Janice Cooke

{{Short description|American television director and producer}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Janice Cooke | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | other_names = Janice A. Cook<br>Janice A. Cooke<br>J. Cooke-Leonard<br>Janice Cooke-Leonard<br>Janice Cooke Leonard | birth_name = | birth_date = March 16, 1956 | birth_place = | death_date = December 7, 2024 | death_place = | alma_mater = | occupation = Television director, television producer | years_active = 1980–2024 | spouse = }}

'''Janice Cooke''' was an American television director and producer.

She began her professional career as an associate producer on the series ''Fantasy Island'' in 1980. Followed by a number of other television producing credits in ''Blue Thunder'', ''Our Family Honor'', ''Werewolf'', ''Hard Time on Planet Earth'', ''Moon Over Miami'', ''The Marshal'' and ''Any Day Now''. She made her episodic directorial debut with ''Any Day Now''.<ref name="Yahoo! TV"/>

Cooke-Leonard's directorial credits include ''Dawson's Creek'', ''The Division'', ''Summerland'', ''Charmed'', ''Close to Home'', ''Privileged'', ''The Ex List'', ''The Cleaner'', ''90210'', ''One Tree Hill'', ''Cold Case'', ''Gossip Girl'', ''Bluff City Law'', ''Station 19'', ''How to Get Away with Murder'', ''4400'', ''Swagger'', ''Raising Dion'', ''BMF'', ''Wu-Tang: An American Saga'', ''Joe Pickett'' and ''The Irrational''.<ref name="Yahoo! TV">{{cite web|url=http://98.136.71.144/janice-cooke-leonard/contributor/284825/credits |title=Janice Cooke |publisher=Yahoo! TV |date=2013-02-21 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She has also participated in the production of the web series ''Hollywood Is Like High School with Money''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alloytv.com/hollywoodislikehighschool |title=Animax - Official Site of the Animax TV Networks |publisher=Alloytv.com |accessdate=2011-02-09}}</ref>

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