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Fred Roos
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- Works
- 4
Top works
- Rumble fish
- Tucker
- The black stallion returns
- Paris can wait
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Film & TV
Santa Monica, California, USA
Frederick Ried Roos (May 22, 1934 – May 18, 2024) 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.
Known for
- Megadoc — Self2025
- Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City' — Self2017
- Casting By — Self2012
- Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom — Self2010
- BBStory: An American Film Renaissance — Self2010
- Fog City Mavericks — Self2007
- Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild — Self2004
- The Making of 'American Graffiti' — Self1998
- Intimate Portrait — Self1993
- Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse — Self1991
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fred
- Family name
- Roos
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Santa Monica
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- Hollywood High School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Fred Roos at the CFC Annual BBQ Fundraiser 2014 (15004607308).jpg
- Work location
- United States
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- date of birth
- 1934-05-22
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- Commons category
- Fred Roos
- date of death
- 2024-05-18
- name in native language
- Fred Roos
- birth name
- Frederick Ried Roos
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- end of work period
- 2024-00-00
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