Robert Rossen Net Worth

Robert Rossen Net Worth is
$950,000

Robert Rossen Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Robert Rossen (March 16, 1908 – February 18, 1966) was an American screenwriter, film director, and producer whose film career spanned almost three decades.His 1949 film All the King's Men won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, while Rossen was nominated for an Oscar as Best Director. He won the Golden Globe for Best Director and the film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture. In 1961 he directed The Hustler, which was nominated for nine Oscars and won two. Rossen was nominated as Best Director and with Sidney Carroll for Best Adapted Screenplay but did not win either award.After directing and writing for the stage in New York, Rossen moved to Hollywood in 1937. There he worked as a screenwriter for Warner Bros. until 1941, and then interrupted his career to serve until 1944 as the chairman of the Hollywood Writers Mobilization Against the War, a body to organize writers for the effort in World War II. In 1945 he joined a picket line against Warner Bros., making an enemy of Jack Warner. After making one film for Hal Wallis's newly formed production company, Rossen made one for Columbia Pictures, another for Wallis and most of his later films for his own companies, usually in collaboration with Columbia.Rossen was a member of the American Communist Party from 1937 to about 1947, and believed the Party was "dedicated to social causes of the sort that we as poor Jews from New York were interested in." However, he finally ended all relations with the Party in 1949. Rossen was twice called before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), in 1951 and in 1953. He exercised his Fifth Amendment rights at his first appearance, refusing to state whether he had ever been a Communist. As a result he found himself blacklisted by Hollywood studios as well as unable to renew his passport. At his second appearance he named 57 people as current or former Communists and his blacklisting ended. In order to repair finances he produced his next film, Mambo, in Italy in 1954. While The Hustler in 1961 was a great success, conflict with the star of Lilith so disillusioned Rossen that he made no more films during the last three years of his life.Rossen's films for Warner generally described the conditions of working people, the portrayal of gangsters and racketeers, and opposition to fascism. He wrote that ambition and the desire for success were common themes in his work. His films often featured strong female characters. All Rossen's playscripts were adaptions except three he based on real events. While head of production at Warner, Wallis considered that some of his best films were written by Rossen.

Date Of BirthMarch 16, 1908
Died1966-02-18
Place Of BirthNew York City, New York, U.S.
Height5' 6½" (1.69 m)
ProfessionWriter, Director, Producer
SpouseSue Siegel Rossen
Star SignPisces
#Quote
1Real life is ugly, but we can't make good pictures until we're ready to tell about it.
2[About his break with Communism and his decision to name names] I didn't think, after two years of thinking, that any one individual can indulge himself in the luxury of individual can indulge himself in the luxury of individual morality or pit it against what I feel today very strongly is the security and safety of this nation."
#Fact
1"Macbeth" was Rossen's favorite Shakespearean play, which he described as a 'dramatization of the ambiguity of the human condition.'.
2Had a long-standing problem with alcoholism.
3Became obsessed by the failure of They Came to Cordura (1959) and spent many years attempting to release a re-edited version.
4His work on All the King's Men (1949) has been compared to that of the Italian post-war neo-realists, in its almost documentary-style approach, editing methods, location shooting in all types of weather (with whatever lighting was available) and a cast which included many non-professional actors, often caught unawares by the camera.
5His career was often hampered by his reluctance to work in collaboration with others.
6He was the grandson of a rabbi and the nephew of a Hebrew poet.
7He became a contract screenwriter for Mervyn LeRoy at Warner Brothers (1936-45) when his latest play on Broadway closed after just four performances. His screenplays often focused on individuals either fighting, or being destroyed by, the system. Prompted by actor Dick Powell, he directed his first film in 1946. Though it was poorly received, he then had back-to-back hits with Body and Soul (1947) and All the King's Men (1949), after which he was able to set up his own production company, with financing and releasing through Columbia (contract 1949-51). Had a poor productive spell in the 1950's and did not return to form until The Hustler (1961). His last film, Lilith (1964), flopped in the U.S., though it was highly regarded in France. Allegedly, there were on-set problems between Rossen and star Warren Beatty which contributed to Rossen never making another film again.
8Was a member of the Communist Party from 1937 to 1945. He was blacklisted by HUAC, 1951-53, after refusing to name names, after being subpoenaed. In 1953, he relented to save his career and implicated 57 people as having had communist affiliations. As a result of his cooperation, he was permitted to work again, though he did not return to Hollywood.
9Brought up in Manhattan's Lower East Side, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants. He attended New York University and briefly earned a living as a professional welterweight boxer. Staged his first socialist-oriented plays for the Washington Square Players and the Maverick Woodstock Players, later moving on to work with the Theater Guild and graduating to stage manager.
10Ex-father-in-law of Hal Holbrook.
11Directed 8 actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, Broderick Crawford, Mercedes McCambridge, John Ireland, and John Garfield. Crawford and McCambridge won for All the King's Men (1949).
12Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945." Pages 971-976. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
13Father of Carol Eve Rossen, Ellen Rossen and Steven Rossen.
14Originally refused to testify at the HUAC hearings (regarding the blacklist), but then admitted to being a member of the Communist Party in May, 1953, and named 57 others as well.

