Ulu Grosbard
Israel "Ulu" Grosbard (January 9, 1929 – March 19, 2012) was a Belgian-born, naturalized American theater and film director and film producer.
Ulu Grosbard
- Full name
- Israel Grosbard.
- Born
- 1929. · Antwerp.
- Died
- 2012. · Manhattan.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- film producer and director.
- Fields
- directing, film direction and film production.
- Education
- University of Chicago and Yale School of Drama.
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Born in Antwerp, Grosbard was the son of Rose (Tenenbaum) and Morris Grosbard, the latter of whom worked in business and as a diamond merchant.[1][2] Grosbard emigrated to Havana with his family in 1942; they were fleeing the persecution of Jews by the German occupiers of Belgium during World War II. In 1948, they moved to the United States, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts from the University of Chicago. He studied at the Yale School of Drama for one year before joining the U.S. Army.[4] Grosbard became a naturalized citizen in 1954. Grosbard gravitated toward theater when he moved to New York City in the early 1960s. After directing The Days and Nights of BeeBee Fenstermaker off-Broadway, he earned his first Broadway credit with The Subject Was Roses, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 1964. The same year, he won the Obie Award for Best Direction, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play for an off-Broadway revival of the Arthur Miller play, A View from the Bridge, for which Dustin Hoffman served as stage manager and assistant director.[5] Grosbard's additional Broadway credits include Miller's The Price; David Mamet's American Buffalo, which earned him Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations; Woody Allen's The Floating Light Bulb; and a revival of Paddy Chayefsky's The Tenth Man. In Hollywood, Grosbard worked as an assistant director on Splendor in the Grass, West Side Story, The Hustler, The Miracle Worker and The Pawnbroker. He directed the screen adaptations of The Subject Was Roses, Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?, Straight Time, True Confessions, Falling in Love, Georgia and The Deep End of the Ocean.
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New York, NY is recorded as a place of activity by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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Grosbard was married to actress Rose Gregorio from 1965 until his death. Grosbard died on March 19, 2012, at the Langone Medical Center in Manhattan. He was 83.[6]
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Ulu Grosbard, a film director and artist, was born on 9 January 1929 in België and died on 19 March 2012. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Getty Union List of Artist Names; the death by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Ulu Grosbard was recorded at birth as Israel Grosbard. He married Rose Gregorio.
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Career and activity
Ulu Grosbard worked in directing, film direction and film production.
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Ulu Grosbard died at Manhattan.
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* * • Ulu Grosbard at the Lortel Archives
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- 1.Ulu Grosbard Biography (1929-).
- 2.Weber, Bruce. Ulu Grosbard, Broadway and Film Director, Dies at 83. The New York Times. 20 March 2012.
- 3.McMurran, Kristin. He Cast His Wife as a Hooker, but Director Ulu Grosbard Says His Rose Is Still Sweet. People. 7 December 1981.
- 4.Ulu Grosbard. Filmbug.com.
- 5.Dustin Hoffman – Biography. Tiscali.co.uk.
- 6.Bergan, Ronald. Ulu Grosbard obituary. The Guardian. 23 March 2012.
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Ulu Grosbard studied at University of Chicago and Yale School of Drama.
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