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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.

Edward Zwick
Zwick in 2016
Born	Edward M. Zwick (1952-10-08) October 8, 1952 (age 69) 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)​ [1]

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
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
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
1979-80	Family	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	5 episodes (written); Directed episode "Ballerina"
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	Wrote episode "The Wayfaring Stranger"
2020	Away	Yes	No	executive	No	Directed episode "Go"

TV movies

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer
1983	Special Bulletin	Yes	Yes	Yes
1990	Extreme Close-Up	No	Story	executive
2009	A Marriage	No	Yes	executive
2020	Thirtysomething(else)	Yes	Yes	No

Executive producer only

Year	Title	Notes
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	Title	Academy Awards		BAFTA Awards		Golden Globe Awards
		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

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 at The New York Times

На других языках

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- [en] Edward Zwick

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[es] Edward Zwick

Edward Zwick (Winnetka, Illinois; 8 de octubre de 1952) es un director, guionista y productor estadounidense que ha trabajado en una gran cantidad de películas para la televisión y para el cine y ha sido nominado dos veces a un Globo de Oro.[1]

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[ru] Цвик, Эдвард

Э́двард Цвик (англ. Édward Zwick; род. 8 октября 1952[1], Чикаго, Иллинойс) — американский кинорежиссёр и продюсер. Обладатель премии «Оскар» 1999 года как продюсер фильма «Влюблённый Шекспир».

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