Joel Zwick

Joel Zwick Biographical Information Gender: Male Date of birth: January 11, 1942 Age: 71 Nationality: American Hometown: Brooklyn, New York Professional Information Occupation(s): Director Years active: 1977-present Shake It Up Credentials Director: Wild It Up Match It Up Show It Up Sweat It Up Charlie Shakes It Up Shrink It Up Three's a Crowd It Up Shake It Up, Up & Away Beam It Up Doctor It Up Review It Up Double Pegasus It Up Auction It Up Camp It Up Apply It Up Split It Up Copy Kat It Up Egg It Up Parent Trap It Up Whodunit Up? Tunnel It Up Protest It Up Boot It Up Embarrass It Up Made in Japan Fire It Up Spirit It Up Lock It Up

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, and Family Matters, as well as directing the films My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Second Sight and Fat Albert.

Biography

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.

Credits

Television

• Bustin' Loose (1977)
• Insight (1978)
• Mork & Mindy (1978)
• Makin' It (1979)
• Goodtime Girls (1980)
• Laverne & Shirley (1978–1980)
• It's a Living (1980–1981)
• Bosom Buddies (1980–1982)
• Joanie Loves Chachi (1982)
• The New Odd Couple (1982)
• Brothers (1984–1985)
• Webster (1983–1986)
• Perfect Strangers (1986–1992)
• On Our Own (1994)
• The Wayans Bros. (1995)
• Full House (1987–1995)
• Kirk (1995)
• The Parent 'Hood (1995)
• Step by Step (1992–1996)
• Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1992–1997)
• Meego (1997)
• Family Matters (1989–1998)
• The Jamie Foxx Show (1998)
• The Love Boat: The Next Wave (1999)
• Two of a Kind (1999)
• Two and a Half Men (2008)
• The Suite Life on Deck (2010–2011)
• Pair of Kings (2010-2011)
• Good Luck Charlie (2010–2011)
• Shake It Up (2010–2011)
• I'm in the Band (2010–2011)

Film

• Second Sight (1988)
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
• Elvis Has Left the Building (2004)
• Fat Albert (2004)

Broadway

• Dance with Me (musical), 1975
• Esther (Promenade Theater)
• George Gershwin, Alone (One Man Show), Helen Hayes Theater 2001
• Back From Broadway, Benefit concert Lincoln Center, 2002

Theater

• Charter member of "La MaMa, E.T.C." created and founded by Ellen Stewart
• Acted in the original production of "MacBird"

Directed the following theater productions:

• "Dance With Me" (Tony Nomination)
• "Shenandoah" (Broadway national tour)
• "Oklahoma" (National tour)
• "Cold Storage" (American Place Theater)
• "Esther" (Promenade Theater, NY)
• "Merry-Go-Round" (Chicago and Las Vegas)
• "Last Chance Saloon" (West End, London)
• "Woycek" (West End, London)
• "Carry A. Nation" (Triangle Theater)
• "George Gershwin Alone" (One man show) (Los Angeles; Broadway; West End London; Ford Theater - Washington, DC; Chicago, IL; W. Palm Beach, FL; Old Globe - San Diego, CA; North Korea; etc.)
• "Back From Broadway"
• "Monsieur Chopin" (One man show)
• "Beethoven, As I Knew Him" (One man show)
• Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein (One man show)

Teaching credentials

• Yale University
• Brooklyn College
• Queens College, City University of New York
• Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
• University of Southern California