Marvin J. Chomsky

Directing·May 23, 1929·New York City, New York, USA

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Marvin J. Chomsky (born May 23, 1929) is an American television and film director. He has also worked as a producer. He is a cousin of academic Noam Chomsky. Born in New York City, Chomsky graduated from Syracuse University in 1950. His early jobs in the motion picture and television industries included work as an art director, set decorator, and producer. His feature film directing credits include Evel Knievel and Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff. Chomsky is a prolific television director, and his career spanned from 1964-1995. During the late 1960s, Chomsky directed eleven episodes of the television series The Wild Wild West. He also directed episodes of Star Trek and Gunsmoke. Besides directing individual episodes for television series, Chomsky directed made-for-TV movies. Later in his career, Chomsky worked almost exclusively on made-for-TV movies and miniseries. During the 1970s, Chomsky served as one of the directors for the miniseries Roots: The Saga of an American Family. In 1982 he directed Vanessa Redgrave in the TV movie, My Body, My Child and in 1989 the miniseries Brotherhood of the Rose with Robert Mitchum, Peter Strauss and David Morse. He is the winner of three Emmy Awards: Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for Holocaust in 1978; Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special for Attica in 1980 and for Inside the Third Reich in 1982. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marvin J. Chomsky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Film	Credit
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood2021 · Self	Self
How Holocaust came to Television2019 · Self	Self
Remembering Roots2002 · Self	Self
Catherine the Great1996 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story1993 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Telling Secrets1993 · Director	Director
The Strauss Dynasty1991 · Director	Director
I'll Be Home for Christmas1988 · Director	Director
Billionaire Boys Club1987 · Director	Director
Angel in Green1987 · Director	Director
The Deliberate Stranger1986 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Tank1984 · Director	Director
Nairobi Affair1984 · Director	Director
I Was a Mail Order Bride1982 · Director	Director
My Body, My Child1982 · Director	Director
Evita Peron1981 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
King Crab1980 · Director	Director
Attica1980 · Director	Director
Doctor Franken1980 · Director	Director
Hollow Image1979 · Director	Director
Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration1979 · Director	Director
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff1979 · Director	Director
Danger in Paradise1977 · Director	Director
Little Ladies of the Night1977 · Director	Director
Victory at Entebbe1976 · Director	Director
Law and Order1976 · Director	Director
Brinks: The Great Robbery1976 · Director	Director
Mackintosh and T.J.1975 · Director	Director
Murph the Surf1975 · Director	Director
Kate McShane1975 · Director	Director
A Matter of Wife... and Death1975 · Director	Director
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan1975 · Director	Director
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One1974 · Director	Director
Mrs. Sundance1974 · Director	Director
The Magician1973 · Director	Director
Female Artillery1973 · Director	Director
Family Flight1972 · Director	Director
Fireball Forward1972 · Director	Director
Sam Cade1972 · Director	Director
Mongo's Back in Town1971 · Director	Director
Evel Knievel1971 · Director	Director
Assault on the Wayne1971 · Director	Director
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City1970 · Director	Director