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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.

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Stuart Rosenberg Biography / Wiki

NameStuart Rosenberg
Also KnowAlan Smithee
GenderMale
Known ForDirecting
Place of BirthBrooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Date of Birth1927-08-11
Age(as in 2022)79
Deathday2007-03-15

Stuart Rosenberg Acting Movies

Movie NameCharacterRelease DateOverview
Harper Days are Here AgainHimselfPromotional behind-the-scenes look at ‘The Drowning Pool’ (1975)….

Stuart Rosenberg Directing Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
Cool Hand LukeDirector1967-06-22When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn’t play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the…
BrubakerDirector1980-06-20The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate….
The Amityville HorrorDirector1979-07-26George Lutz and his wife Kathleen, move into their Long Island dream house with their children only for their lives to be turned into a hellish nightm…
The Pope of Greenwich VillageDirector1984-06-22Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a “sure thing” race horse that Paulie has inside information on. Th…
The Drowning PoolDirector1975-07-01Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. …
The Laughing PolicemanDirector1973-12-20When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, along with the man he’d been following in relation to…
Murder, Inc.Director1960-06-28Chronicles the rise and fall of the organised crime syndicate known as Murder, Incorporated, focusing on powerful boss Lepke and violent hit man Reles…
Love and BulletsDirector1979-04-05Jackie Pruit is the girlfriend of notorious gangster Joe Bomposa. When it looks as if Bomposa’s goons are threatening Jackie’s life, the FBI moves in …
Pocket MoneyDirector1972-01-01Broke and in debt, an otherwise honest cowboy gets mixed up in some shady dealings with a crooked rancher….
WUSADirector1970-08-19Rheinhardt, a cynical drifter, gets a job as an announcer for right-wing radio station WUSA in New Orleans. Rheinhardt is content to parrot WUSA’s rea…
The April FoolsDirector1969-05-28Newly-promoted if none too happily married Howard Brubaker leaves a rowdy company party early with the stunning Catherine, whom it turns out is hersel…
Voyage of the DamnedDirector1976-12-22A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler’s Germany in a desperate fight for survival….
My Heroes Have Always Been CowboysDirector1991-03-01H.D. Dalton is a champion rodeo rider whose career is ruined after being gored by a bull. He returns home to discover things have drastically changed …
MoveDirector1970-07-31A young playwright who writes porno novels to overcome a writer’s block, lives the fantasies of one of his books, while trying to move with his wife f…
Question 7Director1961-09-28Suspenseful story of a boy and his father, each forced to decide his future on his willingness to stand up for what he believes….
Fame Is the Name of the GameDirector1966-11-26A brash, big-time investigative reporter, looking into the death of a call girl, uncovers her diary and tries to find her killer among the names conta…
Let’s Get HarryDirector1986-10-31Harry Burck has been kidnapped by South American terrorists, and when the US Government refuses to intervene, Harry’s friends decide to take matters i…
CalhounDirector1964-07-08Unaired pilot for a drama/adventure series about a county agent….
A Small RebellionDirector1966-02-09An angry young man of the theatre, who has written a play that could be a hit, if actress Sara Lescaut agrees to play the lead. Kolinos, however, is d…
Asylum for a SpyDirector1965-04-02A spy wants to “come in from the cold” since his last assignment resulted in the death of two innocent people. But the service cannot let a man quit….
DirectorA television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries….
DirectorA series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a mac…
DirectorThe tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventu…
DirectorThe Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in…
DirectorAdventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as Ada…
DirectorRun for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only a short time to live. It ran on NBC from 1965 to 1968…
DirectorNew York City policewoman Casey Jones’ assignment to fight crime often entails her going undercover in some of the seediest and most dangerous parts o…
DirectorBen Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand…
DirectorThe Richard Boone Show is a short-lived, award-winning anthology television series. It aired on NBC during the 1963-64 season….
DirectorFor the People is an American Legal drama that aired from January 31 until May 9, 1965….
DirectorHong Kong is a 26-episode adventure/drama series which aired on ABC television during the 1960–1961 season and helped to catapult Australian actor R…
DirectorNaked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the sam…
DirectorBus Stop is a 26-episode American drama which aired on ABC from October 1, 1961, until March 25, 1962, starring Marilyn Maxwell as Grace Sherwood, the…
DirectorThe Trials of O’Brien is a 1965 television series starring Peter Falk as a sordid Shakespeare-quoting lawyer and featuring Elaine Stritch as his secre…
DirectorEspionage is a 1963 Associated Television series, distributed outside the UK by ITC Entertainment and networked in the United States by NBC….
DirectorRichard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960….
DirectorBob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967. Th…
DirectorThe Reporter is an American drama series that aired on CBS from September 25 to December 18, 1964. The series was created by Jerome Weidman and develo…
DirectorThe Barbara Stanwyck Show is an American anthology drama television series which ran on NBC from September 1960 to September 1961. Barbara Stanwyck se…

Stuart Rosenberg Production Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
The Laughing PolicemanProducer1973-12-20When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, along with the man he’d been following in relation to…

Writing

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
The Laughing PolicemanScreenplay1973-12-20When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, along with the man he’d been following in relation to…

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