“Sometimes when an actor and director work together for the first time, it's not as if there's a suspicion, but there is tentativeness, a certain amount of a right of passage you have to go through in order to get there. When it's already there from the beginning, it's such a plus.”

American filmmaker

Edward M. Zwick is an American filmmaker. He has worked mainly in comedy drama and epic historical films, and is known for producing Shakespeare in Love (1998), which brought him an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. His career is closely associated with films that balance character-driven drama with larger historical settings. The awards for Shakespeare in Love mark a high point in his producing work, and his filmography reflects an interest in stories that move between intimacy and scale.