Stuart Rosenberg

Stuart Rosenberg

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1927-08-11
Deathday: 2007-03-15 (79 years old)

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Biography

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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Filmography

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Director 40

Movies 24

TV Shows 19

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A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'

A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke' (2008)

Movie
Director
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991)

Movie
Director
Let's Get Harry

Let's Get Harry (1986)

Movie
Director
The Pope of Greenwich Village

The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)

Movie
Director
Brubaker

Brubaker (1980)

Movie
6
Director
The Amityville Horror

The Amityville Horror (1979)

Movie
5.12
Director
Love and Bullets

Love and Bullets (1979)

Movie
Director
Voyage of the Damned

Voyage of the Damned (1976)

Movie
6
Director
The Drowning Pool

The Drowning Pool (1975)

Movie
Director
The Laughing Policeman

The Laughing Policeman (1973)

Movie
Director
Pocket Money

Pocket Money (1972)

Movie
Director
WUSA

WUSA (1970)

Movie
Director
Move

Move (1970)

Movie
Director
The April Fools

The April Fools (1969)

Movie
Director
Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Movie
5.25
Self
Luke

Luke (1967)

Movie
Director
Fame Is the Name of the Game

Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966)

Movie
Director
A Small Rebellion

A Small Rebellion (1966)

Movie
Director
The Trials of O'Brien

The Trials of O'Brien (1965)

TV
Director
Run for Your Life

Run for Your Life (1965)

TV
Director
Asylum for a Spy

Asylum for a Spy (1965)

Movie
Director
For the People

For the People (1965)

TV
Director
Reporter

Reporter (1964)

TV
Director
Calhoun

Calhoun (1964)

Movie
Director
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)

TV
Director
Espionage

Espionage (1963)

TV
Director
The Richard Boone Show

The Richard Boone Show (1963)

TV
Director
Ben Casey

Ben Casey (1961)

TV
4.75
Director
Bus Stop

Bus Stop (1961)

TV
Director
Question 7

Question 7 (1961)

Movie
Director
The Defenders

The Defenders (1961)

TV
Director
The Barbara Stanwyck Show

The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960)

TV
Director
Murder, Inc.

Murder, Inc. (1960)

Movie
Director
Escape to Sonoita

Escape to Sonoita (1960)

Movie
Director
Hong Kong

Hong Kong (1960)

TV
Director
Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise (1959)

TV
Director
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone (1959)

TV
8
Director
Rawhide

Rawhide (1959)

TV
4
Director
Naked City

Naked City (1958)

TV
Director
Decoy

Decoy (1957)

TV
Director
Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957)

TV
Director
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

TV
4.75
Himself
Harper Days are Here Again

Harper Days are Here Again

Movie

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Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1927-08-11

Deathday
2007-03-15 (79 years old)

Birth Place
Brooklyn, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Alan Smithee, 스튜어트 로젠버그

Awards
National Board of Review Award for Best Film, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series


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