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Joel Zwick

American film, television and theatre director · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1942 · age 84

Joel Rudolf Zwick is an American film director, television director, and theater director. He worked on the television series Perfect Strangers, Full House, and Family Matters, and directed the films My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Second Sight, and Fat Albert.

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A typical day, 30 days to 22 June 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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2021Tango ShalomFilm, Producer2018Viewer Direction AdvisedFilm2016Fuller HouseSeries, Director2014Girl Meets WorldSeries, Director2012Shake It Up: Made in JapanFilm, Director2010Pair of KingsSeries, Director2004Elvis Has Left the BuildingFilm, DirectorFat AlbertFilm, 2004Director2003Two and a Half MenSeries, Director2002My Big Fat Greek WeddingFilm, Director1996Malcolm & EddieSeries, Director1991Step by StepSeries, Director1989Adventures in BabysittingFilm, DirectorSecond SightFilm, 1989Director1987Full HouseSeries, Director1984BrothersSeries, Director1982Little DarlingsFilm, Director, Producer1980Bosom BuddiesSeries, Director1979America 2100Film, DirectorSitcom: The Adventures of Garry MarshallFilm1976Laverne & ShirleySeries, Director1942Born11 January 1942

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  • My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2002
  • Elvis Has Left the Building 2004
  • Fat Albert 2004

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Filmography 11

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Television 24

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Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1942 · age 84

In the same film or series as Joel

Karen ValentineAlso in America 2100 (1979)Amy OkudaAlso in Shake It Up: Made in Japan (2012)Tom SchulmanAlso in Second Sight (1989)Philip Charles MacKenzieAlso in Elvis Has Left the Building (2004)Jermaine WilliamsAlso in Fat Albert (2004)