Edward Zwick is an American director, screenwriter, and producer.http://www.filmreference.com/film/82/Edward-Zwick.html He has done extensive work in television and feature films.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001880/maindetails His feature film debut was About Last Night... (1986), starring Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Elizabeth Perkins, and James Belushi.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001880/maindetails http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090583/ Zwick works regularly with Denzel Washington and writer/director Marshall Herskovitz.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001880/bio

On October 8, 1952, Edward Zwick was born northeast of Chicago in Winnetka, Illinois.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001880/bio http://movies.nytimes.com/person/118079/Edward-Zwick He studied literature at Harvard University (A.B., 1974) and cinema at the AFI Conservatory (M.F.A., 1975). Prior to his career in entertainment, Zwick was a journalist. He wrote and edited for Rolling Stone and The New Republic.http://movies.nytimes.com/person/118079/Edward-Zwick In 1982, Zwick married Lynn Liberty Godshall.http://www.filmreference.com/film/82/Edward-Zwick.html

Zwich directed, co-wrote, and co-produced Love and Other Drugs in 2010.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758752/ The film premiered at the 2010 AFI Fest.http://blog.afi.com/main/index.php/2010/09/23/world-premiere-of-love-other-drugs-as-opening-night-gala-and-black-swan-as-closing-night-gala/ It is a romantic comedy starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Hank Azaria, Oliver Platt, and Judy Greer.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758752/

Edward Zwick began his career in television on the ABC series Family.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001880/ He edited, wrote, directed, and produced for the show during its four year course.http://movies.nytimes.com/person/118079/Edward-Zwick/biography In 1986, Zwick directed his first feature film.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001880/ About Last Night... explored the consequences of a one night stand.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090583/

Zwick returned to television in 1987 with ABC's thirtysomething.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001880/ The romantic drama chronicled the lives of a group of young professionals.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092492/ In 1989, Zwick and Denzel Washington collaborated on their first project.http://www.imdb.com/search/title?count=&roles=nm0001880,nm0000243 Glory was a historical drama about the American Civil War.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097441/ It highlighted Colonel Robert G. Shaw and the first volunteer black regiment.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097441/ In addition to Washington, the film starred Matthew Broderick, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman, and Andre Braugher.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097441/

In 1994, Zwick directed Legends of the Fall, starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, and Henry Thomas.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110322/fullcredits#cast In the movie, parental and sibling relationships were investigated.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110322/fullcredits#cast Zwick's next feature film was about the Gulf War.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115956/fullcredits#cast Courage Under Fire brought the director together with Washington again.http://www.imdb.com/search/title?count=&roles=nm0001880,nm0000243 Other cast members included Lou Diamond Phillips, Meg Ryan, and Matt Damon.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115956/fullcredits#cast

Zwick co-produced the Oscar winner Shakespeare in Love (1998) and the Oscar nominated Traffic (2000).http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138097/fullcredits#cast http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181865/fullcredits#cast http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001880/awards He was also the a producer of I Am Sam (2001).http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277027/fullcredits#cast

In 2003, Zwick directed and co-produced The Last Samurai starring Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, and William Atherton.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325710/fullcredits#cast The film received four Oscar nominations.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325710/awards Zwick's next project was Blood Diamond in 2006.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450259/fullcredits#cast The film was about two men with opposing purposes coming together for a common one.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450259/plotsummary The story was told against the backdrop of the child slavery and civil war issues of Sierra Leone.http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1561151,00.html The cast included Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, and Jennifer Connelly.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450259/fullcredits#cast

Zwick co-wrote, co-produced, and directed Defiance in 2008.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034303/fullcredits#cast The film follows the three Bielski brothers — Daniel Craig, Jamie Bell, and Liev Schreiber — as they fight for survival in Nazi-occupied Poland.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034303/fullcredits#cast

There is a very important Hollywood tradition of movies that have a social conscience. If a movie can teach as well as delight, then that enhances the experience of going to the movies. — Diamonds.net interviewhttp://www.diamonds.net/news/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=16457

I believe that, along with the privileges of being a filmmaker, come certain responsibilities about holding up a mirror to the world and, at times, that mirror is unattractive. — Diamonds.net interviewhttp://www.diamonds.net/news/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=16457

I think one of the privileges of being a filmmaker is the opportunity to remain a kind of perpetual student. — New York meeting with the presshttp://www.darkhorizons.com/interviews/128/leonardo-dicaprio-ed-zwick-for-blood-diamond- http://www.thenfi.com/accolades.html

Selected Feature Films

Directorhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001880/maindetails

• 1986: About Last Night...
• 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 and Other Drugs

Writerhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001880/maindetails

• 1998: The Siege
• 2003: The Last Samurai
• 2008: Defiance
• 2010: Love and Other Drugs

Producerhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001880/maindetails

• 1994: Legends of the Fall
• 1998: Dangerous Beauty
• 1998: The Siege
• 1998: Shakespeare in Love
• 2000: Traffic
• 2001: I Am Sam
• 2002: Abandon
• 2002: Lone Star State of Mind
• 2003: The Last Samurai
• 2006: Blood Diamond
• 2008: Defiance
• 2010: Love and Other Drugs