Robert Allan Ackerman (June 30, 1944 – January 10, 2022) was an American film and theatre director. He directed numerous films since 1992.
Ackerman was born in
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
, on June 30, 1944 and moved to
Kew Gardens, Queens, when he was five.
He died from kidney failure at
Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, on January 10, 2022, at the age of 77.
Work
After graduating from
Adelphi University, he worked for seven years in Harlem as a school teacher.
Ackerman directed
Richard Gere
Richard Tiffany Gere ( ; born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. He began in films in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in '' Looking for Mr. Goodbar'' (1977) and a starring role in ''Days of Heaven'' (1978). He came to prominence with ...
in the Broadway production of
Bent (play)
''Bent'' is a 1979 play by Martin Sherman. It revolves around the persecution of gays in Nazi Germany, and takes place during and after the Night of the Long Knives.
The title of the play refers to the slang word "bent" used in some European ...
and
Al Pacino in
Salome (play).
Ackerman had five
Emmy nominations
and twice for the
Golden Globes.
References
External links
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1944 births
2022 deaths
Film directors from New York City
People from Brooklyn
Deaths from kidney failure
People from Kew Gardens, Queens
Adelphi University alumni
American schoolteachers
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