Bob Rafelson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert "Bob" Rafelson (February 21, 1933-July 23, 2022) was an American film director, writer and producer. He was most famous for directing and co-writing the film Five Easy Pieces, starring Jack Nicholson, as well as being one of the creators of the pop group and TV series, The Monkees (with Raybert/BBS Productions partner Bert Schneider). Rafelson was born in New York City, the son of a hat manufacturer. His uncle was screenwriter and playwright Samson Raphaelson. Rafelson and Nicholson have been collaborators for over thirty years. Nicholson and Rafelson wrote and produced and Rafelson directed Head, starring the Monkees, in 1968, followed by Five Easy Pieces. In subsequent years, Rafelson directed Nicholson in four more films, including The King of Marvin Gardens (1972), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), Man Trouble (1992), and Blood and Wine (1996). Rafelson has adapted the works of legendary noir authors James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, and Dashiell Hammett. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Rafelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Directing

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1933-02-21

Died: 2022-07-23

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1968	Head	Self (uncredited)	62
2	1970	Five Easy Pieces	Man in Elevator (uncredited)	71
3	1976	Stay Hungry	Man on a Sidewalk with Painting (uncredited)	57
4	1981	Modesty	Self	0
5	1982	Mora	Gangster	45
6	1983	Notre Dame de la Croisette	Self	60
7	1985	Always … But Not Forever	Sam	43
8	1988	On the tracks of a filmmaker	Bob Rafelson	0
9	1994	Wet	Rejected Customer (uncredited)	46
10	1995	Leaving Las Vegas	Man At Mall	73
11	1997	Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees	Self (archive footage)	88
12	1997	Who Is Henry Jaglom?	Self	66
13	2002	Afterthoughts	Self	60
14	2002	Porn.com	Matty Bonkers	46
15	2009	No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos	Self	59
16	2010	Sodankylä Forever	Self	0
17	2010	BBStory: An American Film Renaissance	Self	0
18	2010	Reflections of a Philosopher King	Self	0
19	2010	America Lost and Found: The BBS Story	Self	0
20	2010	Soul Searching in 'Five Easy Pieces'	Self	60
21	2017	We Blew It	Self	56

Bob Rafelson

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