Bob Rafelson
American film director (1933-2022) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 89
Robert Jay Rafelson was an American film director, writer, and producer. He is regarded as one of the key figures in the founding of the New Hollywood movement of the 1970s.
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We Blew ItFilm2009
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & VilmosFilm2002
AfterthoughtsFilm1997
Hey, Hey, We're The MonkeesFilm1995
Picture WindowsSeries, Director
Leaving Las VegasFilm, 1995Man At Mall1994
WetFilm, Director1990
Mountains of the MoonFilm, Director, Writer1987
Black WidowFilm, Director1983
Notre Dame de la CroisetteFilm1982
MoraFilm, Gangster1976
Stay HungryFilm, Director, Writer1972
The King of Marvin GardensFilm, Director, Writer1971Film '72Series
The Last Picture ShowFilm, 1971Producer1968
HeadFilm, Director, Writer1966
The MonkeesSeries, Director, Writer1963The Greatest Show on EarthSeries, Producer1933Born21 February 1933People around Bob
Jack Nicholson Bob directed Five Easy Pieces (1971)
John P. Ryan Bob directed Five Easy Pieces (1971)
Bert Schneider Produced Head and Five Easy Pieces
Helena Kallianiotes Bob directed Five Easy Pieces and Stay Hungry
Jeff Bridges Bob produced The Last Picture Show (1971)
Ellen Burstyn Bob produced The Last Picture Show (1972)
Scatman Crothers Bob directed Stay Hungry (1976)
David Keith Bob directed Brubaker and Poodle Springs
Lois Smith Bob directed Five Easy Pieces and Black Widow
Fannie Flagg Bob directed Five Easy Pieces and Stay Hungry- Joe Spinell Bob directed Brubaker and Stay Hungry
- Noble Willingham Bob produced The Last Picture Show (1972)
Thomas Hill Bob directed The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
David Mamet Bob directed Black Widow (1987)
Andreas Schmidt Bob directed Erotic Tales - Porn.com (2002)
Trevor Griffiths Bob directed Erotic Tales - Porn.com (2002)- Carole Eastman Produced Man Trouble (1992)
Fabienne Babe Bob directed Erotic Tales - Porn.com (2002)
Toni Basil Bob directed Five Easy Pieces (1971)
Silvio Berlusconi Produced Man Trouble (1992)
Arnold Schwarzenegger Bob directed Stay Hungry (1976)
Morgan Freeman Bob directed Brubaker (1981)
Robert Redford Bob directed Brubaker (1981)
Omar Sharif Bob directed Mountains of the Moon (1990)
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The Last Picture Show 1971
The Mother and the Whore 1973
Leaving Las Vegas 1995
Five Easy Pieces 1970
Mountains of the Moon 1990
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Television 4
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About this person
Among his best-known films as a director include those made as part of the company he co-founded, Raybert/BBS Productions, Five Easy Pieces (1970) and The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) as well as acclaimed later films, The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) and Mountains of the Moon (1990). Other films he produced as part of BBS include two of the most significant films of the era, Easy Rider (1969) and The Last Picture Show (1971). Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces and The Last Picture Show were all chosen for inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. He was also one of the creators of the pop group and TV series The Monkees with BBS partner Bert Schneider. His first wife was the production designer Toby Carr Rafelson.
