Joel Zwick
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| Born | (1942-01-11) January 11, 1942 (age 82)
New York City, New York, U.S.
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| 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]
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.
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:
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