Ross Katz
Ross Katz (born May 19, 1971 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American film producer and film director .
biography
Ross Katz earned his living as a DJ in his hometown Philadelphia before he moved to Los Angeles in the early 1990s and gained his first experience in the technical realization of film productions; Among other things, he assisted as a camera operator on the filming of Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs . At the US film production company Mirage , he learned from producers Sydney Pollack and Lindsay Doran ( sense and sensuality ). In the mid-1990s, Katz moved to the independent film company Good Machine , where he worked his way up from post-production supervisor ( Das Familiengeheimnis , 1997; Happiness , 1998) to film producer ( Trick , 1999). Other feature films that he co-produced were Todd Field's drama In the Bedroom (2001) and Sofia Coppola's tragic comedy Lost in Translation (2003), for which he received two Oscar nominations in the Best Picture category. In 2005, as a film producer, he was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .
After working again with Coppola on the costume drama Marie Antoinette , he produced the television film Taking Chance in 2008 , which also marked his debut as a director and screenwriter. In the drama, based on real events, Kevin Bacon plays a US soldier who has to transfer the corpse of a 19-year-old marine to his hometown.
Filmography (selection)
producer
- 1999: trick
- 2001: In the Bedroom
- 2003: Lost in Translation
- 2006: Marie Antoinette
- 2009: Road, Movie
Director
- 2009: Taking Chance (TV movie)
- 2014: Adult Beginners - growing up for beginners (Adult Beginners)
- 2016: The Choice - Until the Last Day (The Choice)
Web links
- Ross Katz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Katz, Ross |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, United States |