Edward Zwick

Edward M. Zwick (born October 8, 1952) is an American filmmaker. 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.
During his career, he has worked with Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Daniel Craig, Jennifer Connelly, Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Liev Schreiber and Laura Dern.
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, the son of Ruth Ellen (née Reich) and Allen Zwick.Edward Zwick Biography (1952–). FilmReference.com. Retrieved November 3, 2010. 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... 	 	 	 	Directorial Debut
1989	Glory 	 	 	 	Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Director
1992	Leaving Normal 	 	 	 	
1994	Legends of the Fall 	 	 	 	Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Director
1996	Courage Under Fire 	 	 	 	
1998	The Siege 	 	 	 	
2003	The Last Samurai 	 	 	 	National Board of Review Award for Best DirectorNominated - Saturn Award for Best DirectorNominated - Producers Guild of America Award for Best Picture
2006	Blood Diamond 	 	 	 	Nominated - St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Award for Best Director
2008	Defiance 	 	 	 	
2010	Love & Other Drugs 	 	 	 	
2014	Pawn Sacrifice 	 	 	 	
2016	Jack Reacher: Never Go Back	 	 	 	
2016	The Great Wall 	 	 	 	
2017	American Assassin 	 	 	 	
2018	Trial by Fire 	 	 	 	
Producer only
Year	Title 	Director 	Notes
1998	Dangerous Beauty 	Marshall Herskovitz	
1998	Shakespeare in Love 	John Madden 	Academy Award for Best PictureBAFTA Award for Best FilmSatellite Award for Best Motion Picture, Comedy or MusicalNominated - 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 	
2002	Lone Star State of Mind	David Semel 	Executive producer
2014	Boys of Abu Ghraib 	Luke Moran 	Executive producer
2014	About Alex 	Jesse Zwick 	Executive producer
2014	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	ExecutiveProducer	Creator	Notes
1979–80 	Family 	 	 	 	 	Also producer;5 episodes (written);Directed episode "Ballerina"
1985 	The Insiders 	 	 	 	 	Pilot episode
1987–91 	thirtysomething	 	 	 	 	3 episodes (directed);8 episodes (written)
1999–2002	Once and Again 	 	 	 	 	3 episodes (directed);4 episodes (written)Also actor (as Dr. Daniel Rosenfeld)
2008 	Quarterlife 	 	 	 	 	Web series;2 episodes (written)
2016–18 	Nashville 	 	 	 	 	Wrote episode "The Wayfaring Stranger"
2020 	Away 	 	 	 	 	Directed episode "Go"
Television films
Year	Title 	Director	Writer	Producer
1983	Special Bulletin 	 	 	
1990	Extreme Close-Up 	 	 	
2009	A Marriage 	 	 	
2020	Thirtysomething(else)	 	 	
Executive producer only
Year 	Title 	Notes
1987 	CBS Summer Playhouse 	Episode "Sawdust"
1989 	Dream Street 	
1994-95	My So-Called Life 	
1998 	Relativity 	
2000 	The Only Living Boy in New York	TV movie
2002 	Women vs. Men 	TV movie
==Awards received by Zwick films==
Year 	Title 	Academy Awards	Academy Awards	BAFTA Awards	BAFTA Awards	Golden Globe Awards	Golden Globe Awards
Year 	Title 	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	Total 	18 	4 	1 	0 	16 	1
==References==
==Further reading==
* Review of Defiance.
==External links==
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