Edward Zwick

Edward Zwick
Edward Zwick in 2008
Born	Edward M. Zwick (1952-10-08) October 8, 1952 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Director, producer, screenwriter
Years active	1983–present
Spouse(s)	Lynn Liberty Godshall (since 1982)

Edward M. Zwick (born October 8, 1952) is an American filmmaker and Academy Award winning film producer.

Early life and education

Zwick was born into a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Ruth Ellen (née Reich) and Allen Zwick. He attended New Trier High School, received a B.A. from 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 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)
• Pawn Sacrifice (2014)
• Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
• The American Can (TBA)

Produced

• Cut Bank (2014)
• About Alex (2014)
• Boys of Abu Ghraib (2014)
• Love & Other Drugs (2010)
• A Marriage (2009) (TV movie)
• Defiance (2008)
• Quarterlife (2008) (TV series)
• Blood Diamond (2006)
• 1/4life (2005) (TV movie)
• The Last Samurai (2003)
• Women vs. Men (2002) (TV movie)
• Lone Star State of Mind (2002)
• Once and Again (1999-2002) (TV series)
• Abandon (2002)
• I Am Sam (2001)
• Traffic (2000)
• The Only Living Boy in New York (2000) (TV movie)
• Shakespeare in Love (1998)
• The Siege (1998)
• Dangerous Beauty (1998)
• Relativity (1998) (TV series)
• My So-Called Life (1994–95) (TV series)
• Legends of the Fall (1994)
• thirtysomething (1987–91) (TV series)
• Extreme Close-Up (1990) (TV movie)
• Dream Street (1989) (TV series)
• CBS Summer Playhouse (1987) (TV series; 1 episode)
• Special Bulletin (1983) (TV movie)
• Family (1979–80) (TV series)

Further reading

• Review of Defiance.

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