Herbert Ross
Directing
- Birth Date:13 May 1927
- Death Date:09 October 2001(aged 74)
- Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Herbert Ross Movies
| And the Oscar Goes To...2014 | - | 2014 |
|---|---|---|
| Poster Boy2004 | producer | 2004 |
| Boys on the Side1995 | director, producer | 1995 |
| Undercover Blues1993 | director, executive producer | 1993 |
| True Colors1991 | director | 1991 |
| My Blue Heaven1990 | director | 1990 |
| Steel Magnolias1989 | director | 1989 |
| The Secret of My Success1987 | director, producer | 1987 |
| Dancers1987 | director | 1987 |
| Footloose1984 | director | 1984 |
| Protocol1984 | director | 1984 |
| Max Dugan Returns1983 | producer, director | 1983 |
| I Ought to Be in Pictures1982 | director, producer | 1982 |
| Pennies from Heaven1981 | producer, director | 1981 |
| Nijinsky1980 | director | 1980 |
| California Suite1978 | director | 1978 |
| The Goodbye Girl1977 | director | 1977 |
| The Turning Point1977 | director, producer | 1977 |
| The Seven-Per-Cent Solution1976 | director, producer | 1976 |
| Funny Lady1975 | director | 1975 |
| The Sunshine Boys1975 | director | 1975 |
| The Last of Sheila1973 | director, producer | 1973 |
| Play It Again, Sam1972 | director | 1972 |
| T.R. Baskin1971 | director | 1971 |
| The Owl and the Pussycat1970 | director | 1970 |
| Goodbye, Mr. Chips1969 | director | 1969 |
| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?1966 | choreographer | 1966 |
| Wonderful Town1958 | director | 1958 |
Who is Herbert Ross?
Herbert David Ross was an American actor, choreographer, director and producer who worked predominantly in the stage and film.
Ross was born on May 13, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Martha Grundfast and Louis Chester Ross, a postal clerk. At the age of 9, his mother died and his father moved the family to Miami and opened a luncheonette.
In 1942, Ross' stage debut came as "Third Witch" in a touring company of Macbeth. The next year brought his first Broadway performance credits with Something for the Boys. By 1950, he was a choreographer with the American Ballet Theatre and choreographed his first Broadway production, the Arthur Schwartz-Dorothy Fields musical adaptation of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
Ross's first film assignment came as an uncredited choreographer on Carmen Jones (1954). In the UK, he choreographed The Young Ones (1961) and Summer Holiday (1963), both starring Cliff Richard. Later, he worked with Barbra Streisand as choreographer and director of musical numbers for Funny Girl (1968).
His film directorial debut came with the musical version of Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), made by MGM-British, with Peter O'Toole and Petula Clark. He went on to direct films involving ballet, such as The Turning Point (1977), Nijinsky (1980) and Dancers (1987). Other movies of critical acclaim followed in the 1970s and 1980s such as Neil Simon's adaptations of his own plays and film adaptations of Broadway productions through his last project, Boys on the Side (1995).
Ross was born on May 13, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Martha Grundfast and Louis Chester Ross, a postal clerk. At the age of 9, his mother died and his father moved the family to Miami and opened a luncheonette.
In 1942, Ross' stage debut came as "Third Witch" in a touring company of Macbeth. The next year brought his first Broadway performance credits with Something for the Boys. By 1950, he was a choreographer with the American Ballet Theatre and choreographed his first Broadway production, the Arthur Schwartz-Dorothy Fields musical adaptation of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
Ross's first film assignment came as an uncredited choreographer on Carmen Jones (1954). In the UK, he choreographed The Young Ones (1961) and Summer Holiday (1963), both starring Cliff Richard. Later, he worked with Barbra Streisand as choreographer and director of musical numbers for Funny Girl (1968).
His film directorial debut came with the musical version of Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), made by MGM-British, with Peter O'Toole and Petula Clark. He went on to direct films involving ballet, such as The Turning Point (1977), Nijinsky (1980) and Dancers (1987). Other movies of critical acclaim followed in the 1970s and 1980s such as Neil Simon's adaptations of his own plays and film adaptations of Broadway productions through his last project, Boys on the Side (1995).