Rob Reiner

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The actor, producer, writer and director who has scored successes with Stand By Me, When Harry Met Sally, Misery and A Few Good Men. Is he finally out of his famous father's shadow?

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Rob Reiner
born: 06-03-1947
birth place: The Bronx, New York

Two years later, he had his first hit as big screen director and co-writer, with ‘This is Spinal Tap’ (1984), it was to be the start of a long and successful career of film directing. He starred as Marty DeBergi in this ‘rockumentary’ about the world’s loudest band, British heavy metal group Spinal Tap, a spoof of the rock ‘n’ roll scene, posing as a real documentary of a real band. Reiner directed two more films, ‘The Sure Thing’ (1985) and ‘Stand by Me’ (1986), before he had the opportunity to create his own independent film and television studio.

Together with Martin Shafer, Marc Shaiman and Alan Horn, Reiner founded Castle Rock Entertainment in 1987. The company was named in honour of a fictional town in a Stephen King short story. Reiner worked with King on a number of films. In 1994, Turner Broadcasting acquired Castle Rock. It eventually turned into Time Warner, then Warner Brothers, which now holds full worldwide distribution rights of all Castle Rock films.

Reiner’s Castle Rock’s director debut release was ‘When Harry Met Sally...’ (1989). The movie was a box office success and had Best Director nominations from the Directors Guild of America and the Hollywood Foreign Press. Reiner’s mother, Estelle Reiner, may be remembered as the older lady in the delicatessen who says, “I’ll have what she’s having” after Sally fakes an orgasm.

The 1990s found Reiner directing films as diverse as ‘Misery’ (1990), a psychological thriller based on a Steven King novel, starring Kathy Bates; ‘A Few Good Men’ (1992), a military crime thriller with Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon and Keifer Sutherland; and ‘North’ (1994), a comedy adventure with Elijah Wood and Bruce Willis. Also directed under the Castle Rock banner were hit comedy ‘The American President’ (1995), with Michael Douglas and Annette Bening; true story ‘Ghosts of Mississippi’ (1996), starring Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg and James Woods; the television movie ‘I Am Your Child’ (1997), ‘Spinal Tap: The Final Tour (1998)’, and ‘The Story of Us’ (1999), the romantic comedy with Bruce Willis and Michelle Pfeiffer, in which Reiner also starred.

Throughout all his directing and writing, Reiner continued acting. Some of his movies include ‘Throw Momma from the Train’ (1987), directed by Billy Crystal; ‘Postcards from the Edge’ (1990); ‘The Spirit of 76’ (1990), directed by his brother Lucas Reiner; ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ (1993), with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan; Woody Allen’s ‘Bullets over Broadway’ (1994); ‘Bye Bye, Love’ (1995) with Matthew Modine and Randy Quaid; and the hilarious story of revenge, ‘The First Wives Club’ (1996), starring Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton and Maggie Smith. In October 1999, Reiner was recognised for his considerable contributions to the film industry with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It is placed directly next to his father’s star.

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