Hits, Flops, and Oscar Gold

Ed Zwick is an Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning director, producer and writer with over four decades of highly-acclaimed film and television projects. His filmography as director includes Glory, Legends of the Fall, Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Courage Under Fire, Love & Other Drugs, and Defiance; with producing credits including Steven Soderbergh's Traffic and Shakespeare in Love, for which Zwick won the Academy Award.

From early-career, breakout performances from Denzel Washington, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon, to career-defining roles for Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, and more, Zwick has directed many of Hollywood's biggest stars. His mark on television is equally impressive, including two series he co-created with longtime creative partner Marshall Herskovitz: the Emmy award-winning thirtysomething, regarded as one of the most influential dramas in modern TV history; and ABC's Emmy-winning ensemble drama, Once and Again.

He also executive produced the groundbreaking teen drama, My So-Called Life, which launched the careers of Claire Danes, Wilson Cruz and Jared Leto. A graduate of Harvard and the AFI Conservatory, Zwick and Herskovitz -- by far the longest-running partnership in Hollywood -- continues to lead their award-winning production company, Bedford Falls, founded in 1985.

This past year Zwick published his New York Times bestselling memoir, Hits, Flops and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood.

Award-winning documentary filmmaker Chip Duncan has created long-form films in more than 40 countries, interviewed numerous presidents and heads of state, and conducted oral histories with significant figures in American history, including former Senate Majority leader George Mitchell and former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. As an unabashed fan of Ed Zwick and his extraordinary career in Hollywood, Duncan will bring his documentary expertise to this onstage interview featuring one of America’s truly gifted motion picture directors.