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Reitman Family
Reitman (alternate spelling Reitmann) is a family name. It may refer to: * Ben Reitman (1879–1943), American physician * Catherine Reitman, actress * Dorothy Reitman, Canadian community volunteer * Greg Reitman, film producer * Herman Reitman (born 1941), a Romanian-Canadian businessman * Ivan Reitman (1946–2022), Czechoslovak-born Canadian film and television director, producer and screenwriter * Jason Reitman, movie director and writer, son of Ivan Reitman * Jerry Reitman, author, businessman and advertising executive * Joseph D. Reitman, actor * Sarah Reitman (born 1950), a Romanian-Canadian businesswoman; wife of Herman * Francis Reitmann (died 1954), a British psychiatrist See also *Reitmans Limited (RET), a Canadian retailing company *Reitman v. Mulkey {{surname, Reitman Jewish surnames Germanic-language surnames Yiddish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Reitman
__NOTOC__ Ben Lewis Reitman M.D. (1879–1943) was an American anarchist and physician to the poor ("the hobo doctor"). He is best remembered today as one of radical Emma Goldman's lovers. Reitman was a flamboyant, eccentric character. Emma Goldman conveys a sense of this when she describes first meeting Reitman in her autobiography, ''Living My Life'': His eyes were brown, large, and dreamy. His lips, disclosing beautiful teeth when he smiled, were full and passionate. He looked a handsome brute. His hands, narrow and white, exerted a peculiar fascination. His finger-nails, like his hair, seemed to be on strike against soap and brush. I could not take my eyes off his hands. A strange charm seemed to emanate from them, caressing and stirring...Emma Goldman, ''Living My Life'', Volume 1. Biography Reitman was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to poor Russian Jewish immigrants in 1879, and grew up in Chicago. At the age of ten, he became a hobo, but returned to Chicago and worked in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Reitman
Catherine Marcelle Reitman (; born April 28, 1981) is a Canadian-American actress, producer, and writer. She is the creator, executive producer, writer, and star of the CBC comedy series ''Workin' Moms''. Early life Reitman was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of French-Canadian actress Geneviève Robert and Slovak-born Canadian film director Ivan Reitman. Her father was from a Jewish family and her mother converted to Judaism. She attended the Cate School and majored in acting at University of Southern California. She is the sister of Caroline Reitman and director Jason Reitman. Career In January 2011, Reitman launched ''Breakin' It Down with Catherine Reitman'', a film review web show on YouTube, which ended in July 2013. She occasionally filled in for Kevin Smith as a guest co-host with Ralph Garman on their podcast, ''Hollywood Babble-On''. Reitman starred in the television series '' The Real Wedding Crashers'', based on the hit movie ''Wedding Crashers''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Reitman
Dorothy Reitman, (born 1932) is a Canadian philanthropist and activist who served as first female president of the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) from 1986 to 1989. Early life Reitman's parents emigrated from Odessa in her infancy. She attended McGill University and in 1952, married Cyril Reitman of the Reitmans retailing family;"Canadian Jewish Congress elects first woman president", ''The Globe and Mail'', May 12, 1986Dorothy Reitman (biography), Jewish Women's Archive She was widowed in 2014. In 1958, her infant son, Joel, was kidnapped by his nanny who held him for $10,000 ransom resulting in the Reitmans going on the radio pleading for his return. Joel Reitman was found unharmed and the nanny was captured and sentenced to seven years in prison. Philanthropic and advocacy work She to ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Reitman
Greg Reitman (May 10, 1971) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. He is best known for directing, producing and writing '' Hollywood’s Magical Island- Catalina (2003)''. Education Reitman earned his Bachelor of Arts from University of Massachusetts Amherst (1993) and holds a certificate in Film & Television, Marketing & Distribution from UCLA. He received a master certificate in Creative Producing from Tel Aviv University, and has studied at Hokkaido University in Japan and the University of Florence in Italy. Career Reitman's first feature film, '' Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina'', was narrated by Peter Coyote. His second feature film was ''Fuel''. His third feature film, ''Rooted in Peace'', in 2016 debut at the United Nations, won the New York Festival Best Feature Documentary, Impact Award for Excellence, released theatrically, and subsequently streamed on Amazon Prime, and Itunes. The film features Deepak Chopra, Donovan, Mike Love, Dav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Reitman
Herman Reitman (1870–1941) was a Romanian-Canadian businessman and co-founder in 1926 of Reitmans, a retailer, with his wife Sarah Reitman Sarah Reitman (c. 1881–1950) was a Romanian–Canadian businesswoman and co-founder in 1926 of Reitmans with her husband Herman Reitman Herman Reitman (1870–1941) was a Romanian-Canadian businessman and co-founder in 1926 of Reitmans Reitm .... References Canadian businesspeople in retailing 1870 births 1941 deaths Romanian expatriates in Canada {{Canada-business-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Reitman
