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Stuart Rosenberg

Television Director / Film Director | * 08/11/1927 († 79, 03/15/2007) | Brooklyn, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Stuart Rosenberg (August 11, 1927 – March 15, 2007) was an American film and television director whose motion pictures include Cool Hand Luke (1967), Voyage of the Damned (1976), The Amityville Horror (1979), and The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984). He was noted for his work with actor Paul Newman. ()
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Stuart Rosenberg was an American film and television director whose notable works included the movies Cool Hand Luke (1967), Voyage of the Damned (1976), The Amityville Horror (1979), and The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984). He was noted for his work with actor Paul Newman.Rosenberg was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Sara (née Kaminsky) and David Rosenberg. He studied Irish literature at New York University in Manhattan, and began working as an apprentice film editor while in graduate school.After advancing to film editor, he then transitioned into directing with episodes of the syndicated TV series Decoy (1957–59). It was the first police series on American television built around a female protagonist. Over the next two years, Rosenberg directed 15 episodes of the ABC police-detective series Naked City, also shot in New York City. Fifteen episodes of The Untouchables followed, eight of the anthology series Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, five of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and three of The Twilight Zone, along with episodes of Adventures in Paradise, The Barbara Stanwyck Show, Ben Casey, Rawhide with Clint Eastwood, and Falk's The Trials of O'Brien, among other shows. He won a 1963 Emmy Award for directing "The Madman", one of his 19 episodes of the courtroom drama The Defenders.Following the Lutheran-financed U.S.-German co-production Question 7 (1961), filmed in West Berlin, Germany, Rosenberg shot the 1965 TV-movie, Memorandum for a Spy and the 1966 telefilm Fame Is the Name of the Game before making his major-studio debut with the Paul Newman hit Cool Hand Luke (1967). Rosenberg had come across Donn Pearce's chain gang novel and developed the film with actor Jack Lemmon's production company, Jalem. Years later, Rosenberg would replace Bob Rafelson on another prison movie, Brubaker (1980) starring Robert Redford.Other Rosenberg films include The April Fools (1969), with French actress Catherine Deneuve in her American debut opposite Jack Lemmon; the Newman movies WUSA (1970), Pocket Money (1972) and The Drowning Pool (1975); the Walter Matthau police-detective thriller The Laughing Policeman (1973); the Charles Bronson action picture Love and Bullets (1979); and another action movie Let's Get Harry (1986), for which Rosenberg used the Directors Guild of America pseudonym Alan Smithee. He was famous for straight dramas and, especially, crime films. The most acclaimed movie he did after 'Cool Hand Luke' was The Pope of Greenwich Village with Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, and Daryl Hannah.He made his last film, the independent drama My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, in 1991.In 1993, Rosenberg became a teacher at the American Film Institute. Among his students were those who would go on to make names for themselves: Todd Field, Darren Aronofsky, Mark Waters, Scott Silver, Doug Ellin and Rob Schmidt.Rosenberg died in 2007 of a heart attack at his home in Beverly Hills, California. He was survived by his wife, Margot Pohoryles, whom he had met at NYU; son Benjamin Rosenberg, a first assistant director; as well as four grandchildren.His students' films The Spiderwick Chronicles, The Alphabet Killer, and The Wrestler that were released in 2008 were dedicated in memory of him.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Comedies

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Awards & Nominations for Stuart Rosenberg

National Board of Review Award for Best Film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
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Movies with Stuart Rosenberg as Actor(1)

Movies with Stuart Rosenberg as Crew(23)

Directing/Director1991 My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Directing/Director1986 Let's Get Harry
Directing/Director1984 The Pope of Greenwich Village
Directing/Director1980 Brubaker
Directing/Director1979 The Amityville Horror
Directing/Director1979 Love and Bullets
Directing/Director1976 Voyage of the Damned
Directing/Director1975 The Drowning Pool
Directing/Director1973 The Laughing Policeman
Production/Producer1973 The Laughing Policeman
Writing/Screenplay1973 The Laughing Policeman
Directing/Director1972 Pocket Money
Directing/Director1970 Move
Directing/Director1970 WUSA
Directing/Director1969 The April Fools
Directing/Director1967 Cool Hand Luke
Directing/Director1966 Fame Is the Name of the Game
Directing/Director1966 A Small Rebellion
Directing/Director1965 Asylum for a Spy
Directing/Director1964 Calhoun
Directing/Director1961 Question 7
Directing/Director1960 Murder, Inc.
Directing/Director1960 Escape to Sonoita

TV Shows/Series with Stuart Rosenberg as Crew(19)

Directing/Director1965 The Trials of O'Brien
Directing/Director1965 For the People
Directing/Director1965 Run for Your Life
Directing/Director1964 Reporter
Directing/Director1963 Espionage
Directing/Director1963 The Richard Boone Show
Directing/Director1961 The Defenders
Directing/Director1961 Bus Stop
Directing/Director1961 Ben Casey
Directing/Director1960 The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Directing/Director1960 Hong Kong
Directing/Director1959 Rawhide
Directing/Director1959 Adventures in Paradise
Directing/Director1959 The Twilight Zone
Directing/Director1958 Naked City
Directing/Director1957 Decoy
Directing/Director1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Directing/Director1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Full Name: Stuart Rosenberg
Born: Thursday, 08/11 1927 (August) in Brooklyn, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 03/15 2007 (March) in Beverly Hills (aged: 79)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: New York University
Other names for Stuart Rosenberg (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Alan Smithee"
Stuart Rosenberg frequently works together with these people:
Barbara Stanwyck (32x, Actress)
Robert McCord (18x, Actor)
Simon Oakland (17x, Actor)
Nehemiah Persoff (14x, Actor)
Jack Klugman (14x, Actor)
Martin Balsam (13x, Actor)
William Shatner (13x, Actor)
Jeanette Nolan (13x, Actress)
Raymond Bailey (13x, Actor)
Russell Collins (13x, Actor)
Bethel Leslie (12x, Actress)
Lalo Schifrin (8x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:487469, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 03/25/2024