BPS 117: How to Be a Screenwriter in Hollywood with Marshall Herskovitz

Bulletproof Screenwriting™ Podcast · Apr 21, 2021 · 1h 43m

Our guest today is the former president of the producers Guild of America, established producer, writer, and director, Marshall Herskovitz. Much of his production projects have been in partnership with his long-time filmmaking friend, Edward Zwick whose films, he’s produced and written half of. Their decades-long filmmaking partnership was launched as co-creators of the 1987 TV show, ThirtySomething.

Now, Marshall had already written for the TV show, Family, in 1976. So his understanding of TV was pivotal in the success of 30 Something.

Other projects he’s credited for executive producing or…