Marvin J. Chomsky Dies: ‘Roots’ & ‘Star Trek’ Director Who Won Four Emmys Was 92

Marvin J. Chomsky, a four-time Emmy-winning director whose credits include the seminal 1977 miniseries ‘Roots’ and the original ‘Star Trek,’ died Monday. He was 92

: “And the Children Shall Lead,” “Days of the Dove” and “All Our Yesterdays.”Chomsky continued to direct TV dramas into the 1970s, including episodes ofalong with several telefilms. But his profile was heightened when he helmed multiple episodes ofthe ambitious and daring ABC miniseries starring LeVar Burton, John Amos, Louis Gossett Jr. and others. Based on Alex Haley’s stirring best seller, it was a phenomenon — shattering ratings records and becoming the most-watched TV drama in history.

population tuned in, kicking off TV’s Age of the Miniseries.which followed a fictional German Jewish family and a rising member of the SS amid the onset of Nazism and as the planet careened into World War II. It starred, among others, Michael Moriarty, Fritz Weaver, James Woods and a young Meryl Streep in her breakout role.

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