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Mark Rosman Born 1959 (age 51–52) Occupation Film/television director, screenwriter Years active 1983–present Mark Rosman (born 1959) is an American film director, television director and screenwriter.
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Background
Rosman is the son of a Beverly Hills dermatologist.[1] He has a brother, a lawyer, and a sister.[2] After graduating from Beverly Hills High School, Rosman went to UCLA but left after two years when he wasn't accepted into the film program there.[2] Rosman was accepted into New York University's film program, where he graduated.[2]
Career
During his senior year at NYU, he worked as a voluntary assistant director on Brian De Palma's Home Movies.[3]
Rosman launched his career with The House on Sorority Row.[1] In 1985, Rosman had just finished the Disney Channel film The Blue Yonder and was set to work on Spot Marks the X when the Writers Guild went on strike.[4] In 1992, he wrote the script for the triller Evolver and directed The Force.[4] In 1996, Rosman directed The Invader.[4]
In 1998, Rosman cowrote the script for and directed The Wonderful World of Disney film Life-Size, which led to directing the television movie Model Behavior.[5] Rosman then went to work on a number of television shows, but all of them were eventually canceled and his next role was directing 2004's A Cinderella Story.[4] He followed that with The Perfect Man, both films starring Hilary Duff.[4]
Rosman has also worked in episodic television, directing episodes of Lizzie McGuire (his first time working with Hilary Duff), Even Stevens, Ghost Whisperer, The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents, State of Grace and Greek.
References
- ^ a b Fenjves, Pablo F.; Lang, Rocky (2006). How I Broke Into Hollywood: Success Stories from the Trenches. HarperCollins. p. 335. ISBN 0060789646, ISBN 9780060789640. http://books.google.com/books?id=sa3bXADGUAIC&pg=PA335.
- ^ a b c Fenjves, Pablo F.; Lang, Rocky (2006). How I Broke Into Hollywood: Success Stories from the Trenches. HarperCollins. p. 337. ISBN 0060789646, ISBN 9780060789640. http://books.google.com/books?id=sa3bXADGUAIC&pg=PA337.
- ^ Fenjves, Pablo F.; Lang, Rocky (2006). How I Broke Into Hollywood: Success Stories from the Trenches. HarperCollins. p. 338. ISBN 0060789646, ISBN 9780060789640. http://books.google.com/books?id=sa3bXADGUAIC&pg=PA338.
- ^ a b c d e Fenjves, Pablo F.; Lang, Rocky (2006). How I Broke Into Hollywood: Success Stories from the Trenches. HarperCollins. p. 342. ISBN 0060789646, ISBN 9780060789640. http://books.google.com/books?id=sa3bXADGUAIC&pg=PA342.
- ^ Fenjves, Pablo F.; Lang, Rocky (2006). How I Broke Into Hollywood: Success Stories from the Trenches. HarperCollins. p. 343. ISBN 0060789646, ISBN 9780060789640. http://books.google.com/books?id=sa3bXADGUAIC&pg=PA343.
External links
- Mark Rosman at the Internet Movie Database
- The Director on Sorority Row: An Interview with Mark Rosman - February 2001
Films directed by Mark Rosman 1980s The House on Sorority Row (1983)1990s 2000s Categories:- 1959 births
- American film directors
- American film producers
- American screenwriters
- American television directors
- Living people
- New York University alumni
- People from Beverly Hills, California
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
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