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