Joel Zwick

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Joel Zwick
Joel Zwick - Full House.jpg
Directing Bob Saget & Gail Edwards
"The House Meets the Mouse" Full House
Born (1942-01-11) January 11, 1942 (age 82)
Alma mater Brooklyn College
Occupation(s)Film director, television director, theater director
Years active1977–present
SpouseCandice Zwick
Children4

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]

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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:

He was stage manager for the original 1967 production of MacBird! , and has directed the following theater productions:

Teaching

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  2. 1 2 Mann, Iris (June 1, 2016). "'Hillary and Monica': An Unlikely Meeting". Jewish Journal .
  3. Kehr, Dave (April 19, 2002). "FILM IN REVIEW: My Big Fat Greek Wedding". The New York Times .
  4. "THE WALL OF DISTINCTION". James Madison Alumni Association. Archived from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  5. "Paving the Way, Workmen Install Tributes on the Alumni Walk In Front of Library". Brooklyn College. May 24, 2002. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  6. "Joel Zwick - Filmbug". www.filmbug.com. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  7. La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Tour: La MaMa Plexus at Dartmouth (1969)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
  8. La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Tour: La MaMa Plexus European Tour (1969)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
  9. La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: La MaMa Plexus Workshop Presents The Cylinder, Complexions, and Inside Out (1968)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
  10. La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Last Chance Saloon, The (1969a)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
  11. La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Woyzeck (1969)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
  12. La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Spring-Voices (1969)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
  13. La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: La MaMa Plexus in Dance Wi Me(or The Fatal Twitch)(1971)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
  14. La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Myths of America Smith or Pappy Crumb's Treefrog Beer, The (1973)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
  15. La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: The Last Chance Saloon (1973)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
  16. La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Calm Down Mother and The Gloaming, Oh My Darling (1974)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
  17. La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Dance Wi' Me (1974)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
  18. La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Myths of America Smith and His Son, The (1975)". Accessed July 10, 2018.
  19. La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Dance With Me (1975)". Accessed July 10, 2018.