Fred Roos
Fred Roos | |
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.jpg) Fred Roos at the 2014 CFC Annual BBQ | |
| Born | Frederick Ried Roos May 22, 1934 |
| Died | May 18, 2024 (aged 89) |
| Occupation(s) | Film producer, casting director |
| Years active | 1964–2024 |
Frederick Ried Roos (May 22, 1934 – May 18, 2024) was an American film producer.
Biography[edit]
Frederick Ried Roos was born on May 22, 1934, in Santa Monica, California, the son of Florence Mary (née Stout) and Victor Otto Roos.[1] He attended Hollywood High School and subsequently attended University of California, Los Angeles, majoring in theatre arts and motion pictures.[2][3]
He started his career in television as a casting director for The Andy Griffith Show. Later, he produced most of Francis Ford Coppola's films subsequent to The Godfather, including Apocalypse Now and Youth Without Youth. Roos won the Oscar for Best Film for producing The Godfather Part II.
In 2007, he was a member of the jury at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival.[4]
Roos died on May 18, 2024 at the age of 89.[5]
Filmography[edit]
As producer (including co-producer and executive producer):
- The Conversation (1974)
- The Godfather Part II (1974)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- The Black Stallion (1979)
- One from the Heart (1982)
- The Outsiders (1983)
- Rumble Fish (1983)
- The Cotton Club (1984)
- Barfly (1987)
- The Godfather Part III (1990)
- Radioland Murders (1994)
- The Virgin Suicides (1999)
- Lost in Translation (2003)
- Marie Antoinette (2006)
- The Story of Luke (2012)
- St. Vincent (2014)
- Benched (2018)
- I'll Find You (2019)
- 5-25-77 (2022)
- Wonderwell (2023)
- Megalopolis (2024)
As casting director
- Five Easy Pieces (1970)
- Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
- The Godfather (1972)
- The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
- American Graffiti (1973)
- Megalopolis (2024)
References[edit]
- ^ Film Reference
- ^ Babitz, Eve (2019). "All This and The Godfather Too". I Used To Be Charming. New York: New York Review of Books. pp. 39–40. ISBN 9781681373799.
- ^ Welsh, James M.; Phillips, Gene D.; Hill, Rodney F. (2010-08-27). The Francis Ford Coppola Encyclopedia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7651-4.
- ^ "29th Moscow International Film Festival (2007)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
- ^ Fred Roos Dies: Oscar-Winning ‘Godfather Part II’ Producer & Longtime Coppola Collaborator Was 89
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