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Edward Zwick

Highest Rated: 95% Glory (1989)

Lowest Rated: 16% Abandon (2002)

Birthday: Oct 8, 1952

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Often considered to be a throwback to an older Hollywood era, director Edward Zwick was an extremely cerebral director whose movies consistently featured fully rounded characters, difficult moral issues and plots driven on the ambiguity of authority and on individual conscience as the ultimate arbiter of truth. Zwick got his start in television, directing episodes of long-gone shows until he partnered with friend Marshall Herskovitz to produce the Emmy Award-winning drama, "thirtysomething" (ABC, 1987-1991). While enjoying the fruits of his small screen success, Zwick struck a major chord with his second feature, "Glory" (1989), which told the often neglected story of African-American soldiers fighting for the Union during the Civil War. He parlayed this award-worthy epic into a string of financial and critical hits, including "Legends of the Fall" (1994), "Courage Under Fire" (1996) and "The Siege" (1998), before he settled into a producer's role on "Shakespeare in Love" (1998) and "Traffic" (2000). Though he would take more time off between directing projects later in his career, Zwick continued to make epic films that were large in scope while remaining intensely personal, confirming that he was one of the more well-rounded directors working in Hollywood.

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Highest rated movies

95% 93% Glory Watchlist
93% 85% Traffic
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92% 80% Shakespeare in Love
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86% 66% Courage Under Fire
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72% 66% Pawn Sacrifice Watchlist
70% 85% Dangerous Beauty
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66% 83% The Last Samurai
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65% 60% About Last Night ...
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64% 90% Blood Diamond
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63% 71% Trial by Fire Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
63% 71% Trial by Fire Director,
Producer
$143.3K 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Silas Executive Producer - 2017
59% 62% Woman Walks Ahead Producer $34.5K 2017
34% 61% American Assassin Screenwriter $36.2M 2017
37% 42% Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Director,
Screenwriter
$58.7M 2016
72% 66% Pawn Sacrifice Director,
Producer
$2.4M 2014
46% 43% About Alex Executive Producer - 2014
49% 53% Love & Other Drugs Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
$32.4M 2010
58% 72% Defiance Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
$28.6M 2008
64% 90% Blood Diamond Director,
Writer,
Producer
$57.4M 2006
66% 83% The Last Samurai Director,
Writer,
Producer
$111.1M 2003
No Score Yet 67% Women vs. Men Moderator (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2002
No Score Yet 81% Lone Star State of Mind Executive Producer - 2002
16% 31% Abandon Producer $10.7M 2002
35% 86% I Am Sam Producer $40.3M 2001
93% 85% Traffic Producer $124.1M 2000
44% 53% The Siege Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
$40.9M 1998
92% 80% Shakespeare in Love Producer $100.2M 1998
70% 85% Dangerous Beauty Producer $4.6M 1998
86% 66% Courage Under Fire Director $59.0M 1996
59% 87% Legends of the Fall Director,
Producer
$63.2M 1994
40% 68% Leaving Normal Director $1.4M 1992
95% 93% Glory Director $25.5M 1989
65% 60% About Last Night ... Director $38.6M 1986
No Score Yet 84% Special Bulletin Director - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Having It All Director - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Paper Dolls Director - 1982

TV

Credit
91% 73% Nashville Executive Producer 2017-2018 2024
60% 59% Away Executive Producer 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet quarterlife Executive Producer 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Once and Again Unknown (Guest Star),
Director,
Executive Producer,
Writer
1999-2002
81% No Score Yet Relativity Executive Producer 1996-1997
94% 91% My So-Called Life Executive Producer 1994-1995
83% No Score Yet thirtysomething Executive Producer,
Writer
1987