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

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Marvin J. Chomsky, a four-time Emmy-winning director whose credits include the seminal 1977 miniseries Roots, Holocaust and dozens of TV series including the original Star Trek and Hawaii Five-O, died Monday.

He was 92.His son, producer Peter Chomsky, told Deadline that his father died in his sleep but gave no other details.Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2022: Photo GalleryThe elder Chomsky already was a veteran TV director when he scored an Emmy nomination for helming two episodes of the groundbreaking slavery saga Roots.

He went on to win Emmys for directing the harrowing 1978 miniseries Holocaust, telefilms Attica (1980) and Inside the Third Reich (1982) and the Maximilian Schell-led miniseries Peter the Great (1986).

He earned nominations for helming Evita Peron (1981), Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986) and Billionaire Boys Club (1987), also scoring an Outstanding Miniseries nom as the latter’s supervising producer.When he accepted his Emmy for Inside the Third Reich, Chomsky noted that he had won awards for directing projects about events that “never should have happened.”Born on May 23, 1929, in New York City, Chomsky began his career as an art director and set decorator before directing some episodes of medical drama The Nurses (aka The Doctors and the Nurses).