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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Marshall Herskovitz Biography (1952-)
Full name, Marshall Schreiber Herskovitz; born February 23, 1952, in Philadelphia, PA; son of Alexander and Frieda (maiden name, Schreiber) Herskovitz; married Susan Amanda Shilladay (a writer), February 15, 1981; children: Elizabeth Gray, May Myles. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Office: Bedford Falls Company, 409 Santa Monica Blvd., Penthouse Suite, Santa Monica, CA 90401; Producers Guild ofAmerica, 8530 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 450, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Writer, producer, director, television series creator
- Birth Details
- February 23, 1952
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
- Director, Jack the Bear, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1993
- Coproducer, Legends of the Fall, TriStar, 1994
- Producer and director, Dangerous Beauty (also known as Courtesan,
The Honest Courtesan,
A Destiny of Her Own, and Venice), Warner Bros., 1998
- Producer, Executive Search, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
- Producer, Traffic (also known as Traffic--Die Macht des Kartells), USA Films, 2000
- Producer, I Am Sam, New Line Cinema, 2001
- Executive producer, Lone Star State of Mind (also known as Cowboys and Idiots and Road to Hell), TriStar, 2002
- Producer, The Last Samurai (also known as The Last Samurai: Bushidou), Warner Bros., 2003
- Producer, The Blood Diamond, Warner Bros., forthcoming
- Producer, Happy Endings, Columbia, forthcoming
- Producer, The Lions of Al-Rassan, Warner Bros., forthcoming
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Film Appearances
- Himself, Becoming Sam (documentary short), New Line Home Video, 2002
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Television Work
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Series
- Producer, Family, ABC, 1976
- Executive producer and creator (with Edward Zwick), thirtysomething, ABC, 1987-91
- Executive producer, Dream Street, NBC, 1989
- Executive producer, My So-Called Life, ABC, 1994-95
- Executive producer (with Zwick), Relativity, ABC, 1996-97
- Executive producer and creator, Once and Again, ABC, 1999-2001
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Movies
- Producer (with Edward Zwick), Special Bulletin, NBC, 1983
- Executive producer, Extreme Close-up (also known as Home Video), NBC, 1990
- Executive producer, Women vs. Men, Showtime, 2002
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Specials
- Executive producer, Rock the Vote, Fox, 1992
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Pilots
- Executive producer, "Sawdust," CBS Summer Playhouse, CBS, 1987
- Director, thirtysomething, ABC, 1987
- Executive producer and director, The Castle, ABC, 1998
- Executive producer, The Only Living Boy in New York, Fox, 2000
- Executive producer, Midnights, ABC, 2003
- Executive producer and director, 1/4Life, ABC, 2005
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Television Director
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Episodic
- "Whispers," Family, ABC, 1980
- "Couples," thirtysomething, ABC, 1987
- "Therapy," thirtysomething, ABC, 1988
- "New Baby," thirtysomething, ABC, 1989
- "Love and Sex," thirtysomething, ABC, 1989
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Once and Again, ABC, 1999-2001
- Also directed "Guns and Gossip," My So-Called Life, ABC.
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Television Appearances
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Miniseries
- Himself, Retrosexual: The 80's (documentary), VH1, 2004
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Movies
- Tom, Women vs. Men, Showtime, 2002
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Specials
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Frank Capra's American Dream, 1997
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Intimate Portrait: Patricia Heaton (documentary), Lifetime, 2000
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Inside Traffic: The Making of "Traffic" (documentary), 2000
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Inside "thirtysomething" (documentary), Bravo, 2001
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The Perfect Pitch (also known as Brilliant But Cancelled: The Perfect Pitch; documentary), TRIO, 2002
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Brilliant But Cancelled: Pilot Season (documentary), TRIO, 2003
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Boomer Nation (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 2004
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Bleep! Censoring Hollywood (documentary), AMC, 2005
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Episodic
- Dr. Nicholson, "therapy," thirtysomething, ABC, 1988
- (Uncredited) Dr. Kirchhoffer, "Unfinished Business," Once and Again, ABC, 1999
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The Museum of Television and Radio: Influences, Bravo, 2000
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
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The Last Samurai (also known as The Last Samurai: Bushidou), Warner Bros., 2003
- Also wrote (with Edward Zwick) Baby Genius;
Drawing Fire.
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Television Movies
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Special Bulletin (based on a story by Herskovitz and Zwick), NBC,1983
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Extreme Close-up (also known as Home Video), NBC, 1990
- Also wrote Secret Seventeen.
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Television Specials
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America: A Tribute to Heroes, 2001
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Television Pilots
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thirtysomething, ABC, 1987
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The Castle, ABC, 1998
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Once and Again, ABC, 1999
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1/4 Life, ABC, 2005
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Television Episodes
- (With Vicki Zlotnick) "A Safe House," Family, ABC, 1977
- "Going Straight," Family, ABC, 1979
- "The Athlete," Family, ABC, 1979
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The White Shadow, CBS, 1979-80
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CHiPs (also known as CHiPs Patrol), NBC, 1980
- "The Man in the White Hat," Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, CBS,1982
- "Dreams," Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, CBS, 1982
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thirtysomething, ABC, 1987-91
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Dream Street, NBC, 1989
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Once and Again, ABC, 1999-2000
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals
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Esquire, November, 1990, pp. 160-164, 218-220
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