The Education of Max Bickford Pilot (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Drama

The Education of Max Bickford

Pilot (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Drama

Dreyfuss as a professor at a women's college who loses a much hoped-for endowed chair to one of his former students. This begins a series shocks and disappointments.

Director

Rod Holcomb

Writers

Dawn Prestwich (creator) (written by) | Nicole Yorkin (creator) (written by)

Producer

Emile B. Levisetti (as Emile Levisetti)

Composers

David Was | Don Was

Cinematographer

Andrew Dintenfass

Production Designer

James William Newport

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 23, 2001

Release date

Sep 23, 2001 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

3 wins & 2 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
31 cast members

Name	Known for
Richard Dreyfuss Max Bickford Max Bickford See fewer	The Goodbye Girl (1977)
Marcia Gay Harden Andrea Haskell Andrea Haskell See fewer	Mystic River (2003)
Eric Ian Goldberg Lester 'Pres' Bickford Lester 'Pres' Bickford See fewer	Miss Congeniality (2000)
Katee Sackhoff Nell Bickford Nell Bickford See fewer	Battlestar Galactica (2004)
Erick Avari McKenny Dawes McKenny Dawes See fewer	Mr. Deeds (2002)
Thom Barry Garvis Garvis See fewer	The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Anna Bradley College Student College Student See fewer	Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
Whitney Brodsky Core Student Core Student See fewer	The Education of Max Bickford (2001)
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L.B. Fisher Adam Adam See fewer	Daydream Believers: The Monkees Story (2000)
Ron Glass Graham Redmond Graham Redmond See fewer	Serenity (2005)
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