Edward Zwick

Edward Zwick directs Warner Bros. The Last Samurai - 2003

Biography

Born 10/08/1952

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...
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Awards

  • In 2003, received National Board of Review Award for Best Director
  • In 2002, received Producers Guild of America Stanley Kramer Award
  • In 2000, received New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Picture

Highlights

  • In 2008, Directed the World War II drama "Defiance"
  • In 2006, Directed Leonardo DiCaprio and Djimon Hounsou in "Blood Diamond"
  • In 2003, Directed the Epic "The Last Samurai," featuring Tom Cruise

Family & Companions

  • Jesse Zwick: son (Born in 1986; mother, Liberty Godshall; was a production assistant on his father's film "Blood Diamond" (2006))
  • Frankie Rose Zwick: daughter (Born in 1993; mother, Liberty Godshall )

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