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Marvin J. Chomsky

Known for

Directing

Born

May 23, 1929

Birthplace

New York City, New York, USA

Died

March 28, 2022 (aged 92)

Biography

​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...

Best known work

Star Trek
Star Trek
1966
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible
1966
Roots
Roots
1977
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O
1969
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
1955
Tank
Tank
1984
The Wild Wild West
The Wild Wild West
1965
Holocaust
Holocaust
1978
Cannon
Cannon
1971
Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great
1996

Filmography

  1. 2021

    Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

    as Self

  2. 2019

  3. 2002

  4. 1996

    Catherine the Great

    Director, Producer

  5. 1993

  6. 1993

  7. 1991

    The Strauss DynastyTV

    Director

  8. 1991

  9. 1989

    Brotherhood of the RoseTV

    Director, Producer

  10. 1988

  11. 1987

  12. 1987

  13. 1987

  14. 1986

  15. 1986

    The Deliberate Stranger

    Producer, Director

  16. 1986

  17. 1986

    Peter the GreatTV

    Producer, Director

  18. 1985

  19. 1984

    Tank

    Director

  20. 1984

  21. 1982

  22. 1982

  23. 1982

  24. 1981

    Evita Peron

    Director, Producer

  25. 1980

    King Crab

    Director

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