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Home/People/Joel Zwick
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Born
Jan 11, 1942
Age 84
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

3
Movies
0
TV Shows
39
Directed
IMDb Profile

Joel Zwick

Directing

Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joel Zwick (born January 11, 1942) is an American film, television and theatre director. He is best known for his work on Perfect Strangers, Full House, Family Matters and well as directing the films My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Fat Albert. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was educated at Brooklyn College. He directed twenty-one pilots, all of which went on to have successful runs as weekly series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joel Zwick, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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