Edward Zwick
Edward Zwick | |
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Born | Edward M. Zwick October 8, 1952 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Alma mater | Harvard University, A.B. 1974 AFI Conservatory, MFA 1975 |
Occupation | Director, producer, screenwriter |
Years active | 1983–present |
Notable work | About Last Night, Glory, Leaving Normal, Legends of the Fall, Courage Under Fire, The Siege, The Last Samurai, Blood Diamond, Defiance, Love & Other Drugs |
Spouse(s) | Lynn Liberty Godshall
(m. 1982) |
Edward M. Zwick (born October 8, 1952) is an American filmmaker and producer of film and television. He has worked primarily in the comedy-drama and epic historical film genres, including About Last Night, Glory, Legends of the Fall, and The Last Samurai. He is also the co-creator of the television series thirtysomething and Once and Again.
Zwick's body of work has earned numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Picture as a producer, and Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series, and Outstanding Dramatic Special. He has additionally been nominated for multiple Golden Globe Awards.
Early life and education[]
Zwick was born into a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois,[2][3][4] the son of Ruth Ellen (née Reich) and Allen Zwick.[1] He attended New Trier High School, received an A.B. at Harvard in 1974, and attended the AFI Conservatory, graduating with a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1975.
Career[]
His films include Glory (1989), Legends of the Fall (1994), The Siege (1998), The Last Samurai (2003), Blood Diamond (2006), and Defiance (2008). Along with Marshall Herskovitz, Zwick runs a film production company called The Bedford Falls Company (inspired by the name of the town featured in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life). This company has produced such notable films as Traffic and Shakespeare in Love and the TV shows thirtysomething, Relativity, Once and Again, and My So-Called Life.
He was one of the recipients of the Academy Award for Best Picture for Shakespeare in Love; he was also nominated in the same category for Traffic.
Despite sharing a surname and profession, Edward is unrelated to fellow director Joel Zwick.
Filmography[]
Film[]
Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes |
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1986 | About Last Night... | Yes | No | No | Directorial Debut |
1989 | Glory | Yes | No | No | Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Director |
1992 | Leaving Normal | Yes | No | No | |
1994 | Legends of the Fall | Yes | Yes | No | Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Director |
1996 | Courage Under Fire | Yes | No | No | |
1998 | The Siege | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2003 | The Last Samurai | Yes | Yes | Yes | National Board of Review Award for Best Director Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Director Nominated - Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture |
2006 | Blood Diamond | Yes | Yes | No | Nominated - St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Director |
2008 | Defiance | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2010 | Love & Other Drugs | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2014 | Pawn Sacrifice | Yes | Yes | No | |
2016 | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | Yes | No | Yes | |
The Great Wall | No | No | Story | ||
2017 | American Assassin | No | No | Yes | |
2018 | Trial by Fire | Yes | Yes | No |
Producer only
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1998 | Dangerous Beauty | Marshall Herskovitz | |
Shakespeare in Love | John Madden | Academy Award for Best Picture BAFTA Award for Best Film Satellite Award for Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical Nominated - Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture | |
2000 | Traffic | Steven Soderbergh | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture |
2001 | I Am Sam | Jessie Nelson | |
2002 | Abandon | Stephen Gaghan | |
Lone Star State of Mind | David Semel | Executive producer | |
2014 | Boys of Abu Ghraib | Luke Moran | |
About Alex | Jesse Zwick | ||
Cut Bank | Matt Shakman | ||
2016 | The Birth of a Nation | Nate Parker | Executive producer |
2017 | Woman Walks Ahead | Susanna White |
Television[]
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Creator | Notes |
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1979-80 | Family | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 1 episode (directed); 5 episodes (written) |
1985 | The Insiders | Yes | No | No | No | Pilot episode |
1987-91 | thirtysomething | Yes | Yes | executive | Yes | 3 episodes (directed); 8 episodes (written) |
1989 | Dream Street | No | No | executive | Yes | |
1999-2002 | Once and Again | Yes | Yes | executive | Yes | 3 episodes (directed); 4 episodes (written) Also actor; as Dr. Daniel Rosenfeld |
2008 | Quarterlife | No | Yes | executive | Yes | Web series; 2 episodes (written) |
2016–18 | Nashville | No | Yes | executive | No | 1 episode (written) |
2020 | Away | Yes | No | executive | No | 1 episode (director) |
TV movies
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer |
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1983 | Special Bulletin | Yes | Yes | Yes |
1990 | Extreme Close-Up | No | Story | executive |
2009 | A Marriage | No | Yes | executive |
Executive producer only
Year | Title | Notes |
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1987 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Episode "Sawdust" |
1994-95 | My So-Called Life | |
1998 | Relativity | |
2000 | The Only Living Boy in New York | TV movie |
2002 | Women vs. Men |
Awards received by Zwick movies[]
Year | Film | Academy Awards | BAFTA Awards | Golden Globe Awards | |||
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Nominations | Wins | Nominations | Wins | Nominations | Wins | ||
1989 | Glory | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
1994 | Legends of the Fall | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
2003 | The Last Samurai | 4 | 3 | ||||
2006 | Blood Diamond | 5 | 1 | ||||
2008 | Defiance | 1 | 1 | ||||
2010 | Love & Other Drugs | 2 | |||||
Total | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Edward Zwick Biography (1952–). FilmReference.com. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
- ^ Sachs, Micah. "An Interview with Filmmaker Edward Zwick". InterfaithFamily.com. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
- ^ Rosen, Steven (December 7, 2006). "Director Zwick excavates the bloody price of 'Diamonds'". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
- ^ Cox, David (January 13, 2009). "In Defiance of Jewish passivity". The Guardian. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
Further reading[]
- Denby, David (January 12, 2009). "The Current Cinema: Survivors". The New Yorker. 84 (44): 72–73. Retrieved March 27, 2009. Review of Defiance.
External links[]
- Edward Zwick on Charlie Rose
- Edward Zwick at IMDb
- Works by or about Edward Zwick in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- "Edward Zwick collected news and commentary". The New York Times.
- 1952 births
- AFI Conservatory alumni
- Film producers from Illinois
- American male screenwriters
- Harvard University alumni
- Living people
- New Trier High School alumni
- Writers from Chicago
- Filmmakers who won the Best Film BAFTA Award
- Producers who won the Best Picture Academy Award
- Jewish American screenwriters
- Film directors from Illinois
- Golden Globe Award-winning producers
- Primetime Emmy Award winners
- Writers Guild of America Award winners
- Screenwriters from Illinois