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Edward M. Zwick (born October 8, 1952) is an American filmmaker. He has worked primarily in the comedy drama and historical drama genres and received an Academy Awards and a BAFTA Award for his work producing Shakespeare in Love (1998).
He made his film debut with the comedy About Last Night (1986), followed by Glory (1989), Legends of the Fall (1994), Courage Under Fire (1996), The Siege (1998), The Last Samurai (2003), Blood Diamond (2006), and Defiance (2008). His later films include Love & Other Drugs (2010), Pawn Sacrifice (2014), and (2016).
He is also the co-creator of the ABC family drama series thirtysomething and Once and Again.
Despite sharing a surname and profession, Edward is unrelated to fellow director Joel Zwick. He has been married to actress Liberty Godshall since 1982, and they have two grown children.
Zwick's body of work has earned numerous accolades, including an Academy Awards 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 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. He has also been nominated for multiple Golden Globe Awards.
In 2024, Zwick released his memoir, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood.
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Television films
Executive producer only
Directed Academy Award performances
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 The Bedford Falls Company (named after the town in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life). The film production company has produced such films as Traffic and Shakespeare in Love and the TV shows thirtysomething, Relativity, Once and Again, and My So-Called Life.
Filmography
Film
1986 About Last Night... 1989 Glory 1992 Leaving Normal 1994 Legends of the Fall 1996 Courage Under Fire 1998 The Siege 2003 The Last Samurai 2006 Blood Diamond 2008 Defiance 2010 Love & Other Drugs 2014 Pawn Sacrifice 2016 The Great Wall 2017 American Assassin 2018 Trial by Fire Producer only
Executive producer
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Television
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" 1982 Paper Dolls 1982 Having It All 1983 Special Bulletin 1990 Extreme Close-Up 2009 A Marriage 2020 Thirtysomething(else) 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 The Poof Point 2002 Women vs. Men
Awards and nominations
1989 Glory Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Director 1994 Legends of the Fall Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Director 1998 Shakespeare in Love Academy Award for Best Picture
BAFTA Award for Best Film
Satellite Award for Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Nominated - Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture2000 Traffic Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture 2003 The Last Samurai National Board of Review Award for Best Director
Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Director
Nominated - Producers Guild of America Award for Best Picture2006 Blood Diamond Nominated - St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Award for Best Director +Awards received by Zwick films
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! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160 Golden Globe Awards 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
Under Zwick's direction, these actors have received Academy Awards wins and nominations for their performances in their respective roles.
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!Result 2006 Leonardo DiCaprio Blood Diamond 1989 Denzel Washington Glory 2003 Ken Watanabe The Last Samurai 2006 Djimon Hounsou Blood Diamond
Books
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Categories: 1952 Births, 20th-century American Jews, 20th-century American Screenwriters, 21st-century American Jews, 21st-century American Screenwriters, Afi Conservatory Alumni, American Male Screenwriters, Directors Guild Of America Award Winners, Film Directors From Illinois, Film Producers From Illinois, Producers Who Won The Best Film Bafta Award, Golden Globe Award–winning Producers, Harvard College Alumni, Jewish American Screenwriters, Living People, New Trier High School Alumni, Primetime Emmy Award Winners, Producers Who Won The Best Picture Academy Award, Screenwriters From Illinois, Writers Guild Of America Award Winners, Writers From Chicago
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