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Marvin J. Chomsky
Born	(1929-05-23)May 23, 1929 New York City, U.S.
Died	March 28, 2022(2022-03-28) (aged 92) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Education	Syracuse University Stanford University
Occupations	Director producer
Spouse(s)	Tobye Kaplan (divorced) Christa Baum (separated)
Children	3
Relatives	Noam Chomsky (cousin)

Marvin Joseph Chomsky (May 23, 1929 – March 28, 2022) was an American director and producer who worked both in television and film.

Early life and career

Chomsky, born in the Bronx, is the son of Jewish parents who immigrated from the Russian Empire.^[1] He attended Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, during which time he began working in radio, and later on, for a television show aimed at teenagers, while the medium was still in its early stages.^[2] He graduated from Syracuse University with a bachelor's degree in speech in 1950, and from Stanford University with a master's degree in drama the following year.^[2]^[3] He also served in the U.S. Army, before pursuing a career in film and television.^[2] His early jobs included work as an art director, set decorator, and producer.^[4]

Chomsky was a prolific television director, and his career spanned from 1964 to 1995. During the late 1960s, Chomsky directed episodes of The Wild Wild West.^[2] He also directed episodes of Star Trek,^[5] Gunsmoke, and Hawaii Five-O.^[2] He also directed made-for-TV movies such as Brink's: The Great Robbery (1976), Victory at Entebbe (1976), Attica (1980) and Billionaire Boys Club (1987). During the 1970s, Chomsky served as one of the directors for the miniseries Roots (1977), and he worked on other miniseries such as Holocaust (1978), Inside the Third Reich (1982) and Peter the Great (1986). He directed Vanessa Redgrave in the 1982 TV movie, My Body, My Child, the miniseries The Brotherhood of the Rose (1989) with Robert Mitchum, Peter Strauss and David Morse, and the TV movie Catherine the Great (1995), starring Catherine Zeta-Jones.^[2]

His feature film directing credits include Evel Knievel (1971), Live A Little, Steal A Lot (1975), Mackintosh and T.J. (1976), Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979) and Tank (1984).^{[citation needed]}

Awards

Chomsky was the winner of Four Emmy Awards: Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for Holocaust in 1978;^[6] Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special for Attica in 1980^[7] and for Inside the Third Reich in 1982,^[8] and Outstanding Miniseries Peter the Great in 1986. (NATAS, IMDb)

Personal life

Chomsky was married twice, first to Tobye Kaplan, until their divorce, and then to Christa Baum, from whom he was separated at the time of his death.^[2] He had three sons, including Peter Chomsky, who is also a television producer.^[2]^[9] He was a cousin of linguist Noam Chomsky.^[10]

Chomsky died under hospice care in Santa Monica, California, on March 28, 2022, aged 92.^[11]

References

^ "Marvin Chomsky, who won Emmy for influential TV series 'Holocaust,' dies at 92". The Times of Israel. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Sandomir, Richard (April 14, 2022). "Marvin Chomsky, Director of 'Roots' and 'Holocaust,' Dies at 92". The New York Times. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
^ "Notable Alumni". syr.edu. Syracuse University. Archived from the original on February 26, 2009. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
^ Jason Buchanan (2012). "Marvin J. Chomsky". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
^ "Marvin J. Chomsky, Emmy winner and director of 3 Star Trek episodes, dies at 92". www.dailystartreknews.com. March 30, 2022. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
^ Norback, Craig T.; Norback, Peter G. (1980). TV Guide Almanac. Ballantine Books. p. 333. ISBN 9780345285669.
^ Bellafante, Ginia. "Attica". The New York Times. Retrieved April 23, 2009.
^ Moser, James D.; Stevens, Tracy; Pay, William; Thompson, Patricia (1998). International Motion Picture Almanac 1998. Quigley. pp. 70. ISBN 9780900610608.
^ Beresford, Trilby (March 29, 2022). "Marvin J. Chomsky, 'Star Trek' and 'Roots' Director, Dies at 92". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
^ Juneau, Jen (March 31, 2022). "Marvin J. Chomsky, Four-Time Emmy-Winning Roots and Star Trek Director, Dead at 92". People. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
^ Pedersen, Erik (March 29, 2022). "Marvin J. Chomsky Dies: 'Roots' & 'Star Trek' Director Who Won Four Emmys Was 92". Deadline.

