Marshall Herskovitz

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Marshall Herskovitz (born February 23, 1952, Philadelphia) is an American film director, writer and producer, and currently the President of the Producers Guild of America. Among his productions are Traffic, The Last Samurai, Blood Diamond, and I Am Sam. Herskovitz was a creator and executive producer of the television shows Thirtysomething, My So-Called Life, and Once and Again, and also wrote and directed several episodes of all three series.

He frequently collaborates with Edward Zwick, with whom he runs the film and television production company The Bedford Falls Company, named for the fictional town in the classic film It's A Wonderful Life.

Zwick and Herskovitz' most recent project was the original broadband series Quarterlife which debuted online through MySpace and a dedicated webpage where it garnered enough views to be picked up by NBC.

Herskovitz attended Brandeis University.

Since May 2005, he has been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post.

[edit] Awards

Thirtysomething won numerous Emmy Awards including Outstanding Drama series in 1988. That year it also won Outstanding Writing in a Drama series for an episode that Herskovitz co-wrote with Paul Haggis. The show also received the Best Drama Series award at the Golden Globes that year. Herskovitz himself was honored by both the Writers Guild and Directors Guild for his work on the series.

Traffic was nominated for Best Picture at the 73rd Academy Awards in 2001.

Once and Again was nominated for Best Drama Series of 1999 at the Golden Globes.

[edit] TV Appearances

Herskovitz was featured in The Dialogue interview series. In this 90 minute interview with journalist Jay A. Fernandez, he delves into the mediocrity of the industry, the voices that writers hear in their heads and why it’s best to write first and ask questions later.

[edit] External links

• Marshall Herskovitz at the Internet Movie Database
• Art Film Talk #23 Marshall Herskovitz – Interview about Quarterlife, November 30, 2007 (audio)

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