Ed Zwick’s Golden Moviemaking Rules

by Ed Zwick
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/directing/article/ed_zwick_defiance_daniel_craig_liev_schreiber_20090102/
From Glory and Legends of the Fall to The Last Samurai and Blood Diamond, Ed Zwick is a master of epic moviemaking. As a producer, he has lent his talents to such groundbreaking television shows as “thirtysomething” and “My So-Called Life” and won a Best Picture Oscar for John Madden’s Shakespeare in Love. He was also nominated for Steven Soderbergh’s Traffic. Zwick’s latest movie, the World War II epic Defiance, which he wrote, directed and produced, starring Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell, opened in December 2008. Here the moviemaker reveals his 10 Golden Rules.