External links

Marvin J. Chomsky at IMDb
Marvin Chomsky at Memory Alpha

Films directed by Marvin J. Chomsky

Assault on the Wayne (1971)
Evel Knievel (1971)
Mongo's Back in Town (1971)
Fireball Forward (1972)
Family Flight (1972)
Mrs. Sundance (1974)
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (1975)
A Matter of Wife... and Death (1975)
Murph the Surf (1975)
Mackintosh and T.J. (1975)
Brink's: The Great Robbery (1976)
Victory at Entebbe (1976)
Little Ladies of the Night (1977)
Holocaust (1978)
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
Attica (1980)
My Body, My Child (1982)
Inside the Third Reich (1982)
I Was a Mail Order Bride (1982)
Tank (1984)
The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986)
Billionaire Boys Club (1987)
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1988)
Brotherhood of the Rose (1989)
Telling Secrets (1993)
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story (1993)
Catherine the Great (1995)

Awards for Marvin J. Chomsky

Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Movies for Television and Limited Series

1971–2000

Buzz Kulik for Brian's Song (1971)
Lamont Johnson for That Certain Summer (1972)
Joseph Sargent for The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973)
John Korty for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
Sam O'Steen for Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (1975)
Marvin J. Chomsky for Inside the Third Reich (1982)
Edward Zwick for Special Bulletin (1983)
Daniel Petrie for The Dollmaker (1984)
John Erman for An Early Frost (1985)
Lee Grant for Nobody's Child (1986)
Jud Taylor for Foxfire (1987)
Lamont Johnson for Lincoln (1988)
Dan Curtis for War and Remembrance: "Parts VIII-XII: The Final Chapter" (1989)
Roger Young for Murder in Mississippi (1990)
Stephen Gyllenhaal for Paris Trout (1991)
Ron Lagomarsino for Picket Fences: "Pilot" (1992)
Michael Ritchie for The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993)
Rod Holcomb for ER: "Pilot" (1994)
Mick Jackson for Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)
Betty Thomas for The Late Shift (1996)
John Herzfeld for Don King: Only in America (1997)
Michael Cristofer for Gia (1998)
Mick Jackson for Tuesdays with Morrie (1999)
Jeff Bleckner for The Beach Boys: An American Family (2000)

2001–present

Frank Pierson for Conspiracy (2001)
Mick Jackson for Live from Baghdad (2002)
Mike Nichols for Angels in America (2003)
Joseph Sargent for Something the Lord Made (2004)
Joseph Sargent for Warm Springs / George C. Wolfe for Lackawanna Blues (2005)
Walter Hill for Broken Trail (2006)
Yves Simoneau for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)
Jay Roach for Recount (2008)
Ross Katz for Taking Chance (2009)
Mick Jackson for Temple Grandin (2010)
Jon Cassar for The Kennedys (2011)
Jay Roach for Game Change (2012)
Steven Soderbergh for Behind the Candelabra (2013)
Lisa Cholodenko for Olive Kitteridge (2014)
Dee Rees for Bessie (2015)
Steven Zaillian for The Night Of: "The Beach" (2016)
Jean-Marc Vallée for Big Little Lies (2017)
Ben Stiller for Escape at Dannemora (2018)
Johan Renck for Chernobyl (2019)
Scott Frank for The Queen's Gambit (2020)
Barry Jenkins for The Underground Railroad (2021)
Helen Shaver for Station Eleven: "Who's There?" (2022)
Sarah Adina Smith for Lessons in Chemistry: "Her and Him" (2023)

