Directing

Marvin J. Chomsky

Born — Died

1929-05-23 — 2022-03-28

Place of birth

New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

43 titles

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Marvin J. Chomsky (born May 23, 1929) is an American television and film director. He has also worked as a producer. He is a cousin of academic Noam Chomsky. Born in New York City, Chomsky graduated from Syracuse University in 1950. His early jobs in the motion picture and television industries included work as an art director, set decorator, and producer. His feature film directing credits include Evel Knievel and Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff. Chomsky is a prolific television director, and his career spanned from 1964-1995. During the late 1960s, Chomsky directed eleven episodes of the television series The Wild Wild West. He also directed episodes of…

Known for

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff poster
5.3

An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and a young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality and emotions.

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

1979

Tank poster
5.7

After relocating his family - and his prized restored Sherman tank - to a small Georgia town, Sargeant Major Zack Carey butts heads with the local sheriff. Zack doesn't agree with the ways of the local police, and when the sheriff goes after Zack's son, it's time for Zack to roll out the Sherman tank and wage a little war of his own.

Tank

1984

Remembering Roots poster
NR

The cast and crew of Roots (1977) recall its phenomenal success on its 25th anniversary.

Remembering Roots

2002

Evel Knievel poster
4.9

Biography of the famed motorcycle daredevil, much of which was filmed in his home town of Butte, Montana. The film depicts Knievel reflecting on major events in his life just before a big jump.

Evel Knievel

1971

Victory at Entebbe poster
5.2

The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda.

Victory at Entebbe

1976

The Deliberate Stranger poster
6.3

Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Ted Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the cooperation of a number of police forces to work efficiently on this case. Soon, but not soon enough, the police eliminate endless possibilities and close in on him. Bundy is tried in the media and his good-boy attitude brings him sympathy but also the hatred of many.

The Deliberate Stranger

1986

Film credits

2010s · 1 titles

Behind the camera

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff poster
5.3

An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and a young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality and emotions.

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

1979

Tank poster
5.7

After relocating his family - and his prized restored Sherman tank - to a small Georgia town, Sargeant Major Zack Carey butts heads with the local sheriff. Zack doesn't agree with the ways of the local police, and when the sheriff goes after Zack's son, it's time for Zack to roll out the Sherman tank and wage a little war of his own.

Tank

1984

Evel Knievel poster
4.9

Biography of the famed motorcycle daredevil, much of which was filmed in his home town of Butte, Montana. The film depicts Knievel reflecting on major events in his life just before a big jump.

Evel Knievel

1971

Victory at Entebbe poster
5.2

The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda.

Victory at Entebbe

1976

The Deliberate Stranger poster
6.3

Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Ted Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the cooperation of a number of police forces to work efficiently on this case. Soon, but not soon enough, the police eliminate endless possibilities and close in on him. Bundy is tried in the media and his good-boy attitude brings him sympathy but also the hatred of many.

The Deliberate Stranger

1986

The Deliberate Stranger poster
6.3

Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Ted Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the cooperation of a number of police forces to work efficiently on this case. Soon, but not soon enough, the police eliminate endless possibilities and close in on him. Bundy is tried in the media and his good-boy attitude brings him sympathy but also the hatred of many.

The Deliberate Stranger

1986

Evita Peron poster
NR

Aspiring actress Eva Duarte rises from a minor celebrity to the wife of a powerful Argentine dictator, but her all consuming fiery rage, ambition, and hatred eventually become her downfall.

Evita Peron

1981

Evita Peron poster
NR

Aspiring actress Eva Duarte rises from a minor celebrity to the wife of a powerful Argentine dictator, but her all consuming fiery rage, ambition, and hatred eventually become her downfall.

Evita Peron

1981

A Matter of Wife... and Death poster
6.7

A private investigator is confronted by the police AND the mob about the killing of a former private-eye associate.

A Matter of Wife... and Death

1975

Little Ladies of the Night poster
4.2

The sister of ex-pimp and current Los Angeles Police detective Lyle York was murdered working the streets a few years ago. Since his reform, he has teamed with Officer Russ Garfield to clear the streets of underage girls working in prostitution. Pretty, young runaway Hailey Atkins has been turned out. Down deep she wants to go straight but has had great difficulty escaping her pimp and doesn't even have a place to go. York and Garfield go out on a limb to try and help.

Little Ladies of the Night

1977

Female Artillery poster
9.0

An outlaw joins up with a wagon train of pioneer women and secretly hides some money there, but his old gang shows up and wants their money - and the women.

Female Artillery

1973

Nairobi Affair poster
5.6

A former green beret is hired by the Kenyan government to stop increasingly bold and violent poachers. As if that wasn't hard enough, he has to deal with his estranged father, now a safari guide, and with the woman they both love.

Nairobi Affair

1984

Catherine the Great poster
5.6

Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great.

Catherine the Great

1996

Catherine the Great poster
5.6

Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great.

Catherine the Great

1996

The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City poster
6.5

Based on Charles Goodrum’s book, "I’ll Trade You an Elk." The mayor wants to close down the run-down city zoo and use the site for a museum, but an accountant and his children fight to save it.

The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City

1970

My Body, My Child poster
9.0

A woman must choose between having an abortion or giving birth to a deformed child.

My Body, My Child

1982

Family Flight poster
5.4

A bitterly divided family is forced to cooperate when their holiday plane crash-lands in the California wilderness. Overcoming their differences, they concentrate on repairing the plane and attempt to build a makeshift runway which will help them escape the unforgiving terrain.

