Fred Roos

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Fred Roos
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Fred Roos at the 2014 CFC Annual BBQ
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Frederick Ried Roos

(1934-05-22) May 22, 1934 (age 89)

Frederick Ried Roos (born May 22, 1934) is an American film producer.

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Biography

Fred Roos was born on May 22, 1934, in Santa Monica, California, the son of Florence Mary (née Stout) and Victor Otto Roos. [1] He attended Hollywood High School and subsequently attended University of California, Los Angeles, majoring in theatre arts and motion pictures. [2] [3]

He started his career in television as a casting director for The Andy Griffith Show . Later, he produced most of Francis Ford Coppola's films subsequent to The Godfather , including Apocalypse Now and Youth Without Youth . Roos won the Oscar for Best Film for producing The Godfather Part II .

In 2007, he was a member of the jury at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival. [4]

Filmography

As producer (including co-producer and executive producer):

As casting director

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References

  1. Film Reference
  2. Babitz, Eve (2019). "All This and The Godfather Too". I Used To Be Charming. New York: New York Review of Books. pp. 39–40. ISBN   9781681373799.
  3. Welsh, James M.; Phillips, Gene D.; Hill, Rodney F. (2010-08-27). The Francis Ford Coppola Encyclopedia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   978-0-8108-7651-4.
  4. "29th Moscow International Film Festival (2007)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2013-04-22.