Stuart Rosenberg | |
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Born | |
Died | March 15, 2007 | (aged 79)
Alma mater | New York University[1] |
Occupation(s) | Film and television director |
Spouse | Margot Pohoryles |
Stuart Rosenberg (August 11, 1927 – March 15, 2007) was an American film and television director. He was most noted for his collaborations with actor Paul Newman, whom he directed in Cool Hand Luke (1967), WUSA (1970), Pocket Money (1972), and The Drowning Pool (1975). He was a five-time Directors Guild of America Award nominee, and a Primetime Emmy Award winner.
His other notable films included Question 7 (1961), Voyage of the Damned (1976), The Amityville Horror (1979), Brubaker (1980) and The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984).[2] Later in his career, he taught directing at the American Film Institute, where his students included Todd Field and Darren Aronofsky.[3]