Trivia

Has directed 4 actors in Oscar nominated roles; Djimon Hounsou, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, and Denzel Washington. Denzel won his Oscar.

Edward Zwick is one of the few directors to have worked with both Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Cruise. The others are Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott.

He has made three films with Denzel Washington. The only directors to work with Washington more often are Spike Lee and Tony Scott, who have each done four films with him, and Antoine Fuqua, who with the upcoming The Equalizer 3 (2023) will have done five films.

Both Blood Diamond (2006) and Glory (1989) feature two of the main characters (one white man and one black man) conflicting with each other at first but developing respect for each other in time.

Received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1974.

Runs a production company, The Bedford Falls Company, with partner Marshall Herskovitz.

Graduated with a M.F.A. from the American Film Institute in 1975.

Son-in-law of Raymond Godshall Jr..

Father of musician Frankie Zwick, and film producer Jesse Zwick.

He was originally attached to direct Abandon (2002).