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Herbert Ross
From: New York City, New York. LA Opera: director of La Bohème (debut, 1993; six revivals).
The films of Herbert Ross (1927-2001) collectively garnered 44 Academy Award nominations, including one that Ross earned for directing The Turning Point. He directed such diverse films as The Goodbye Girl, Footloose and Pennies from Heaven. He began his career as a dancer, and at 23 became a choreographer for American Ballet Theatre and for the Broadway stage. He directed a number of plays before entering film and brought several Neil Simon works to the screen, including The Sunshine Boys, for which George Burns won an Academy Award, and California Suite, for which Maggie Smith won an Academy Award. Other credits include Steel Magnolias, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Funny Lady and Play It Again, Sam. Herbert Ross also produced and directed The Secret of My Success, The Last of Sheila, Protocol, True Colors and Boys on the Side.
The films of Herbert Ross (1927-2001) collectively garnered 44 Academy Award nominations, including one that Ross earned for directing The Turning Point. He directed such diverse films as The Goodbye Girl, Footloose and Pennies from Heaven. He began his career as a dancer, and at 23 became a choreographer for American Ballet Theatre and for the Broadway stage. He directed a number of plays before entering film and brought several Neil Simon works to the screen, including The Sunshine Boys, for which George Burns won an Academy Award, and California Suite, for which Maggie Smith won an Academy Award. Other credits include Steel Magnolias, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Funny Lady and Play It Again, Sam. Herbert Ross also produced and directed The Secret of My Success, The Last of Sheila, Protocol, True Colors and Boys on the Side.