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Edward Zwick

Directing

Born October 8, 1952 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also known as Ed Zwick · Эдвард Цвик · Эдвард Звик

Biography

Edward M. Zwick (born October 8, 1952) is an American filmmaker and film producer noted for his sprawling war films. He has been described as a "throwback to an earlier era, an extremely cerebral director whose movies consistently feature fully rounded characters, difficult moral issues, and plots that thrive on the ambiguity of authority." Description above from the Wikipedia article Edward Zwick, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Picture · 1999
  • Primetime Emmy Award
  • Writers Guild of America Award
  • Academy AwardBest Picture · 2001 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Picture · 1999 · nominated

Filmography32 titles

Good Will Hunting

1997Thanks

Blood Diamond

2006Director, Producer

The Last Samurai

2003Director, Producer, Screenplay

I Am Sam

2001Producer

My So-Called Life

1994Executive Producer

Glory

1989Director

Legends of the Fall

1994Director, Producer

Family

1976Director, Producer, Writer

Traffic

2000Producer

Trial by Fire

2018Director, Producer

Love & Other Drugs

2010Director, Producer, Screenplay

Dangerous Beauty

1998Producer

Defiance

2008Director, Producer, Writer

Shakespeare in Love

1998Producer

Woman Walks Ahead

2017Producer

Pawn Sacrifice

2014Director, Producer

Nashville

2012Executive Producer, Screenplay, Screenstory

Away

2020Director, Executive Producer

The Birth of a Nation

2016Executive Producer

Courage Under Fire

1996Director

Having It All

1982Director

American Assassin

2017Screenplay

The Siege

1998Director, Producer, Screenplay

About Alex

2014Executive Producer

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

2016Director, Screenplay

The Great Wall

2016Story

Leaving Normal

1992Director

About Last Night

1986Director

Cut Bank

2014Producer

Lone Star State of Mind

2002Executive Producer

Women vs. Men

2002Executive Producer

Abandon

2002Producer