Background
He was born in Hamburg as Felix Joachimson.
He was born in Hamburg as Felix Joachimson.
Jackson was a city editor in Germany at 21, then a dramatic and music critic, and helped manage three theaters in Berlin. He joined Joe Pasternak as a producer in Budapest in 1933. He began working in the German film industry, before relocating after the rise of the Nazi party.
He moved to Austria and Hungary in the mid-1930s where he frequently collaborated with the director Henry Koster.
Jackson moved to Hollywood in the late 1930s, writing the screenplay for a western starring James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich. He was active in the European Film Fund, which provided support to European emigre filmmakers.
He joined the advertising agency Young and Rubicam in 1946, heading up its dramatic-television department.