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Robert F. Colesberry

Actor / Film Producer / Television Producer | * 03/07/1946 († 57, 02/09/2004) | Philadelphia (United States of America (USA))
Robert F. Colesberry Jr. (March 7, 1946 – February 9, 2004) was an American film and television producer, best known as a co-creator of the television series The Wire (2002–2008) for HBO, executive producer of the miniseries The Corner (2000), and a producer for Martin Scorsese's After Hours (1985), Alan Parker's Mississippi Burning (1988), and Billy Crystal's 61* (2001). Colesberry was also an occasional actor. ()
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Robert F. "Bob" Colesberry Jr. was an American film and television producer, best known as a co-creator of the television series The Wire for HBO, executive producer of the miniseries The Corner, and a producer for Martin Scorsese's After Hours, Alan Parker's Mississippi Burning, and Billy Crystal's 61*.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations. ...

K-PAX

PG-13

2001 | 3.6/5 | 2h
Science Fiction, Drama
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An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho whom he met that evening at a coffee shop. ...

After Hours

R

1985 | 3.8/5 | 1h 37min
Comedy, Thriller, Drama
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Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger ...

Mississippi Burning

R

1988 | 3.8/5 | 2h 8min
Drama, Thriller, Crime, History, Mystery
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Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-s ...

The Wire

TV-MA

2002 | 4.3/5 | 1h per episode
Crime, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Robert F. Colesberry

Academy Award for Best Picture
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Movies with Robert F. Colesberry as Actor(3)

as Jack Kelly1991 Billy Bathgate
as Cameraman1988 Mississippi Burning
as Marine Recruiter1984 Reckless

TV Shows/Series with Robert F. Colesberry as Actor(1)

as Det. Ray Cole (uncredited)2002 The Wire

Movies with Robert F. Colesberry as Crew(25)

Production/Executive Producer2001 Peroxide Passion
Production/Producer2001 61*
Production/Producer2001 K-PAX
Production/Unit Production Manager2001 K-PAX
Production/Producer1999 Ride with the Devil
Production/Executive Producer1998 Long Time Since
Production/Producer1997 The Devil's Own
Production/Producer1994 Being Human
Production/Producer1994 The Road to Wellville
Production/Producer1991 Billy Bathgate
Production/Producer1990 Come See the Paradise
Production/Producer1988 Mississippi Burning
Production/Producer1988 The House on Carroll Street
Production/Producer1987 Housekeeping
Production/Producer1985 After Hours
Production/Producer1985 Death of a Salesman
Production/Associate Producer1984 Reckless
Production/Unit Production Manager1984 Reckless
Production/Associate Producer1984 Falling in Love
Production/Associate Producer1983 Baby It's You
Production/Production Coordinator1983 Copkiller
Production/Associate Producer1982 The King of Comedy
Production/Production Manager1982 The King of Comedy
Directing/Assistant Director1977 Short Eyes
Production/Location Coordinator1977 Nasty Habits

TV Shows/Series with Robert F. Colesberry as Crew(4)

Directing/Director2002 The Wire
Production/Producer2002 The Wire
Production/Executive Producer2002 The Wire
Production/Executive Producer2000 The Corner

Born: Thursday, 03/07 1946 (March) in Philadelphia (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 02/09 2004 (February) in New York City (aged: 57)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Southern Connecticut State University
Spouses (current/former): Karen L. Thorson
Other names for Robert F. Colesberry (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Bob Colesberry"
Robert F. Colesberry frequently works together with these people:
David Simon (8x, Crew)
Alan Parker (6x, Crew)
Michael Ballhaus (5x, Crew)
Martin Scorsese (4x, Actor)
Nina Kostroff-Noble (4x, Crew)
Ed Burns (4x, Crew)
Bill Forsyth (4x, Crew)
John Willett (4x, Crew)
Juliet Taylor (3x, Crew)
Gerry Hambling (3x, Crew)
Gil Rossellini (3x, Crew)
Tom Fleischman (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:608056, Added: 10/18/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024