Mark Rosman (born August 15, 1957) is an American film director, film producer, television director and screenwriter.

Background

Rosman is the son of a

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dermatologist. He has a brother, who's a lawyer, and a sister. After graduating from

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, Rosman went to UCLA but left after two years when he wasn't accepted into the film program there. Rosman was accepted into

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's film program, where he graduated.

Career

During his senior year at NYU, he worked as a voluntary assistant director on

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's ''

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''. Rosman launched his career with '' The House on Sorority Row''. Rosman was originally hired to direct the 1984 horror film ''

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'', but was replaced by John Cardos early in the production after the studio objected to the way he was shooting the film. In 1985, Rosman had just finished the

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film '' The Blue Yonder'' and was set to work on ''

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'' when the Writers Guild went on strike. In 1992, he wrote the script for the thriller '' Evolver'' and directed ''The Force''. In 1997, Rosman directed '' The Invader''. In 1998, Rosman cowrote the script for and directed ''

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'' film '' Life-Size'', which led to directing the television film '' Model Behavior''. Rosman then went to work on a number of television shows, but all of them were eventually canceled. He then directed 2004's '' A Cinderella Story'' and 2005's '' The Perfect Man'', both films starring

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. Rosman has also worked in episodic television, directing episodes of ''

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'' (his first time working with Hilary Duff), ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', '' State of Grace'' and ''

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''.

References

External links

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The Director on Sorority Row: An Interview with Mark Rosman – February 2001
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosman, Mark 1957 births American film producers American male screenwriters American television directors Living people Tisch School of the Arts alumni Film people from Beverly Hills, California University of California, Los Angeles alumni Film directors from California Screenwriters from California