Person
Edward Zwick
Directing · Born 1952-10-08 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Known for
Nashville
Screenplay
The Oscars
Self
Good Will Hunting
Thanks
thirtysomething
Executive Producer
Family
Writer
The Great Wall
Story
Blood Diamond
Producer
Love & Other Drugs
Director
The Last Samurai
Producer
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Director
Filmography
- 2020AwayDirector
- 2019Trial by FireDirector
- 2018Woman Walks AheadProducer
- 2017American AssassinScreenplay
- 2016The Great WallStory
- 2016Jack Reacher: Never Go BackDirector
- 2016The Birth of a NationExecutive Producer
- 2015Pawn SacrificeDirector
- 2014Cut BankProducer
- 2014About AlexExecutive Producer
- 2012NashvilleScreenplay
- 2010Love & Other DrugsDirector
- 2008DefianceProducer
- 2008QuarterlifeProducer
- 2007365 Day ProjectSelf
- 2006Blood DiamondProducer
- 2004TV Revolution
- 2003The Last SamuraiProducer
- 2002AbandonProducer
- 2002Women vs. MenExecutive Producer
- 2002Lone Star State of MindExecutive Producer
- 2001I Am SamProducer
- 2000TrafficProducer
- 2000Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'Self
- 1999Once and Again
- 1998Shakespeare in LoveProducer
- 1998The SiegeProducer
- 1998Dangerous BeautyProducer
- 1997Good Will HuntingThanks
- 1997Frank Capra's American DreamSelf
- 1996RelativityDirector
- 1996Courage Under FireDirector
- 1994Legends of the FallProducer
- 1994My So-Called LifeExecutive Producer
- 1992Leaving NormalDirector
- 1990Extreme Close-UpStory
- 1989GloryDirector
- 1989Dream StreetCreator
- 1987thirtysomethingExecutive Producer
- 1986About Last Night...Director
- 1985The InsidersDirector
- 1983Special BulletinStory
- 1982Having It AllDirector
- 1982Paper DollsDirector
- 1976FamilyWriter
- 1976Timothy and the AngelDirector
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- —The Making OfWriter
- —Soul ReViverDirector
- —The Creed of ViolenceDirector
- —AsymmetryDirector
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