Edward Zwick

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Edward Zwick
Edward Zwick in 2008
Born	Edward M. Zwick (1952-10-08) October 8, 1952 Chicago, Illinois, United States
Occupation	director, producer, screenwriter
Years active	1983 – present
Spouse(s)	Lynn Liberty Godshall (since 1982)^[1]

Edward M. Zwick (born October 8, 1952) is an American filmmaker and film producer noted for his films about social and racial issues. He has been described as a "throwback to an earlier era, an extremely cerebral director whose movies consistently feature fully rounded characters, difficult moral issues, and plots that thrive on the ambiguity of authority."^[2]

Life and career

Zwick was born into a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Ruth Ellen (née Reich) and Allen Zwick.^[1] He received an A.B from Harvard in 1974. He attended the AFI Conservatory and graduated with an M.F.A. degree in 1975.

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 being in the same profession, Edward is unrelated to fellow director Joel Zwick.

Films

Directed

About Last Night... (1986)
Glory (1989)
Leaving Normal (1992)
Legends of the Fall (1994)
Courage Under Fire (1996)
The Siege (1998)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Blood Diamond (2006)
Defiance (2008)
Love & Other Drugs (2010)

Produced

Cut Bank (2014)

Reviews

Denby, David (January 12, 2009). "The Current Cinema: Survivors". The New Yorker 84 (44): 72–73. Retrieved March 27, 2009. Review of Defiance.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Edward Zwick Biography (1952–). FilmReference.com. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
↑ "Edward Zwick: Biography". Yahoo!. Retrieved August 20, 2007.

External links

Edward Zwick at the Internet Movie Database
Works by or about Edward Zwick in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
Edward Zwick collected news and commentary at The New York Times
Edward Zwick at the Notable Names Database

v t e Films directed by Edward Zwick

About Last Night (1986) Glory (1989) Leaving Normal (1992) Legends of the Fall (1994) Courage Under Fire (1996) The Siege (1998) The Last Samurai (2003) Blood Diamond (2006) Defiance (2008) Love & Other Drugs (2010)

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special

Michael Mann & Patrick Nolan (1979)
David Chase (1980)
Arthur Miller (1981)
Barry Morrow (1982)
Marshall Herskovitz & Edward Zwick (1983)
William Hanley (1984)
Vickie Patik (1985)
Rob Cowan & Daniel Lipman & Sherman Yellen & David Butler (1986)
Kenneth Blackwell & Tennyson Flowers & Richard Friedenberg (1987)
William Hanley (1988)
Ron Hutchison & Abby Mann & Robin Vote (1989)
Terrence McNally (1990)
Andrew Davies (1991)
Joshua Brand & John Falsey (1992)
Jane Anderson (1993)
Bob Randall (1994)
Alison Cross (1995)
Simon Moore (1996)
Horton Foote (1997)
Kario Salem (1998)
Ann Peacock (1999)
David Mills & David Simon (2000)
Loring Mandel (2001)
Larry Ramin & Hugh Whitemore (2002)
William H. Macy & Steven Schachter (2003)
Tony Kushner (2004)
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (2005)
Richard Curtis (2006)
Frank Deasy (2007)
Kirk Ellis (2008)
Andrew Davies (2009)
Adam Mazer (2010)
Julian Fellowes (2011)
Danny Strong (2012)
Abi Morgan (2013)

v t e Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama (1980–1989)

Stephen J. Cannell for "Tenspeed and Brown Shoe" (1980) Steven Bochco & Michael Kozoll for "Hill Street Station" (1981) Michael Wagner for "The World According to Freedom" (1982) David Milch for "Trial By Fury" (1983) Steven Bochco & Mark Frost & Karen Hall & Jeff Lewis & David Milch & Michael Wagner for "Grace Under Pressure" (1984) Georgia Jeffries for "An Unusual Occurrence" / Anthony Yerkovich for "Brother's Keeper" (1985) Debra Frank & Carl Sautter for "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" / Tom Fontana & John Masius & Bruce Paltrow for "Remembrance of Things Past" (1986) Georgia Jeffries for "Turn, Turn, Turn" / Debra Frank & Carl Sautter for "It's a Wonderful Job" (1987) Susan Shilliday for "Therapy" / Marshall Herskovitz & Edward Zwick for "Pilot" (thirtysomething) (1988) Karl Schaefer for "Rolling" (1989)

Complete list (1960s) (1970s) (1980s) (1990s) (2000s) (2010s)

v t e thirtysomething

Creators	Edward Zwick Marshall Herskovitz

Episodes	List of episodes

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 14961541 LCCN: n90694522 ISNI: 0000 0001 0855 4639 GND: 123776007 BNF: cb13932055h

Persondata
Name	Zwick, Edward
Alternative names
Short description	American film maker
Date of birth	1952-10-08
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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