Lieberman, Robert 1947- (Rob Lieberman)

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Lieberman, Robert 1947- (Rob Lieberman)

PERSONAL

Born July 16, 1947, in Buffalo, NY; married Marilu Henner (an actress and producer), June 27, 1990 (divorced, June 7, 2001); children: Nicholas Morgan, Joseph Marlon.

Addresses:

Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825; Agency for the Performing Arts, 405 South Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Manager—Evolution Entertainment, 901 North Highland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038.

Career:

Director and producer. Desort-Fisher advertising production house, began as assistant editor, became head editor, then became a director; director of various advertisements. Harmony Pictures/Harmony Holdings, Burbank, CA, cofounder, 1979.

Member:

Directors Guild of America.

Awards, Honors:

Directors Guild of America Award, best commercial director, 1979, for the advertisement "Mary Ryan, Mary Lou"; multiple Mobius awards, 1988, for the advertisement "New Kid"; Directors Guild of America Award, best commercial director, 1995, for the advertisements "Jeffery's Secret" and "Sisters"; other honors include additional award nominations from the Directors Guild of America.

CREDITS

Television Executive Producer; Series:

Dream Street, NBC, 1989.

Gabriel's Fire, ABC, 1990-91.

Harts of the West, CBS, 1993-94.

Marilu, syndicated, 1994-95.

Under Suspicion (also known as Rose City), CBS, 1994-95.

Medicine Ball, Fox, 1995.

Moloney, CBS, 1996-97.

Strong Medicine, Lifetime, 2000-2006.

The Dead Zone (also known as The Dark Half, Dead Zone, Stephen King's "Dead Zone," La morta zona, La zona morta, La zona muerta, and Zona smrti), USA Network, beginning 2002.

Jake 2.0, UPN, 2003.

The Casino, Fox, 2004.

Television Work; Other; Series:

Coproducer, Split Second, ABC, c. 1972-75.

Executive consultant, Pros & Cons, ABC, 1991-92.

Television Director; Miniseries:

Titanic, CBS, 1996.

NetForce (also known as Tom Clancy's "Netforce"), ABC, 1999.

Earthsea (also known as The Legend of Earthsea), Sci-Fi Channel, 2004.

Television Executive Producer; Movies:

To Save a Child (also known as A Child for Satan and The Craft), ABC, 1991.

(As Rob Lieberman) Abandoned and Deceived (also known as A.C.E.S., A.C.E.S.: The Geraldine Jensen Story, and ACES: The Gerri Jensen Story), ABC, 1995.

Television Director; Movies:

Fighting Back (also known as Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleir), ABC, 1980.

Will: G. Gordon Liddy (also known as Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy), NBC, 1982.

To Save a Child (also known as A Child for Satan and The Craft), ABC, 1991.

Red Skies, USA Network, 2002.

Second String, TNT, 2002.

Final Days of Planet Earth (also known as Invasion), 2006.

Also directed Betrayed, HBO.

Television Director; Specials:

"Gaucho," ABC Afterschool Specials, ABC, 1978.

"A Home Run for Love," ABC Afterschool Specials, ABC, 1978.

Faces in a Famine, PBS, 1986.

Television Work; Other; Specials:

Producer, Faces in a Famine, PBS, 1986.

Music director, "Warning: Medicine May Be Hazardous to Your Health," America Undercover, HBO, 1988.

Television Director; Episodic:

"I'll Be Home for Christmas," thirtysomething, ABC, 1987.

"Money Walks," Gabriel's Fire, ABC, 1990.

"Tis the Season," Gabriel's Fire, ABC, 1990.

"A Prayer for the Goldsteins," Gabriel's Fire, ABC, 1991.

Medicine Ball, Fox, 1995.

"Rush," The X-Files, Fox, 1999.

"There Be Dragons," Once and Again, ABC, 1999.

"Destiny," The Dead Zone (also known as The Dark Half, Dead Zone, Stephen King's "Dead Zone," La morta zona, La zona morta, La zona muerta, and Zona smrti), USA Network, 2002.

"Dinner with Dana," The Dead Zone (also known as The Dark Half, Dead Zone, Stephen King's "Dead Zone," La morta zona, La zona morta, La zona muerta, and Zona smrti), USA Network, 2002.

"Netherworld," The Dead Zone (also known as The Dark Half, Dead Zone, Stephen King's "Dead Zone," La morta zona, La zona morta, La zona muerta, and Zona smrti), USA Network, 2002.

"Unreasonable Doubt," The Dead Zone (also known as The Dark Half, Dead Zone, Stephen King's "Dead Zone," La morta zona, La zona morta, La zona muerta, and Zona smrti), USA Network, 2002.

"What It Seems," The Dead Zone (also known as The Dark Half, Dead Zone, Stephen King's "Dead Zone," La morta zona, La zona morta, La zona muerta, and Zona smrti), USA Network, 2002.

"First Response," Strong Medicine, Lifetime, 2005.

"Let's Give the Boy a Hand," Dexter, Showtime, 2006.

"Love American Style," Dexter, Showtime, 2006.

(As Rob Lieberman) "Sins of the Mother," Shark, CBS, 2006.

"Holy Matrimony," Brothers & Sisters, ABC, 2007.

(As Rob Lieberman) "Unpredictable," Eureka (also known as A Town Called Eureka), Sci-Fi Channel, 2007.

Television Director; Pilots:

thirtysomething, ABC, 1987.

Dream Street, NBC, 1989.

"The Kid," The Young Riders, ABC, 1989.

"Gabriel's Fire," Gabriel's Fire, ABC, 1990.

Harts of the West, CBS, 1993.

Under Suspicion (also known as Rose City), CBS, 1994.

Moloney, CBS, 1996.

Strong Medicine, Lifetime, 2000.

"Wheel of Fortune," The Dead Zone (also known as The Dark Half, Dead Zone, Stephen King's "Dead Zone," La morta zona, La zona morta, La zona muerta, and Zona smrti), USA Network, 2002.

"The Tech," Jake 2.0, UPN, 2003.

Killer Instinct (also known as The Gate), Fox, 2005.

A.M.P.E.D., Spike, 2007.

Directed the unaired episode for The Dead Zone (also known as The Dark Half, Dead Zone, Stephen King's "Dead Zone," La morta zona, La zona morta, La zona muerta, and Zona smrti), USA Network.

Television Executive Producer; Pilots:

Rag and Bone (also known as Rag & Bone), CBS, 1997.

"The Tech," Jake 2.0, UPN, 2003.

A.M.P.E.D., Spike, 2007.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Himself, "Marilu Henner," Celebrity Profile (also known as E! Celebrity Profile and E! Celebrity Profile: Marilu Henner), E! Entertainment Television, 1999.

Film Director:

Table for Five, Warner Bros., 1983.

All I Want for Christmas, Paramount, 1991.

Fire in the Sky, Paramount, 1993.

D3: The Mighty Ducks (also known as Mighty Ducks 3), Buena Vista, 1996.

Director of other films.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Himself, Are We Alone? (short), Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, 2006.

WRITINGS

Teleplays; Episodic:

The Casino, Fox, 2004.

Killer Instinct (also known as The Gate), Fox, 2005.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Starlog, April, 1993.

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