Family Flight

1972

Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration poster
1.0

A salute to Playboy Magazine on the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary, hosted by founding publisher Hugh Hefner and an all-male guest list.

Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration

1979

Hollow Image poster
5.7

A black New York career girl, who has made it big in the fashion world, is torn between her new life "downtown" and her roots in Harlem with an old boyfriend still living there.

Hollow Image

1979

Mackintosh and T.J. poster
6.2

Roy is a ranch hand and a drifter. He takes a young man into his care and helps him to grow up.

Mackintosh and T.J.

1975

Doctor Franken poster
6.0

This variation of the Frankenstein legend, set in a brownstone in present-day Manhattan, has Robert Vaughn as a determined New York surgeon bringing "parts" home from work -- the hospital where he does experimental research -- to painstakingly rebuild the shattered body of an anonymous patient with organs from various donors.

Doctor Franken

1980

The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One poster
8.0

J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI go after notorious bank robber and kidnapper Alvin Karpis and his gang.

The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One

1974

I Was a Mail Order Bride poster
6.0

On a bet with one of his practical-joking partners, a Los Angeles lawyer responds to an ad from a pretty Chicago magazine writer offering herself as a bridal candidate as an investigative reporting assignment, and then makes another bet that he can keep the relationship platonic for two weeks.

I Was a Mail Order Bride

1982

Mrs. Sundance poster
7.7

The girlfriend of the Sundance Kid is on the run, with a price on her head, when she hears rumors that Sundance may still be alive.

Mrs. Sundance

1974

Mongo's Back in Town poster
6.1

Professional killer is hired by his brother, a gang boss, to wipe out a rival gangster.

Mongo's Back in Town

1971

Assault on the Wayne poster
4.3

The U.S. submarine Anthony Wayne is underway for a top-secret mission. Onboard is a highly classified device that will give the Americans a decided nuclear advantage. The entire mission and the secret technology are threatened when the sub commander discovers his crew has been infiltrated by enemy agents. The commander is charged with trying to protect the device while ferreting out the enemy agents. Compounding matters is the state of the commander's physical and mental condition, which is being questioned by his crew.

Assault on the Wayne

1971

I'll Be Home for Christmas poster
7.0

The Bundy family try to have a good family Christmas, despite World War II.

I'll Be Home for Christmas

1988

The Magician poster
8.6

Bill Bixby stars in this NBC pilot movie as a famous stage magician and escape artist who solves crimes.

The Magician

1973

Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story poster
6.5

Relationship problems between a father and son are intensified by Hurricane Andrew.

Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story

1993

Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story poster
6.5

Relationship problems between a father and son are intensified by Hurricane Andrew.

Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story

1993

Brinks: The Great Robbery poster
10.0

In this telling of the infamous 1950 robbery, James McNally is portrayed as the one gang member who maintains his silence in the face of extreme police pressure. When he is sent up to prison and sees the other gang members letting him take all the heat, he still doesn't come clean to the cops. He feels a loyalty to his best friend, who was also in on the crime. But what will his best friend choose to do?

Brinks: The Great Robbery

1976

Telling Secrets poster
5.0

Through a series of elaborate schemes, a wealthy woman arranges for the murder of her husband's mistress and then takes steps so that the crime won't be traced back to her. The detective investigating the murder soon realizes her role in it, and sets out to find a way to pin the murder on her.

Telling Secrets

1993

Murph the Surf poster
3.7

Based on a true story, details the daring 1964 theft of the J.P. Morgan jewel collection from New York's American Museum of Natural History. Called the "Greatest Jewel Heist of the 20th Century," the robbers took 22 precious gems, including the Star of India, the 100.32-carat de Long Ruby and the 16.25-carat Eagle Diamond, stones so famous they would be impossible to sell.

Murph the Surf

1975

Fireball Forward poster
6.5

A hard-nose general takes over a division with a bad combat record.

Fireball Forward

1972

Billionaire Boys Club poster
6.7

The Billionaire Boys Club is based on the true story of Joe Hunt (Nelson), a shady investor who built an empire on B.S. back in the early '80s. Known as the BBC, the story involves a couple of guys recruited into Hunt's company on the promise of making millions. However, every time Hunt's lapdogs think his boss has used his cleverness to make them filthy rich, they instead find themselves with financial losses. Trying to recoup a mounting pile of debt made from giant b.s. deals, the ruthless Hunt involves select members of the BBC to aid in the worst of crimes to get what they want. But a few, scared of how far Hunt will go, try to stop Hunt's brutal reign of terror possibly before real damage begins.

Billionaire Boys Club

1987

Attica poster
5.7

Acclaimed dramatization recreating the incidents surrounding the 1971 revolt in New York's Attica State Prison that lasted for 23 days and resulted in the greatest casualty toll between Americans since the Civil War.

Attica

1980

The Strauss Dynasty poster
8.4

A dramatisation of two generations of the Strauss family of Vienna, whose dance music and operettas dominated much of Europe and beyond for most of the 19th century.

The Strauss Dynasty

1991

King Crab poster
9.0

Two brothers take over the family seafood business, and battle each other for control of the company - and their father's attention.

King Crab

1980

Law and Order poster
8.0

Story follows three generations of a family in the New York City Police Department.

Law and Order

1976

Angel in Green poster
6.5

While a group of Special Forces train a village to defend itself against Terrorists, the Captain of the group locks horns with the resident America Nun, who seems to be slightly better at everything that he is good at.

Angel in Green

1987