Aaron Rosenberg: Difference between revisions
m Dated {{Citation needed}}. (Build KA) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
'''Aaron Rosenberg''' (August 26, 1912, [[New York, New York]] - September 1, 1979, [[Torrance, California]]) was an [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] college football player and a [[film producer|film and television producer]] with more than sixty credits. His most noted film credit is likely ''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]'' (1962). |
'''Aaron Rosenberg''' (August 26, 1912, [[New York, New York]] - September 1, 1979, [[Torrance, California]]) was an [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] college football player and a [[film producer|film and television producer]] with more than sixty credits. His most noted film credit is likely ''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]'' (1962). |
||
==Biography== |
|||
Born in Brooklyn, he studied at the [[University of Southern California]] and played college football. He was an [[Guard (American football)|Offensive Guard]] who prided himself in his "needle work." A master at taunting enemy linemen, the 6-0, 210-pound guard could back up his words, and was a vicious blocker and tackler.{{Citation needed|date=March 2012}} He was selected for the [[All-America]] team in 1932 and 1933, and elected to the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1966. |
Born in Brooklyn, he studied at the [[University of Southern California]] and played college football. He was an [[Guard (American football)|Offensive Guard]] who prided himself in his "needle work." A master at taunting enemy linemen, the 6-0, 210-pound guard could back up his words, and was a vicious blocker and tackler.{{Citation needed|date=March 2012}} He was selected for the [[All-America]] team in 1932 and 1933, and elected to the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1966. |
||
===Film Career=== |
|||
Following his college career, Rosenberg worked for nearly fifteen years as an assistant director at the [[20th Century Fox|20th Century-Fox Film Studios]]. He turned to producing in the early 1950s, and produced the [[box office]] hits ''[[The Glenn Miller Story]]'' (1954), the ''[[The Benny Goodman Story]]'' (1956), as well as ''Mutiny on the Bounty'' (1962). Rosenberg was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]] as a producer of ''Mutiny on the Bounty''. He retired after producing ''Reflections of Murder'' for television in 1974. |
Following his college career, Rosenberg worked for nearly fifteen years as an assistant director at the [[20th Century Fox|20th Century-Fox Film Studios]]. He turned to producing in the early 1950s, and produced the [[box office]] hits ''[[The Glenn Miller Story]]'' (1954), the ''[[The Benny Goodman Story]]'' (1956), as well as ''Mutiny on the Bounty'' (1962). Rosenberg was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]] as a producer of ''Mutiny on the Bounty''. He retired after producing ''Reflections of Murder'' for television in 1974. |
||
Director [[Budd Boetticher]] later called Rosenberg his "favorite producer of all time because he was so damn honest. […] He and I had a lot of arguments because we both wanted to make better pictures than Universal wanted us to make."”<ref>[http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2006/38/boetticher/ Sean Axmaker, 'Ride Lonesome: The Career of Budd Boetticher', ''Senses of Cinema'' 7 February 2006] accessed 25 June 2012</ref> |
|||
==References== |
==References== |
||
{{reflist}} |
|||
==External links== |
|||
*{{IMDb name|id=0742162|name=Aaron Rosenberg}} |
*{{IMDb name|id=0742162|name=Aaron Rosenberg}} |
||
*[http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=30122 College Football Hall of Fame] |
*[http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=30122 College Football Hall of Fame] |
||
Revision as of 05:27, 25 June 2012
Aaron Rosenberg (August 26, 1912, New York, New York - September 1, 1979, Torrance, California) was an All-American college football player and a film and television producer with more than sixty credits. His most noted film credit is likely Mutiny on the Bounty (1962).
Biography
Born in Brooklyn, he studied at the University of Southern California and played college football. He was an Offensive Guard who prided himself in his "needle work." A master at taunting enemy linemen, the 6-0, 210-pound guard could back up his words, and was a vicious blocker and tackler.[citation needed] He was selected for the All-America team in 1932 and 1933, and elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1966.
Film Career
Following his college career, Rosenberg worked for nearly fifteen years as an assistant director at the 20th Century-Fox Film Studios. He turned to producing in the early 1950s, and produced the box office hits The Glenn Miller Story (1954), the The Benny Goodman Story (1956), as well as Mutiny on the Bounty (1962). Rosenberg was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture as a producer of Mutiny on the Bounty. He retired after producing Reflections of Murder for television in 1974.
Director Budd Boetticher later called Rosenberg his "favorite producer of all time because he was so damn honest. […] He and I had a lot of arguments because we both wanted to make better pictures than Universal wanted us to make."”[1]
References
External links
 | This article about a United States film director born in the 1910s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |