Marvin J. Chomsky
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.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
May 23, 1929Deathday
March 28, 2022Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
44Place of birth
New York City, New York, USAAlso known as
Marvin ChomskyCast credits
Crew credits
Angel in Green
DirectorTank
DirectorVictory at Entebbe
DirectorCatherine the Great
Director, ProducerThe Deliberate Stranger
Director, ProducerAssault on the Wayne
DirectorDoctor Franken
DirectorGood Luck, Miss Wyckoff
DirectorEvel Knievel
DirectorFamily Flight
DirectorMrs. Sundance
DirectorFemale Artillery
DirectorNairobi Affair
DirectorAttica
DirectorEvita Peron
Director, ProducerLittle Ladies of the Night
DirectorFireball Forward
DirectorThe Strauss Dynasty
DirectorTelling Secrets
DirectorMurph the Surf
Director