Edward M. Zwick has worked as director or producer of serio-comedies or epic historical films, including About Last Night, Glory, Legends of the Fall, and The Last Samurai
Zwick was born October 8, 1952 into a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Ruth Ellen (née Reich) and Allen Zwick.
He attended New Trier High School, received an A.B. at Harvard in 1974, and attended the AFI Conservatory, graduating with Master of Fine Arts degree in 1975.
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 production company, Bedford Falls, inspired by the name of the town in Frank Capra’s It’s A Wonderful Life.
This company has produced Traffic and Shakespeare in Love, and the TV shows thirtysomething, Relativity, Once and Again, and My So-Called Life.
As producer, Zwick was one of the recipients of the Best Picture Oscar for Shakespeare in Love.
He was also nominated in the same category for Traffic, for which Steven Soderbergh won his first and only Best Director Oscar.
1986
About Last Night…
Directing Debut
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
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
The Great Wall
Story
2017
American Assassin
writer
2018
Trial by Fire
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