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Bob Rafelson

Producer | Director | Actor

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Cannes Film Festival - The Postman Always Rings Twice (international premiere). [1981] See more trivia »

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in New York City, New York, USA
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Hide HideProducer (10 titles)
1981 The Postman Always Rings Twice (producer)
 
1976 Stay Hungry (producer)
 
1973 The Mother and the Whore (producer - uncredited)
 
1972 The King of Marvin Gardens (producer)
 
1971 The Last Picture Show (producer - uncredited)
 
1970 Five Easy Pieces (producer)
 
1969 Easy Rider (producer - uncredited)
 
1968 Head (producer)
 
The Monkees (TV series) (producer - 49 episodes, 1966-1968) (executive producer - 9 episodes, 1968)
– Mijacogeo (1968) (executive producer - as Robert Rafelson)
– Monkees Blow Their Minds (1968) (executive producer - as Robert Rafelson)
– Some Like It Lukewarm (1968) (executive producer - as Robert Rafelson)
– Monkees Mind Their Manor (1968) (executive producer - as Robert Rafelson)
– The Monkees in Paris (1968) (executive producer - as Robert Rafelson)
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1964 Channing (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– A Bang and a Whimper (1964) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (19 titles)
2003 The Lionel Richie Collection (video documentary) (video "All Night Long")
 
2002 No Good Deed
 
2002 Erotic Tales - Porn.com (short)
 
2002 Afterthoughts (TV documentary)
 
1998 Poodle Springs (TV movie)
 
1996 Blood and Wine
 
1996 Tales of Erotica (segment "Wet")
 
1994-1995 Picture Windows (TV series)
– Armed Response (1995)
 
1994 Wet (short)
 
1992 Man Trouble
 
1990 Mountains of the Moon
 
1987 Black Widow
 
1981 The Postman Always Rings Twice
 
1981 Modesty (short)
 
1976 Stay Hungry
 
1972 The King of Marvin Gardens
 
1970 Five Easy Pieces
 
1968 Head
 
1966-1968 The Monkees (TV series)
– The Monkees in Paris (1968) (as Robert Rafelson)
– The Monkees on Tour (1967) (as Robert Rafelson)
– Case of the Missing Monkee (1967) (as Robert Rafelson)
– Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth (1966) (as Robert Rafelson)
– The Spy Who Came in from the Cool (1966) (as Robert Rafelson)
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Show ShowActor (7 titles)
2002 Erotic Tales - Porn.com (short)
Matty Bonkers
 
1995 Leaving Las Vegas
Man at Mall
 
1994 Wet (short)
Rejected customer (uncredited)
 
1985 Always
Sam
 
1982 Mora
Gangster
 
1976 Stay Hungry
Man on Sidewalk with Painting (uncredited)
 
1966-1968 The Monkees (TV series)
Interviewer / Narrator / World's Oldest Flower Child
– Monkees Race Again (1968) … World's Oldest Flower Child (uncredited)
– The Devil and Peter Tork (1968) … Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
– Everywhere a Sheik, Sheik (1967) … Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
– Monkees Manhattan Style (1967) … Interviewer
– Alias Micky Dolenz (1967) … Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
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Show ShowWriter (13 titles)
2002 Erotic Tales - Porn.com (short)
 
1996 Blood and Wine (story)
 
1996 Tales of Erotica (segment "Wet")
 
1994 Wet (short)
 
1990 Mountains of the Moon (screenplay)
 
1981 Modesty (short)
 
1976 Stay Hungry (screenplay)
 
1972 The King of Marvin Gardens (story)
 
1970 Five Easy Pieces (story)
 
1968 Head (written by)
 
1967-1968 The Monkees (TV series)
– The Monkees in Paris (1968) (written by / as Robert Rafelson)
– The Monkees on Tour (1967) (as Robert Rafelson)
 
1963 The Greatest Show on Earth (TV series)
– The Circus Never Came to Town (1963) (writer)
 
1960 The Witness (TV series)
– Jimmy Hines (1960) (as Robert Rafelson)
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
2002 Erotic Tales - Porn.com (short)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1968 Head (writer: "Ditty Diego" - uncredited, "Get Tuff" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1960 The Witness (TV series) (story editor - 1 episode)
– Kid Twist (1960) (story editor - as Robert Rafelson)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
1990 Texasville (special thanks)
 
1978 Days of Heaven (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (11 titles)
???? Untitled Richard Brautigan Project (documentary) (in production)
Himself
 
2010 America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
Himself
 
2010 Sodankylä ikuisesti (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Ensimmäisen elokuvamuiston kaiho (2010) … Himself
– Elokuvan vuosisata (2010) … Himself
– Ikuinen aika (2010) … Himself
– Valon draama (2010) … Himself
 
2008 No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Making of 'Blood and Wine' (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Magacine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 May 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
1997 Who Is Henry Jaglom? (documentary)
Himself
 
1987 De película (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 May 1987 (1987) … Himself
 
1981 Notre Dame de la Croisette (documentary)
Director of 'The Postman Always Rings Twice'
 
1968 Head
Himself (uncredited)
 
1967 The 19th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
1997 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1997 Hey, Hey We're the Monkees (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Mountains of the Moon -- Clip: The greatest river in the world The Postman Always Rings Twice -- The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband. No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos -- NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: LASZLO AND VILMOS. The lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond and their impact on American cinema. As film students in Hungary, Laszlo and Vilmos took to the war-torn streets of Budapest to shoot footage of the Russian invasion, and subsequently volunteered to smuggle it out of the country. Barely escaping with their lives, the two friends fled to America and settled in Hollywood, eventually saving enough money to buy their own 16mm camera. After working on a string of low-budget horror and biker movies, both men soon rose to prominence in the late 60's and 70's, shooting the films that defined what came to be known as the American New Wave: Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Deliverance, Paper Moon, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and more. Working with directors including Robert Altman, Bob Rafelson, Peter Bogdanovich, and Martin Scorsese, they helped create a new American film aesthetic, and pioneered innovative, fearless ways to tell stories. “When it comes to Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond, it's clear that the American New Wave of the late 1960's and early '70s wouldn't have flowered as it did without them." – Leonard Maltin Told through interviews with Laszlo (who died in 2007) and Vilmos, as well as directors including Rafelson, Bogdanovich, John Boorman, Graeme Clifford, Richard Donner, William Richert, Mark Rydell, composer John Williams and actors such as Jon Voight, Peter Fonda, Sandra Bullock, Karen Black, Dennis Hopper and Sharon Stone, NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY is an intimate portrait of two giants of modern imagemaking and their deep bond of brotherhood that transcended every imaginable boundary. Two heroes. One road.
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Music video: Directed "All Night Long" for Lionel Richie See more »

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Trivia:

Cannes Film Festival - The Postman Always Rings Twice (international premiere). [1981] See more »

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Often casts Jack Nicholson See more »

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