Don Roos
Don Roos | |
|---|---|
New York , U.S. | |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, director, producer |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Donald Paul Roos (born April 14, 1955) is an American screenwriter and film director.[1]
Life and career
Roos was born in upstate New York into a conservative Roman Catholic family of mostly Irish descent. He attended the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. After graduating, Roos moved to Los Angeles, where he pursued a television screenwriting career.[2]
Roos supported himself by working as a word processor, and to this day jokes that he has that as a fall-back plan. Roos began his writing career when he had a friend of his impersonate an agent and represent him; a phone call led to a job with playwright
Roos's work as the writer of the film Single White Female has earned him a permanent space in Hollywood movie trivia, since that title has entered the lexicon[citation needed] in reference to the film's psychopathic lead character who begins to take on her roommate's identity.
Roos is well known for his work writing strong and engaging female characters,[
With his husband - actor, writer, and film producer Dan Bucatinsky - he has two children, Eliza and Jonah.
Films directed and written
- The Other Woman (2009) (also screenwriter)
- Happy Endings (2005) (also writer)
- Bounce (2000) (also writer)
- The Opposite of Sex (1998) (also writer)[1]
Films written
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) (screenwriter)
- Marley & Me (2008) (screenwriter)
- Diabolique (1996) (writer)
- Boys on the Side (1995) (writer)
- Love Field (1992) (writer)
- Single White Female (1992) (screenwriter)
References
- ^ a b Maslin, Janet (May 29, 1998). "The Opposite of Sex (1998) FILM REVIEW; Her Mouth Is Poison, and Her Heart Is Fool's Gold". The New York Times.
- ^ "The Family Guy Behind the Dark Comedies", nytimes.com. May 8, 2005. Accessed September 29, 2022.
- ^ MacNab, Geoffrey (1999-01-14). "Strong, conniving women: the final frontier - Arts & Entertainment". The Independent. London. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
- ^ Benedict, David (2000-06-16). "Here's to the bachelor with a spatula". The Independent. London. Retrieved 2010-04-10.[dead link]
