Film director, television director, theatre director
Joel Zwick
Born (1942-01-11 ) January 11, 1942 (age 82) Alma mater
Brooklyn College Occupation(s) Film director, television director, theater director Years active 1977–present Spouse Candice Zwick Children 4
Joel Rudolf Zwick (born January 11, 1942)
[1] is an American
film director ,
television director , and
theater director .
[2] He worked on the television series
Perfect Strangers ,
Full House , and
Family Matters , and directed the films
My Big Fat Greek Wedding ,
Second Sight , and
Fat Albert .
[3]
Biography
Zwick was born in
Brooklyn ,
New York to a
Jewish family. His father was a
cantor from an
Orthodox background, and Zwick had his
bar mitzvah at an Orthodox synagogue.
[2]
He graduated from
James Madison High School in 1958.
[4] Zwick then went to
Brooklyn College ('62),
[5] where he taught in the School of Film.[
citation needed ]
Zwick has directed 21
television pilots , all of which have continued on to successful runs as weekly
series .
[6]
He is married to Dr. Candice Zwick, a psychologist. They have three daughters, Hillary, Jodi and Lara, and one son, Jamie. Despite a popular misconception, he is not related to fellow filmmaker
Edward Zwick .
Television
Film
Broadway
Theater
Zwick was active in the
Off-Off-Broadway movement at
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club , which was founded by
Ellen Stewart in 1961. He worked with the La MaMa Plexus company at the
East Village theater and on tour both domestically
[7] and internationally.
[8] He performed with La MaMa Plexus in Jan Quackenbush's Inside Out in 1968.
[9] He also directed the following productions at La MaMa:
The Last Chance Saloon (1969)
[10]
Woyzeck (1969)
[11]
Spring-Voices (1969)
[12]
Dance Wi Me (1971)
[13]
The Myths of America Smith or Pappy Crumb's Treefrog Beer (1973)
[14]
The Last Chance Saloon (1973)
[15]
Calm Down Mother and The Gloaming, Oh My Darling (1974)
[16]
Dance Wi' Me (1974)
[17]
The Myths of America Smith and His Son (1975)
[18]
Dance With Me (1975)
[19]
He was
stage manager for the original 1967 production of
MacBird! , and has directed the following theater productions:
Oklahoma (national tour)
Cold Storage (
American Place Theater )
Merry-Go-Round (
Chicago and
Las Vegas )
Last Chance Saloon (
West End, London )
Woycek (West End, London)
Carry A. Nation (Triangle Theater)
George Gershwin, Alone (
one-man show ;
Los Angeles ,
London ;
Ford's Theater in
Washington , Chicago,
West Palm Beach ,
Old Globe Theatre in
San Diego ,
South Korea , etc.)
Monsieur Chopin (
one-man show )
Beethoven, As I Knew Him (
one-man show )
Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein (
one-man show )
Jamaica Farewell (
one-woman show )
Serrano
Teaching
References
^ Rose, Mike (January 11, 2023).
"Today's famous birthdays list for January 11, 2023 includes celebrities Mary J. Blige, Amanda Peet" .
Cleveland.com . Retrieved January 10, 2023 .
^
a
b Mann, Iris (June 1, 2016).
"'Hillary and Monica': An Unlikely Meeting" .
Jewish Journal .
^ Kehr, Dave (April 19, 2002).
"FILM IN REVIEW: My Big Fat Greek Wedding" .
The New York Times .
^
"THE WALL OF DISTINCTION" . James Madison Alumni Association . Archived from
the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2018 .
^ "
Paving the Way, Workmen Install Tributes on the Alumni Walk In Front of Library ". Brooklyn College. May 24, 2002. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^
"Joel Zwick - Filmbug" . www.filmbug.com . Retrieved July 10, 2018 .
^ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections.
"Tour: La MaMa Plexus at Dartmouth (1969)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
^ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections.
"Tour: La MaMa Plexus European Tour (1969)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
^ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections.
"Production: La MaMa Plexus Workshop Presents The Cylinder , Complexions , and Inside Out (1968)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
^ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections.
"Production: Last Chance Saloon, The (1969a)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
^ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections.
"Production: Woyzeck (1969)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
^ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections.
"Production: Spring-Voices (1969)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
^ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections.
"Production: La MaMa Plexus in Dance Wi Me (or The Fatal Twitch) (1971) ". Accessed July 10, 2018.
^ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections.
"Production: Myths of America Smith or Pappy Crumb's Treefrog Beer, The (1973)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
^ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections.
"Production: The Last Chance Saloon (1973)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
^ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections.
"Production: Calm Down Mother and The Gloaming, Oh My Darling (1974)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
^ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections.
"Production: Dance Wi' Me (1974)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
^ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production:
Myths of America Smith and His Son, The (1975)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
^ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections.
"Production: Dance With Me (1975)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
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