1. Joel Rudolf Zwick was born on January 11,1942 and is an American film director, television director, and theater director.
10 Facts About Joel Zwick
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Joel Zwick 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.
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Joel Zwick's father was a cantor from an Orthodox background, and Zwick had his bar mitzvah at an Orthodox synagogue.
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Joel Zwick graduated from James Madison High School in 1958.
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Joel Zwick then went to Brooklyn College, where he taught in the School of Film.
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Joel Zwick has directed 21 television pilots, all of which have continued on to successful runs as weekly series.
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Joel Zwick is married to Dr Candice Zwick, a psychologist.
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Joel Zwick was active in the Off-Off-Broadway movement at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, which was founded by Ellen Stewart in 1961.
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Joel Zwick worked with the La MaMa Plexus company at the East Village theater and on tour both domestically and internationally.
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Joel Zwick performed with La MaMa Plexus in Jan Quackenbush's Inside Out in 1968.