Stuart Rosenberg

Biography: After majoring in Irish literature at NYU, Brooklynite Stuart Rosenberg taught in his area of expertise for a while, then switched to television directing in the late '50s. An excellent technician who was willing to scrap with producers, writers and actors to achieve a desired effect, Rosenberg piloted episodes for such TV series as The Defenders (he won an Emmy for the 1963 episode "The Madman"), The Untouchables, The Naked City and The Twilight Zone. An industry strike in 1960 interrupted his first theatrical-feature assignment, Murder Inc (the film was finished by its producer). Seven years later, Rosenberg scored high marks with critics and moviegoers alike with his sweat-drenched direction of Paul Newman's Cool Hand Luke (1967) Unfortunately, Rosenberg followed this film with several conventional TV-sitcom style features of the April Fools (1969) variety, returning to form with the brutal police drama The Laughing Policeman (1973). Thus it was that Stuart Rosenberg set theAfter majoring in Irish literature at NYU, Brooklynite Stuart Rosenberg taught in his area of expertise for a while, then switched to television directing in the late '50s. An excellent technician who was willing to scrap with producers, writers and actors to achieve a desired effect, Rosenberg piloted episodes for such TV series as The Defenders (he won an Emmy for the 1963 episode "The Madman"), The Untouchables, The Naked City and The Twilight Zone. An industry strike in 1960 interrupted his first theatrical-feature assignment, Murder Inc (the film was finished by its producer). Seven years later, Rosenberg scored high marks with critics and moviegoers alike with his sweat-drenched direction of Paul Newman's Cool Hand Luke (1967) Unfortunately, Rosenberg followed this film with several conventional TV-sitcom style features of the April Fools (1969) variety, returning to form with the brutal police drama The Laughing Policeman (1973). Thus it was that Stuart Rosenberg set the pattern for the rest of his film career: long periods of Amityville Horror-style mediocrity, interrupted by such sudden bursts of excellence as Brubaker (1980) and The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984). Expand

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Title: Year: Credit: User score:
tbd Falcon Crest: Season 8 Oct 28, 1988 Writer tbd
tbd Rawhide: Season 7 Sep 25, 1964 Director tbd
tbd The Twilight Zone: Season 4 Jan 3, 1963 Director 9.4
tbd The Untouchables: Season 4 Sep 25, 1962 Director tbd
tbd The Untouchables: Season 3 Oct 12, 1961 Director / Producer tbd
tbd The Dick Van Dyke Show: Season 1 Oct 3, 1961 Producer tbd
tbd The Untouchables: Season 2 Oct 13, 1960 Director tbd
tbd Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 6 Sep 27, 1960 Director tbd
tbd The Twilight Zone: Season 1 Oct 2, 1959 Director 8.9
tbd Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 5 Sep 27, 1959 Director tbd
tbd The Untouchables: Season 1 Apr 20, 1959 Director tbd