Marshall Schreiber Herskovitz (born February 23, 1952) is an American film director, writer and producer, and currently the President Emeritus of the
Producers Guild of America. Among his productions are
Traffic,
The Last Samurai,
Blood Diamond, and
I Am Sam. Herskovitz has directed two feature films,
Jack the Bear and
Dangerous Beauty. Herskovitz was a creator and executive producer of the television shows
thirtysomething,
My So-Called Life, and
Once and Again, and also wrote and directed several episodes of all three series.