v t e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
1950s	Jack Smight for "Eddie" (1959)
1960s	Robert Mulligan for The Moon and Sixpence (1960) George Schaefer for Macbeth (1961) Franklin J. Schaffner for The Defenders (1962) Stuart Rosenberg for "The Madman" (1963) Tom Gries for "Who Do You Kill?" (1964) Paul Bogart for "The 700 Year Old Gang" (1965) Sydney Pollack for "The Game" (1966) Alex Segal for Death of a Salesman (1967) Paul Bogart for "Dear Friends" (1968) David Greene for "The People Next Door" (1969)
1970s	Paul Bogart for "Shadow Game" (1970) Daryl Duke for "The Day the Lion Died" (1971) Alexander Singer for "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland" (1972) Jerry Thorpe for "An Eye for an Eye" (1973) Robert Butler for "Part III" (1974) Bill Bain for "A Sudden Storm" (1975) David Greene for "Part I: Chapters 1 & 2" (Rich Man, Poor Man) (1976) David Greene for "Part 1" (Roots) (1977) Marvin J. Chomsky for Holocaust (1978) Jackie Cooper for "Pilot" (The White Shadow) (1979)
1980s	Roger Young for "Cop" (1980) Robert Butler for "Hill Street Station"(1981) Harry Harris for "To Soar and Never Falter" (1982) Jeff Bleckner for "Life in the Minors" (1983) Corey Allen for "Goodbye, Mr. Scripps" (1984) Karen Arthur for "Heat" (1985) Georg Stanford Brown for "Parting Shots" (1986) Gregory Hoblit for "Pilot" (L.A. Law) (1987) Mark Tinker for "Weigh In, Way Out" (1988) Robert Altman for "The Boiler Room" (1989)
1990s	Thomas Carter for "Promises to Keep" / Scott Winant for "The Go-Between" (1990) Thomas Carter for "In Confidence" (1991) Eric Laneuville for "All God's Children" (1992) Barry Levinson for "Gone for Goode" (1993) Daniel Sackheim for "Tempest in a C-Cup" (1994) Mimi Leder for "Love's Labor Lost" (1995) Jeremy Kagan for "Leave of Absence" (1996) Mark Tinker for "Where's 'Swaldo?" (1997) Mark Tinker for "Pilot" (Brooklyn South) / Paris Barclay for "Lost Israel, Part 2" (1998) Paris Barclay for "Hearts and Souls" (1999)
2000s	Thomas Schlamme for "Pilot" (The West Wing) (2000) Thomas Schlamme for "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part I" & "Part II" (2001) Alan Ball for "Pilot" (Six Feet Under) (2002) Christopher Misiano for "Twenty Five" (2003) Walter Hill for "Deadwood" (2004) J. J. Abrams for "Pilot" (Lost) (2005) Jon Cassar for "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." (2006) Alan Taylor for "Kennedy and Heidi" (2007) Greg Yaitanes for "House's Head" (2008) Rod Holcomb for "And in the End..." (2009)
2010s	Steve Shill for "The Getaway" (2010) Martin Scorsese for "Boardwalk Empire" (2011) Tim Van Patten for "To the Lost" (2012) David Fincher for "Chapter 1" (2013) Cary Joji Fukunaga for "Who Goes There" (2014) David Nutter for "Mother's Mercy" (2015) Miguel Sapochnik for "Battle of the Bastards" (2016) Reed Morano for "Offred" (2017) Stephen Daldry for "Paterfamilias" (2018) Jason Bateman for "Reparations" (2019)
2020s	Andrij Parekh for "Hunting" (2020) Jessica Hobbs for "War" (2021) Hwang Dong-hyuk for "Red Light, Green Light" (2022) Mark Mylod for "Connor's Wedding" (2023) Frederick E. O. Toye for "Crimson Sky" (2024)

v t e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
1970s	Fielder Cook (1971) Tom Gries (1972) Joseph Sargent (1973) John Korty (1974) George Cukor (1975) Daniel Petrie (1976) Daniel Petrie (1977) David Lowell Rich (1978) David Greene (1979)
1980s	Marvin J. Chomsky (1980) James Goldstone (1981) Marvin J. Chomsky (1982) John Erman (1983) Jeff Bleckner (1984) Lamont Johnson (1985) Joseph Sargent (1986) Glenn A. Jordan (1987) Lamont Johnson (1988) Simon Wincer (1989)
1990s	Joseph Sargent (1990) Brian Gibson (1991) Joseph Sargent (1992) James Steven Sadwith (1993) John Frankenheimer (1994) John Frankenheimer (1995) John Frankenheimer (1996) Andrei Konchalovsky (1997) John Frankenheimer (1998) Allan Arkush (1999)
2000s	Charles S. Dutton (2000) Mike Nichols (2001) David Frankel, Tom Hanks, David Leland, Richard Loncraine, David Nutter, Phil Alden Robinson, Mikael Salomon and Tony To (2002) Steven Schachter (2003) Mike Nichols (2004) Stephen Hopkins (2005) Tom Hooper (2006) Philip Martin (2007) Jay Roach (2008) Dearbhla Walsh (2009)
2010s	Mick Jackson (2010) Brian Percival (2011) Jay Roach (2012) Steven Soderbergh (2013) Colin Bucksey (2014) Lisa Cholodenko (2015) Susanne Bier (2016) Jean-Marc Vallée (2017) Ryan Murphy (2018) Johan Renck (2019)
2020s	Maria Schrader (2020) Scott Frank (2021) Mike White (2022) Lee Sung Jin (2023) Steven Zaillian (2024)

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