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Edward Zwick Biography (1952-)

Full name, Edward M. Zwick; born October 8, 1952, in Chicago (some sources cite Winnetka), IL; son of Allen and Ruth Ellen (maiden name, Reich) Zwick; married Lynn Liberty Godshall (a writer), October 24, 1982. Addresses: Office: Bedford Falls Company, 409 Santa Monica Blvd., Penthouse, Santa Monica,CA 90401.; Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Writer, director, producer

Birth Details

October 8, 1952

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Television Work
• Series
• Story editor, Family, ABC, beginning 1976
• Producer (with others), Family, ABC, 1979-1980
• Creator and executive producer, thirtysomething, ABC, 1987-1991
• Executive producer, My So-Called Life, ABC, 1994-1995, later broadcast on MTV
• Producer (with Marshall Herskovitz), Relativity, ABC, 1996-1997
• Creator and executive producer (both with Herskovitz), Once and Again, ABC, 1999-2002
• Movies
• Director, Having It All, 1982
• Producer and (as Ed Zwick) director, Special Bulletin, NBC, 1983
• Executive producer, Extreme Close-Up (also known as Home Video), NBC, 1990
• Executive producer, Cowboys and Idiots (also known as Coyboys and Idiots, Lone Star State of Mind, and Road to Hell), Starz!, 2002
• Executive producer, Women vs. Men, Showtime, 2002
• Specials
• Executive producer, Rock the Vote, Fox, 1992
• Television Director
• Episodic
• "Ballerina," Family, ABC, 1979
• The Best Times, NBC, 1985
• "The Parents Are Coming, the Parents Are Coming," thirtysomething,ABC, 1987
• "Accounts Receivable," thirtysomething, ABC, 1988
• "Arizona," thirtysomething, ABC, 1990
• My So-Called Life, ABC, episodes from 1994 to 1995, later broadcast on MTV
• "Unsilent Night," Relativity, ABC, 1996
• "Where There's Smoke," Once and Again, ABC, 1999
• "Food for Thought," Once and Again, ABC, 2000
• "Unfinished Business," Once and Again, ABC, 2000
• "Gardenia," Once and Again, ABC, 2002
• Television Work
• Pilots
• Director, Paper Dolls, ABC, 1982
• Director, The Insiders, ABC, 1985
• Executive producer, Sawdust, CBS, 1987
• Executive producer, The Castle, ABC, 1998
• Director, Once and Again, ABC, 1999
• Executive producer, The Only Living Boy in New York, Fox, 2000
• Television Appearances
• Series
• (Uncredited) Dr. Daniel Rosenfeld, a recurring role, Once and Again, ABC, 2000-2002
• Movies
• Moderator, Women vs. Men, Showtime, 2002
• Specials
• Himself, Frank Capra's American Dream, 1997
• Himself, The 71st Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1999
• Himself, Inside Traffic: The Making of "Traffic," 2000
• Himself, America Responds: A Special Report, PBS, 2001
• Himself, Inside "thirtysomething," Bravo, 2001
• Sarge!, History Channel, 2001
• Episodic
• Himself, The Museum of Television and Radio: Influences, Bravo, c.2000
• Film Director
• About Last Night..., TriStar, 1986
• Glory, TriStar, 1989
• Leaving Normal, Universal, 1992
• Legends of the Fall, TriStar, 1994
• Courage under Fire, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
• The Siege, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
• The Last Samurai (also known as The Last Samurai: Bushidou), Warner Bros., 2003
• Also made the short film Timothy and the Angel, American Film Institute.
• Film Producer
• (With Bill Wittliff and Marshall Herskovitz) Legends of the Fall,TriStar, 1994
• Dangerous Beauty (also known as A Destiny of Her Own and The Honest Courtesan), Warner Bros., 1998
• (With others) Shakespeare in Love, Miramax, 1998
• The Siege, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
• Executive Search, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
• Traffic (also known as Traffic--Die Macht des Kartells), USA Films, 2000
• I Am Sam, Miramax, 2001
• Abandon, Paramount, 2002
• The Last Samurai (also known as The Last Samurai: Bushidou), Warner Bros., 2003
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• The Siege, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
• The Last Samurai (also known as The Last Samurai: Bushidou), Warner Bros., 2003
• Teleplays
• Stories for Movies
• (With Marshall Herskovitz) Special Bulletin, NBC, 1983
• Extreme Close-Up (also known as Home Video), NBC, 1990
• Specials
• (With others) America: A Tribute to Heroes, multiple networks, 2001
• Episodic
• "Ballerina," Family, ABC, 1979
• "From Russia with Love," Family, ABC, 1979
• "Letting Go," Family, ABC, 1980
• thirtysomething, ABC, multiple episodes, between 1987 and 1991
• Once and Again, ABC, multiple episodes, between 1999 and 2002
• Pilots
• (With Marshall Herskovitz) thirtysomething, ABC, 1987
• The Castle, ABC, 1998
• Once and Again, ABC, 1999
• Nonfiction
• Editor, Literature and Liberalism: An Anthology of Sixty Years of theNew Republic, introduction by Irving Howe, New Republic Book Company, 1976
• Contributor to periodicals, including New York Times.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• American Film, January, 1990, p. 58
• Cineaste, Volume 22, issue 3, 1996, pp. 11-13
• Entertainment Weekly, November 13, 1998, p. 36
• Esquire, November, 1990, p. 160
• Film Comment, January/February, 1990, p. 22