Ivan Reitman (; October 27, 1946February 12, 2022) was a Czechoslovak-born Canadian filmmaker. He was best known for his comedy work, especially in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the owner of The Montecito Picture Company, founded in 1998. Films he directed include ''Meatballs'' (1979), '' Stripes'' (1981), '' Ghostbusters'' (1984), ''Ghostbusters II'' (1989), '' Twins'' (1988), '' Kindergarten Cop'' (1990), ''Dave'' (1993), and '' Junior'' (1994). Reitman also served as producer for such films as '' National Lampoon's Animal House'' (1978), '' Space Jam'' (1996), and '' Private Parts'' (1997). Early life Ivan Reitman was born in the predominantly ethnic Hungarian town of Komárno (known as Komárom in Hungarian), Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), on October 27, 1946, the son of Klara (Raab, 1919-2000) and Ladislav "Leslie" Reitman (1914-1993). Both of Reitman's parents were Jewish; his mother survived the Auschwitz concentration camp, and his father was an underground resistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Reitman
Jason R. Reitman (; born October 19, 1977) is a Canadian-American actor and filmmaker, best known for directing the films ''Thank You for Smoking'' (2005), ''Juno'' (2007), '' Up in the Air'' (2009), ''Young Adult'' (2011), and '' Ghostbusters: Afterlife'' (2021). He has received one Grammy Award, one Golden Globe, and four Academy Award nominations, two of which are for Best Director. Reitman is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States. He is the son of director Ivan Reitman, and known for frequently collaborating with screenwriter Diablo Cody. Early life Reitman was born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Geneviève Robert, an actress sometimes billed as Geneviève Deloir, and film director Ivan Reitman (1946–2022). Reitman has two younger sisters: Catherine Reitman, an actress, producer and writer, who is three years younger, and Caroline Reitman, a nurse, who is 12 years younger. Reitman's father was born in Czechoslovakia, to Jewish parents who were Holocaust survivor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Reitman
Jerry Reitman (born January 9, 1938) is an American author, businessman and advertising executive. Reitman is the founder of the Reitman Group. He formerly worked for American Express, served as the vice president of marketing for the CBS Columbia House division, served as the CEO of Scali, McCabe, Sloves, the International Head and Executive Vice President of Ogilvy, and the Executive Vice President of Leo Burnett Worldwide. Early life Reitman was born to Benjamin and Ruth Reitman. He grew up in a Jewish family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father was the owner of multiple shoe retail stores. He graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School and went on to attend Penn State where he graduated with a degree in finance. Career Reitman started his career at Ziff Davis as an ad salesman. While at Ziff Davis, he went on to become the director of their British Magazine of the Month Club. He then spent time working at Publishers Clearing House and Academic Media Company. In 1974, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph D
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled '' Yūsuf''. In Persian, the name is "Yousef". The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common male name in the 20th century. In the first century CE, Joseph was the second most popular male name for Palestine Jews. In the Book of Genesis Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first son, and k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Reitman
Sarah Reitman (c. 1881–1950) was a Romanian–Canadian businesswoman and co-founder in 1926 of Reitmans with her husband Herman Reitman Herman Reitman (1870–1941) was a Romanian-Canadian businessman and co-founder in 1926 of Reitmans, a retailer, with his wife Sarah Reitman Sarah Reitman (c. 1881–1950) was a Romanian–Canadian businesswoman and co-founder in 1926 of Reitmans .... Herman and Sarah Reitman were born in Romania and moved to the United States, then to Canada in 1907 for better prospects. In 1911, they opened a small store called American Ladies Tailoring and Dressmaking in Montreal. It specialised in dressmaking needs for ladies, namely made to measure garments. Later on, they moved away from this field and towards a dry goods general store. In 1926, they opened a glove and hosiery store that became the origin of the Reitman's chain. References Canadian businesspeople in retailing 1950 deaths Canadian women in business Romanian expatriates in Canada Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Reitmann
Dr. Francis Reitmann (1905–1955) was a British psychiatrist. In the 1930s, after studying with Ladislas J. Meduna, he worked at Maudsley Hospital. In 1945 he was appointed as Director of Clinical Research at Netherne Hospital in Coulsdon, and worked with Eric Cunningham Dax. He was involved in the research sessions into art and mental health run by Edward Adamson, the pioneer of Art Therapy, between 1946 and 1950. In 1950 he published his influential book, "Psychotic Art". Reitmann followed the theory of biological psychiatry that organic defects were the sole source of mental illness, and therefore mental problems could be treated by physical means; he carried out experiments in the fields of shock therapy and leucotomy A lobotomy, or leucotomy, is a form of neurosurgical treatment for psychiatric disorder or neurological disorder (e.g. epilepsy) that involves severing connections in the brain's prefrontal cortex. The surgery causes most of the connections to ...D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reitmans
Reitmans Canada Ltd. is a Canadian retailing company, specializing in women's clothing. The company operates several store brands, includinReitmans an RW&CO. Reitmans was founded in 1926 by and , in , . The immediate success of the first store on |
