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Marshall Herskovitz

Production · Born 1952-02-23 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Marshall Schreiber Herskovitz (born February 23, 1952) is an American film director, writer and producer, and currently the President Emeritus of the Producers Guild of America. Among his productions are Traffic, The Last Samurai, Blood Diamond, and I Am Sam. Herskovitz has directed two feature films, Jack the Bear and Dangerous Beauty. Herskovitz was a creator and executive producer of the television shows Thirtysomething, My So-Called Life, and Once and Again, and also wrote and directed several episodes of all three series.

Known for

Filmography

2019Trial by FireExecutive Producer
2018Woman Walks AheadProducer
2018Up to SnuffSelf
2017American AssassinScreenplay
2016The Great WallStory
2016Jack Reacher: Never Go BackScreenplay
2014About AlexExecutive Producer
2012NashvilleScreenstory
2010Love & Other DrugsScreenplay
2009A MarriageDirector
2008QuarterlifeProducer
2006Blood DiamondProducer
2004TV Revolution
2003The Last SamuraiProducer
2002Women vs. MenExecutive Producer
2002Lone Star State of MindExecutive Producer
2001I Am SamProducer
2000TrafficProducer
2000Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'Self
1999Once and Again
1998Dangerous BeautyDirector
1997Frank Capra's American DreamSelf
1994Legends of the FallProducer
1994My So-Called LifeDirector
1993Jack the BearDirector
1990Extreme Close-UpWriter
1989Dream StreetCreator
1987thirtysomething
1983Special BulletinStory
1982Seven Brides for Seven BrothersWriter
1976FamilyWriter
—The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Marshall Herskovitz
—The Making OfWriter
—Soul ReViverProducer
—The Creed of ViolenceProducer
—AsymmetryScreenplay

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