HERSKOVITZ, Marshall 1952–

PERSONAL

Full name, Marshall Schreiber Herskovitz; born February 23, 1952, in Philadelphia, PA; son of Alexander and Frieda (maiden name, Schreiber) Herskovitz; married Susan Amanda Shilladay (a writer), February 15, 1981; children: Elizabeth Gray, May Myles. Education: Brandeis University, B.A., 1973; American Film Institute, M.F.A. (directing), 1975. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Jewish.

Addresses: Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Office—Bedford Falls Company, 409 Santa Monica Blvd., Penthouse Suite, Santa Monica, CA 90401; Producers Guild of America, 8530 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 450, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Career: Writer, producer, director, and television series creator. Bedford Falls Company, Santa Monica, CA, partner.

Member: Writers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America, Producers Guild of America (vice president).

Awards, Honors: Humanitas Award (with Edward Zwick), 90 Minute category Human Family Educational and Cultural Institute, Emmy Awards (with Zwick), best writing and best drama special, 1983, Writers Guild of America Award—TV (with Zwick), original drama anthology, 1984, all for Special Bulletin; Emmy Awards, outstanding writing in a drama series (with Paul Haggis), and outstanding drama series (with others), 1988, Emmy Award nominations, outstanding writing in a drama series (with Zwick), 1989, outstanding drama series (with others), 1989, 1990, 1991, Humanitas Award (with Haggis), 60 Minute category, Human Family Educational and Cultural Institute, 1988, Directors Guild Award (with others), outstanding directorial achievement in dramatic shows, night, 1988, 1989, Writers Guild of America Award—TV (with Zwick), episodic drama, 1989, Peabody Award, Directors Guild of America Award nomination, outstanding directorial achievement in dramatic shows—night, 1990, all for thirtysomething; Humanitas Prize (with Zwick), 60 minute category, 2001, Human Family Educational and Cultural Institute, for Once and Again; Academy Award nomination (with others), best picture, 2001, for Traffic; Stanley Kramer Award (with others), PGA Golden Laurel Awards, 2002, for I Am Sam; Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding writing for a variety, music, or comedy program, 2002, for America: A Tribute to Heroes; Motion Picture of the Year Award (with others), PGA Golden Laurel Awards, 2004, for The Last Samurai.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Director, Jack the Bear, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1993.

Coproducer, Legends of the Fall, TriStar, 1994.

Producer and director, Dangerous Beauty (also known as Courtesan, The Honest Courtesan, A Destiny of Her Own, and Venice), Warner Bros., 1998.

Producer, Executive Search, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999.

Producer, Traffic (also known as Traffic—Die Macht des Kartells), USA Films, 2000.

Producer, I Am Sam, New Line Cinema, 2001.

Executive producer, Lone Star State of Mind (also known as Cowboys and Idiots and Road to Hell), TriStar, 2002.

Producer, The Last Samurai (also known as The Last Samurai: Bushidou), Warner Bros., 2003.

Producer, The Blood Diamond, Warner Bros., forthcoming.

Producer, Happy Endings, Columbia, forthcoming.

Producer, The Lions of Al-Rassan, Warner Bros., forthcoming.

Film Appearances:

Himself, Becoming Sam (documentary short), New Line Home Video, 2002.

Television Work; Series:

Producer, Family, ABC, 1976.

Executive producer and creator (with Edward Zwick), thirtysomething, ABC, 1987–91.

Executive producer, Dream Street, NBC, 1989.

Executive producer, My So-Called Life, ABC, 1994–95.

Executive producer (with Zwick), Relativity, ABC, 1996–97.

Executive producer and creator, Once and Again, ABC, 1999–2001.

Television Work; Movies:

Producer (with Edward Zwick), Special Bulletin, NBC, 1983.

Executive producer, Extreme Close-up (also known as Home Video), NBC, 1990.

Executive producer, Women vs. Men, Showtime, 2002.

Television Work; Specials:

Executive producer, Rock the Vote, Fox, 1992.

Television Work; Pilots:

Executive producer, "Sawdust," CBS Summer Playhouse, CBS, 1987.

Director, thirtysomething, ABC, 1987.

Executive producer and director, The Castle, ABC, 1998.

Executive producer, The Only Living Boy in New York, Fox, 2000.

Executive producer, Midnights, ABC, 2003.

Executive producer and director, 1/4Life, ABC, 2005.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Whispers," Family, ABC, 1980.

"Couples," thirtysomething, ABC, 1987.

"Therapy," thirtysomething, ABC, 1988.

"New Baby," thirtysomething, ABC, 1989.

"Love and Sex," thirtysomething, ABC, 1989.

Once and Again, ABC, 1999–2001.

Also directed "Guns and Gossip," My So-Called Life, ABC.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Himself, Retrosexual: The 80's (documentary), VH1, 2004.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Tom, Women vs. Men, Showtime, 2002.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Frank Capra's American Dream, 1997.

Intimate Portrait: Patricia Heaton (documentary), Lifetime, 2000.

Inside Traffic: The Making of "Traffic" (documentary), 2000.

Inside "thirtysomething" (documentary), Bravo, 2001.

The Perfect Pitch (also known as Brilliant But Cancelled: The Perfect Pitch; documentary), TRIO, 2002.

Brilliant But Cancelled: Pilot Season (documentary), TRIO, 2003.

Boomer Nation (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 2004.

Bleep! Censoring Hollywood (documentary), AMC, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Dr. Nicholson, "therapy," thirtysomething, ABC, 1988.

(Uncredited) Dr. Kirchhoffer, "Unfinished Business," Once and Again, ABC, 1999.

The Museum of Television and Radio: Influences, Bravo, 2000.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

The Last Samurai (also known as The Last Samurai: Bushidou), Warner Bros., 2003.

Also wrote (with Edward Zwick) Baby Genius; Drawing Fire.

Television Movies:

Special Bulletin (based on a story by Herskovitz and Zwick), NBC, 1983.

Extreme Close-up (also known as Home Video), NBC, 1990.

Also wrote Secret Seventeen.

Television Specials:

America: A Tribute to Heroes, 2001.

Television Pilots:

thirtysomething, ABC, 1987.

The Castle, ABC, 1998.

Once and Again, ABC, 1999.

1/4 Life, ABC, 2005.

Television Episodes:

(With Vicki Zlotnick) "A Safe House," Family, ABC, 1977.

"Going Straight," Family, ABC, 1979.

"The Athlete," Family, ABC, 1979.

The White Shadow, CBS, 1979–80.

CHiPs (also known as CHiPs Patrol), NBC, 1980.

"The Man in the White Hat," Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, CBS, 1982.

"Dreams," Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, CBS, 1982.

thirtysomething, ABC, 1987–91.

Dream Street, NBC, 1989.

Once and Again, ABC, 1999–2000.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Esquire, November, 1990, pp. 160-164, 218-220.