Reginald Rose
Reginald Rose (born December 10, 1920 in New York City , † April 19, 2002 in Norwalk , Connecticut ) was an American screenwriter and playwright . Rose's work is characterized by its approach to controversial social and political issues. His realistic approach to writing helped found the " Slice of Life " narrative style in dramatic storytelling for television. This influenced, for example, the anthology series on US television in the 1950s.
Rose began working as a copywriter in 1938 after graduating from City College in New York . Between 1942 and 1946 he was a soldier in World War II and made it to lieutenant . From 1951 he wrote scripts for television programs and plays. His most famous work was the courtroom drama Twelve Angry Men ( Twelve Angry Men ), which he in 1954 as a television game in the series Studio One had written. In the 1957 theatrical version directed by Sidney Lumet with Henry Fonda in the lead role , Rose acted as a screenwriter and producer. In the following decades, other film adaptations of this piece followed. Even for the medical drama Isn't that my life? he wrote the script. Rose has received numerous awards for his work, including several Emmy Awards .
Filmography (selection)
- script
- 1956: Unleashed Youth (Crime in the Streets)
- 1957: The Twelve Angry Men
- 1957: Dino - the bandit (Dino)
- 1959: The deadly power (The Man in the Net)
- 1959: The Man of the West
- 1973: Baxter and the Bad Mother (Baxter!)
- 1977: The Wild Geese (The Wild Geese)
- 1978: Rendezvous with a corpse (Somebody Killed Her Husband)
- 1979: The Sea Wolves (The Sea Wolves)
- 1979: Studs Lonigan (TV miniseries)
- 1980: Isn't that my life? (Whose Life Is It Anyway?)
- 1982: The command (Who Dares Wins)
- 1985: Wild Geese 2 (Wild Geese II)
- 1987: Sobibor (Escape from Sobibor)
- 1997: The Defenders 2 - Choice of Evil
- 1997: The Twelve Angry Men
- Literary template
- 1967: Stranger on the Run
Web links
- Reginald Rose in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Reginald Rose in the catalog of the German National Library
- Reginald Rose at the Museum of Broadcast Communication , (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Reginald Rose US Writer. Museum of Broadcast Communication, accessed October 9, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rose, Reginald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 2002 |
| Place of death | Norwalk , Connecticut |