Marvin J. Chomsky

Chomsky studied at Syracuse University, Stanford University and Stuyvesant High School. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is film production. Distinctions recorded are Primetime Emmy Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.

• Name — Marvin J. Chomsky • Birth Name — Marvin Joseph Chomsky • Born — 23 May 1929 • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Died — 28 March 2022 • Place of death — Santa Monica, California, U.S. • Occupation — * Director • producer • Education — Syracuse University Stanford University • Relatives — Noam Chomsky (cousin) • Spouse — Tobye Kaplan (divorced) Christa Baum (separated) • Children — 3

Chomsky, born in the Bronx, is the son of Jewish parents who immigrated from the Russian Empire. He attended Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, during which time he began working in radio, and later on, for a television show aimed at teenagers, while the medium was still in its early stages. He was graduated from Syracuse University with a bachelor's degree in speech in 1950, and from Stanford University with a master's degree in drama the following year. He also served in the U.S. Army, before pursuing a career in film and television. His early jobs included work as an art director, set decorator, and producer. Chomsky was a prolific television director, and his career spanned from 1964 to 1995. During the late 1960s, Chomsky directed episodes of The Wild Wild West. He also directed episodes of Star Trek, Gunsmoke, and Hawaii Five-O. He also directed made-for-TV movies such as Brink's: The Great Robbery (1976), Victory at Entebbe (1976), Attica (1980) and Billionaire Boys Club (1987). During the 1970s, Chomsky served as one of the directors for the miniseries Roots (1977), and he worked on other miniseries such as Holocaust (1978), Inside the Third Reich (1982) and Peter the Great (1986). He directed Vanessa Redgrave in the 1982 TV movie, My Body, My Child, the miniseries The Brotherhood of the Rose (1989) with Robert Mitchum, Peter Strauss and David Morse, and the TV movie Catherine the Great (1995), starring Catherine Zeta-Jones. His feature film directing credits include Evel Knievel (1971), Live A Little, Steal A Lot (1975), Mackintosh and T.J. (1976), Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979) and Tank (1984).

• Illustration — Noam Chomsky cousin of Marvin Chomsky Chomsky was married twice, first to Tobye Kaplan, until their divorce, and then to Christa Baum, from whom he was separated at the time of his death. He had three sons, including Peter Chomsky, who is also a television producer. He was a cousin of linguist Noam Chomsky. Chomsky died under hospice care in Santa Monica, California, on March 28, 2022, aged 92.

Chomsky is recorded as having received Primetime Emmy Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. The identifiers under which Marvin J. Chomsky may be traced in institutional catalogues.