Birthday: 9 January 1929, Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
A former diamond cutter in his native Belgium, Ulu Grosbard was educated at the University of Chicago, then attended the Yale Drama School. Becoming a stage director in 1957, Grosbard directed many successful Broadway shows. In the early '60s Grosbard journeyed to Hollywood, where he was hired as an assistant director on several productions, a...
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A former diamond cutter in his native Belgium, Ulu Grosbard was educated at the University of Chicago, then attended the Yale Drama School. Becoming a stage director in 1957, Grosbard directed many successful Broadway shows. In the early '60s Grosbard journeyed to Hollywood, where he was hired as an assistant director on several productions, and several years later directed his first film - appropriately enough, an adaptation of a hit Broadway play (The Subject Was Roses (1968)). Grosbard's film career has been sporadic, however, and he has found much more success staging Broadway shows. Show less «
As an assistant director you learn about production. The more you know about production, the more yo...Show more »
As an assistant director you learn about production. The more you know about production, the more you can anticipate and not be at the mercy of circumstances. The thing I learned from Kazan is how to run a relaxed set, how to use your time working with the actors while things are being set up, how to improve your staging. Show less «
[About film directing] The key is to relax yourself. It's hard because the pressure is on you.
[About film directing] The key is to relax yourself. It's hard because the pressure is on you.
