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, 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 '' Home Movies''. Rosman launched his career with ''

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''. Rosman was originally hired to direct the 1984 horror film ''

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'', but was replaced by

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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 ''

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'' 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 ''

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'', which led to directing the television film ''

Model Behavior ''Model Behavior'' is a 2000 television film that aired on ABC's ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' anthology series. The film starred Maggie Lawson, Justin Timberlake in his film debut, and Kathie Lee Gifford, and was directed by Mark Rosman. I ...

''. Rosman then went to work on a number of television shows, but all of them were eventually canceled. He then directed 2004's ''

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'' 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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'', '' Ghost Whisperer'', ''

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'', '' State of Grace'' and ''

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''.

References

External links

*
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 People from Beverly Hills, California University of California, Los Angeles alumni Film directors from California Screenwriters from California