Jerry Martinson
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Gerald George Martinson (Chinese: 丁松筠; December 2, 1942 – May 31, 2017), was an American Jesuit missionary and television personality in Taiwan.
As a television producer, actor and television host, Martinson worked at Kuangchi Program Service (光啟社), Taipei, for over 40 years and has served as the president and later as vice president of Kuangchi Program Service (KPS).
Martinson was also the spokesperson for Giraffe English (長頸鹿美語), a multimedia English language school for children and young students that is very successful in Taiwan and China.
Brief biography
Martinson was born on December 2, 1942, in San Diego, California, to Glenn and Lily Martinson. A younger brother, Barry Martinson, is also a Jesuit priest missionary in Taiwan.[1]
When he was ten, Martinson's father died, and Jerry, still a high school student, had to work part-time helping his mother to feed his younger brothers.
After high school Martinson joined the Sacred Heart Novitiate in Los Gatos, California.
He became a missionary and made his way to Taiwan in 1967, settling in Hsinchu County. The Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference in Taiwan announced on 31 May 2017 that Martinson had died of a heart attack at his home in Taiwan.[2]
Programs
Host
- TTV《ABC你和我－節奏美語》 produced by Kuangchi Program Service[3]
- TTV《傑瑞叔叔劇場》
- TTV《傑瑞叔叔美語》
- CTS《傑瑞叔叔說英語》
- CTS《傑瑞美語時間》
- CTV、華視《傑瑞實用美語》
- CTV、華視《傑瑞實用英語》
- CTV《以愛還愛》（1986年12月30日17:00～18:00，全1集）[4]
- •CTS educational channel《擁抱綻放在山崖邊的花朵》
- •CTS educational channel《擁抱燦爛在陽光下的大樹》
- Da Ai TV《孝孝青春》
Drama
- 中視連續劇《香妃》飾演郎世寧 (Jesuit artist Giuseppe Castiglione)
Commercials
- main face of the series of commercials for Giraffe English (長頸鹿美語)
Documentary winner
- 1986, 23rd 《Golden horse》：winner of the “best documentary” award for《Beyond the killing fields》(殺戮戰場的邊緣)
- •1987, 32nd 《Asia Pacific Film Festival》： winner of the “best short film” for《Beyond the killing fields》《殺戮戰場的邊緣》
References
- ↑ Chen, Bing-hung; Chung, Jake (1 June 2017). "Father George Martinson dies". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ↑ Hsu, Chih-wei; Yu, Kai-hsiang; Kao, Evelyn. "American Jesuit priest dies days before Taiwan ID presentation". Central News Agency. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ↑ 中華民國電視學會電視年鑑編纂委員會 編纂，《中華民國電視年鑑第四輯：民國七十三年至七十四年》，中華民國電視學會1986年6月30日出版，第58頁。
- ↑ 中華民國電視學會電視年鑑編纂委員會 編纂，《中華民國電視年鑑第五輯：民國七十五年至七十六年》，中華民國電視學會1988年6月30日出版，第55頁。