2011 |publisher=Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093814/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/22nd-winners.html |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearch?action=searchLink&displayType=1&BSFromYear=22 |title=The Official Academy Awards® Database |access-date=July 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707141343/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearch?action=searchLink&displayType=1&BSFromYear=22 |archive-date=July 7, 2012 |url-status=dead }} He died in Mystic, Connecticut. Eaton's short film White Rhapsody was preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in conjunction with the UCLA Film and Television Archive, in 2013.{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=white+rhapsody&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}