Marvin J. Chomsky

Career Overview

Marvin J. Chomsky has 55 screen credits in a career dating back to 1955. Their work spans 2 cinematic universes — most prominently The Shamus Collection with 1 titles. Signature works include Roots, The Deliberate Stranger, Tank. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

55

Birth Date

1929-05-23

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  Roots
• 

  The Deliberate Stranger
• 

  Tank
• 

  Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
• 

  Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
• 

  I'll Be Home for Christmas

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 2 universes

• The Shamus Collection (1 titles)
• Etta Place Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• George Grizzard (2 collaborations)
• Eileen Heckart (2 collaborations)
• Mark Harmon (1 collaborations)
• Frederic Forrest (1 collaborations)
• Ben Masters (1 collaborations)
• Glynnis O'Connor (1 collaborations)
• M. Emmet Walsh (1 collaborations)
• John Ashton (1 collaborations)
• Bonnie Bartlett (1 collaborations)
• Billy Green Bush (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (3 credits)

  • Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • How Holocaust came to Television

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Remembering Roots

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2002

• directing (47 credits)

  • Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story

    director

    directing
    1993
  • Telling Secrets

    director

    directing
    1993
  • The Strauss Dynasty

    director

    directing
    1991
  • I'll Be Home for Christmas

    director

    directing
    1988
  • Billionaire Boys Club

    director

    directing
    1987
  • Angel in Green

    director

    directing
    1987
  • The Deliberate Stranger

    director

    directing
    1986
  • Tank

    director

    directing
    1984
  • Nairobi Affair

    director

    directing
    1984
  • I Was a Mail Order Bride

    director

    directing
    1982
  • My Body, My Child

    director

    directing
    1982
  • Evita Peron

    director

    directing
    1981
  • King Crab

    director

    directing
    1980
  • Attica

    director

    directing
    1980
  • Doctor Franken

    director

    directing
    1980
  • Hollow Image

    director

    directing
    1979
  • Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration

    director

    directing
    1979
  • Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

    director

    directing
    1979
  • Danger in Paradise

    director

    directing
    1977
  • Roots

    director

    directing

    - Part VIII (1977) ... director directing

    - Part VII (1977) ... director directing

    - Part VI (1977) ... director directing

    - Part V (1977) ... director directing

    - Part IV (1977) ... director directing
    1977
  • Little Ladies of the Night

    director

    directing
    1977
  • Victory at Entebbe

    director

    directing
    1976
  • Law and Order

    director

    directing
    1976
  • Brinks: The Great Robbery

    director

    directing
    1976
  • Mackintosh and T.J.

    director

    directing
    1975
  • Murph the Surf

    director

    directing
    1975
  • Kate McShane

    director

    directing
    1975
  • A Matter of Wife... and Death

    director

    directing
    1975
  • Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

    director

    directing
    1975
  • The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One

    director

    directing
    1974
  • Mrs. Sundance

    director

    directing
    1974
  • The Magician

    director

    directing
    1973
  • Female Artillery

    director

    directing
    1973
  • Police Story

    - The Ten Year Honeymoon (1973) ... director directing

    - Requiem for an Informer (1973) ... director directing
    1973
  • Family Flight

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Fireball Forward

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Sam Cade

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Mongo's Back in Town

    director

    directing
    1971
  • Evel Knievel

    director

    directing
    1971
  • Assault on the Wayne

    director

    directing
    1971
  • Cannon

    - Devil's Playground (1972) ... director directing
    1971
  • The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City

    director

    directing
    1970
  • Hawaii Five-O

    - Pig In A Blanket (1972) ... director directing

    - Three Dead Cows At Makapuu (2) (1970) ... director directing

    - Three Dead Cows At Makapuu (1) (1970) ... director directing
    1969
  • Mission: Impossible

    - Run for the Money (1971) ... director directing

    - Mindbend (1971) ... director directing

    - Terror (1970) ... director directing

    - Phantoms (1970) ... director directing
    1966
  • Star Trek

    - All Our Yesterdays (1969) ... director directing

    - Day of the Dove (1968) ... director directing

    - And the Children Shall Lead (1968) ... director directing
    1966
  • The Wild Wild West

    - The Night of the Bleak Island (1969) ... director directing

    - The Night of the Winged Terror (2) (1969) ... director directing

    - The Night of the Winged Terror (1) (1969) ... director directing

    - The Night of the Camera (1968) ... director directing

    - The Night of the Egyptian Queen (1968) ... director directing
    1965
  • Gunsmoke

    - The Innocent (1969) ... director directing
    1955

• production (4 credits)

  • Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story

    producer

    production
    1993
  • The Deliberate Stranger

    producer

    production
    1986
  • Evita Peron

    producer

    production
    1981
  • The Bubble

    associate producer

    production
    1966

• art (1 credits)

  • The Bubble

    art direction

    art
    1966