Fred Roos

Fred Roos
Fred Roos
	Roos in 2014
Born	Frederick Ried Roos; May 22, 1934; Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Died	May 18, 2024 (aged 89); Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Film producer, casting director
Years active	1964–2024

Frederick Ried Roos (May 22, 1934 – May 18, 2024)^[1] was an American film producer and casting director. He was best known for his contributions to the New Hollywood movement, particularly through his collaborations with director Francis Ford Coppola. He won the Academy Award for Best Picture for The Godfather: Part II (1974), with a second nomination for Apocalypse Now (1979).^[2]

Biography

Frederick Ried Roos was born on May 22, 1934, in Santa Monica, California, the son of Florence Mary (née Stout) and Victor Otto Roos.^[3] He attended Hollywood High School and subsequently attended University of California, Los Angeles, majoring in theatre arts and motion pictures.^[4]^[5]

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 Academy Award for Best Picture for producing The Godfather Part II.

In 2007, he was a member of the jury at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival.^[6]

Roos died in Beverly Hills, California, on May 18, 2024, four days before his 90th birthday.^[7] His final film, Megalopolis, had held its world premiere two days prior at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.^[8]

Filmography

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

The Conversation (1974)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Black Stallion (1979)
One from the Heart (1982)
The Outsiders (1983)
Rumble Fish (1983)
The Cotton Club (1984)
Barfly (1987)
The Godfather Part III (1990)
Radioland Murders (1994)
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Marie Antoinette (2006)
The Story of Luke (2012)
St. Vincent (2014)
Benched (2018)
I'll Find You (2019)
5-25-77 (2022)
Wonderwell (2023)
Megalopolis (2024)

As casting director

References

^ Sciences, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and. "Fred Roos, Oscar-Winning Producer of 'The Godfather Part II,' Dies at 89". A.frame. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
^ Saperstein, Pat (2024-05-21). "Fred Roos, Oscar-Winning Producer of 'Godfather Part II' and Casting Director of 'The Godfather,' 'Megalopolis,' Dies at 89". Variety. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
^ Film Reference
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "29th Moscow International Film Festival (2007)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
^ "Fred Roos Dies: Oscar-Winning 'Godfather Part II' Producer & Longtime Coppola Collaborator Was 89". Deadline. 2024-05-21. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
^ Tartaglione, Nancy; D'Alessandro, Anthony; Bamigboye, Baz (May 16, 2024). "Megalopolis Debuts at Cannes with 7-Minute Standing Ovation". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 22, 2024.

External links

Fred Roos at IMDb
Fred Roos discography at Discogs

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[1] Sciences, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and. "Fred Roos, Oscar-Winning Producer of 'The Godfather Part II,' Dies at 89". A.frame. Retrieved 2024-05-26.

[2] Saperstein, Pat (2024-05-21). "Fred Roos, Oscar-Winning Producer of 'Godfather Part II' and Casting Director of 'The Godfather,' 'Megalopolis,' Dies at 89". Variety. Retrieved 2024-05-26.

[filmr-3] Film Reference

[Babitz-4] 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.

[5] 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.

[Moscow2007-6] "29th Moscow International Film Festival (2007)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2013-04-22.

[7] "Fred Roos Dies: Oscar-Winning 'Godfather Part II' Producer & Longtime Coppola Collaborator Was 89". Deadline. 2024-05-21. Retrieved 2024-05-21.

[8] Tartaglione, Nancy; D'Alessandro, Anthony; Bamigboye, Baz (May 16, 2024). "Megalopolis Debuts at Cannes with 7-Minute Standing Ovation". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 22, 2024.

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v t e Academy Award for Best Picture winning producers
1951–1975	Arthur Freed (1951) Cecil B. DeMille (1952) Buddy Adler (1953) Sam Spiegel (1954) Harold Hecht (1955) Michael Todd (1956) Sam Spiegel (1957) Arthur Freed (1958) Sam Zimbalist (1959) Billy Wilder (1960) Robert Wise (1961) Sam Spiegel (1962) Tony Richardson (1963) Jack L. Warner (1964) Robert Wise (1965) Fred Zinnemann (1966) Walter Mirisch (1967) John Woolf (1968) Jerome Hellman (1969) Frank McCarthy (1970) Philip D'Antoni (1971) Albert S. Ruddy (1972) Tony Bill, Julia Phillips and Michael Phillips (1973) Francis Ford Coppola, Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos (1974) Michael Douglas and Saul Zaentz (1975)
1976–2000	Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler (1976) Charles H. Joffe (1977) Michael Cimino, Michael Deeley, John Peverall and Barry Spikings (1978) Stanley R. Jaffe (1979) Ronald L. Schwary (1980) David Puttnam (1981) Richard Attenborough (1982) James L. Brooks (1983) Saul Zaentz (1984) Sydney Pollack (1985) Arnold Kopelson (1986) Jeremy Thomas (1987) Mark Johnson (1988) Lili Fini Zanuck and Richard D. Zanuck (1989) Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson (1990) Ron Bozman, Edward Saxon and Kenneth Utt (1991) Clint Eastwood (1992) Branko Lustig, Gerald R. Molen and Steven Spielberg (1993) Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey and Steve Tisch (1994) Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson and Alan Ladd Jr. (1995) Saul Zaentz (1996) James Cameron and Jon Landau (1997) Donna Gigliotti, Marc Norman, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein and Edward Zwick (1998) Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks (1999) David Franzoni, Branko Lustig and Douglas Wick (2000)
2001–present	Brian Grazer and Ron Howard (2001) Martin Richards (2002) Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne and Fran Walsh (2003) Clint Eastwood, Tom Rosenberg and Albert S. Ruddy (2004) Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman (2005) Graham King (2006) Ethan Coen, Joel Coen and Scott Rudin (2007) Christian Colson (2008) Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro (2009) Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin (2010) Thomas Langmann (2011) Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov (2012) Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Brad Pitt (2013) Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole (2014) Blye Pagon Faust, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Michael Sugar (2015) Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Adele Romanski (2016) J. Miles Dale and Guillermo del Toro (2017) Jim Burke, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga and Charles B. Wessler (2018) Bong Joon-ho and Kwak Sin-ae (2019) Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears and Chloé Zhao (2020) Fabrice Gianfermi, Philippe Rousselet, Patrick Wachsberger (2021) Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang (2022) Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan (2023)

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Fred Roos
Roos in 2014
Born	Frederick Ried Roos (1934-05-22)May 22, 1934 Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Died	May 18, 2024(2024-05-18) (aged 89) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Film producer, casting director
Years active	1964–2024