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sarah & Eddie2015Short
Lilith1964
The Cool World1963play
Billy Budd1962screenplay - uncredited
The Hustler1961screenplay
They Came to Cordura1959screenplay
Alexander the Great1956written by
Mambo1954
All the King's Men1949written for the screen by
The Accused1949contract writer - uncredited
Desert Fury1947screenplay
Johnny O'Clock1947screen play
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers1946screenplay
A Walk in the Sun1945screenplay
Rhapsody in Blue1945contribution
Edge of Darkness1943screenplay
Blues in the Night1941screen play
Out of the Fog1941screen play
The Sea Wolf1941screen play
Flight from Destiny1941contributing writer - uncredited
A Child Is Born1939screen play
The Roaring Twenties1939screen play
Dust Be My Destiny1939screenplay
Heart of the North1938uncredited
Racket Busters1938original screen play
Fools for Scandal1938contributor to screenplay construction - uncredited
They Won't Forget1937screen play
Marked Woman1937original screen play

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Lilith1964
The Hustler1961
They Came to Cordura1959
Island in the Sun1957
Alexander the Great1956
Mambo1954
The Brave Bulls1951
All the King's Men1949
Body and Soul1947
Johnny O'Clock1947

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Lilith1964producer
The Hustler1961producer
Alexander the Great1956producer
The Brave Bulls1951producer
All the King's Men1949producer - uncredited
The Undercover Man1949producer

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Tournée2010writer: "Tian Liang Liao" aka Like A Bird

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Alexander the Great1956presenter

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Jack Paar Tonight Show1962TV SeriesHimself
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Awards1951Documentary shortHimself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Hustler: The Inside Story2002Video documentary shortHimself

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1962WGA Award (Screen)Writers Guild of America, USABest Written American DramaThe Hustler (1961)
1961NYFCC AwardNew York Film Critics Circle AwardsBest DirectorThe Hustler (1961)
1960Star on the Walk of FameWalk of FameMotion PictureOn 8 February 1960. At 6821 Hollywood Blvd.
1950Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest DirectorAll the King's Men (1949)
1950DGA AwardDirectors Guild of America, USAOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion PicturesAll the King's Men (1949)
1950WGA Award (Screen)Writers Guild of America, USABest Written American DramaAll the King's Men (1949)
1950WGA Award (Screen)Writers Guild of America, USAThe Robert Meltzer Award (Screenplay Dealing Most Ably with Problems of the American Scene)All the King's Men (1949)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1962OscarAcademy Awards, USABest PictureThe Hustler (1961)
1962OscarAcademy Awards, USABest DirectorThe Hustler (1961)
1962OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another MediumThe Hustler (1961)
1962DGA AwardDirectors Guild of America, USAOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion PicturesThe Hustler (1961)
1962Best FilmMar del Plata Film FestivalInternational CompetitionThe Hustler (1961)
1957DGA AwardDirectors Guild of America, USAOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion PicturesAlexander the Great (1956)
1950OscarAcademy Awards, USABest DirectorAll the King's Men (1949)
1950OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Writing, ScreenplayAll the King's Men (1949)
1950Golden LionVenice Film FestivalAll the King's Men (1949)

Known for movies

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