Mark Rosman: Difference between revisions

| birth_date = {{birth yeardate and age|19591957|08|15}}

| birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.

'''Mark Rosman''' (born 1959August 15, 1957)<ref>{{cite web|work=California Birth Index|title=The Birth of Mark Rosman|publisher=California Vital Statistics|access-date=May 30, 2018|url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/mark_e_rosman_born_1957_6336776}}</ref> is an American [[film director]], [[film producer]], [[television director]] and [[screenwriter]].

Rosman is the son of a [[Beverly Hills]] dermatologist.<ref name = Broke335/> He has a brother, who’s a lawyer, and a sister.<ref name = Broke337>{{cite book | url = httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=sa3bXADGUAIC&pg=PA337 | page = 337 | title = How I Broke Intointo Hollywood: Success Stories from the Trenches | firstfirst1 = Pablo F. | lastlast1 = Fenjves | first2 = Rocky | last2 = Lang | publisher = HarperCollins | year = 2006 | ISBNisbn = 0-06-078964-6, ISBN 978-0-06-078964-0 }}</ref> 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.<ref name = Broke337/> Rosman was accepted into [[New York University]]'s film program, where he graduated.<ref name = Broke337/>

During his senior year at NYU, he worked as a voluntary assistant director on [[Brian De Palma]]'s ''[[Home Movies (film)|Home Movies]]''.<ref>{{cite book | url = httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=sa3bXADGUAIC&pg=PA338 | page = 338 | title = How I Broke Intointo Hollywood: Success Stories from the Trenches | firstfirst1 = Pablo F. | lastlast1 = Fenjves | first2 = Rocky | last2 = Lang | publisher = HarperCollins | year = 2006 | ISBNisbn = 0-06-078964-6, ISBN 978-0-06-078964-0 }}</ref>

Rosman launched his career with ''[[The House on Sorority Row]]''.<ref name = Broke335>{{cite book | url = httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=sa3bXADGUAIC&pg=PA335 | page = 335 | title = How I Broke Intointo Hollywood: Success Stories from the Trenches | firstfirst1 = Pablo F. | lastlast1 = Fenjves | first2 = Rocky | last2 = Lang | publisher = HarperCollins | year = 2006 | ISBNisbn = 0-06-078964-6, ISBN 978-0-06-078964-0 }}</ref> Rosman was originally hired to direct the 1984 horror film ''[[Mutant (film)|Mutant]]'', but was replaced by [[John Cardos]] early in the production after the studio objected to the way he was shooting the film.<ref>{{cite book|title=Science Fiction Film Directors, 1895-1998|last=Fischer|first=Dennis|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|year=2011|isbn=9780786485055|page=128|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7msrAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA128}}</ref> 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.<ref name = Broke342>{{cite book | url = httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=sa3bXADGUAIC&pg=PA342 | page = 342 | title = How I Broke Intointo Hollywood: Success Stories from the Trenches | firstfirst1 = Pablo F. | lastlast1 = Fenjves | first2 = Rocky | last2 = Lang | publisher = HarperCollins | year = 2006 | ISBNisbn = 0-06-078964-6, ISBN 978-0-06-078964-0 }}</ref> In 1992, he wrote the script for the thriller ''[[Evolver (film)|Evolver]]'' and directed ''[[The Force (film)|The Force]]''.<ref name = Broke342/> In 19961997, Rosman directed ''[[The Invader (1997 film)|The Invader]]''.<ref name = Broke342/>

In 1998, Rosman cowrote the script for and directed ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|The Wonderful World of Disney]]'' film ''[[Life-Size]]'', which led to directing the television moviefilm ''[[Model Behavior]]''.<ref name = Broke343>{{cite book | url = httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=sa3bXADGUAIC&pg=PA343 | page = 343 | title = How I Broke Intointo Hollywood: Success Stories from the Trenches | firstfirst1 = Pablo F. | lastlast1 = Fenjves | first2 = Rocky | last2 = Lang | publisher = HarperCollins | year = 2006 | ISBNisbn = 0-06-078964-6, ISBN 978-0-06-078964-0 }}</ref> Rosman then went to work on a number of television shows, but all of them were eventually canceled. andHe histhen next role was directingdirected 2004's ''[[A Cinderella Story]].''<ref name = Broke342/> and He followed that with2005's ''[[The Perfect Man (2005 film)|The Perfect Man]]'', both films starring [[Hilary Duff]].<ref name = Broke342/>

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 (TV series)|State of Grace]]'' and ''[[Greek (TV series)|Greek]]''.

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*[http://www.terrortrap.com/interviews/markrosman/ The Director on Sorority Row: An Interview with Mark Rosman -– February 2001]

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[[Category:PeopleFilm people from Beverly Hills, California]]