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Israel "Ulu" Grosbard (9 January 1929 – 19 March 2012) was a Belgian-born, naturalized American theatre and film director and film producer. ==Life and career== Born in Antwerp, Grosbard was the son of Rose (Tenenbaum) and Morris Grosbard, who worked in business and as a diamond merchant. Grosbard emigrated to Havana with his family in 1942; they were fleeing the persecution of Jews by the German occupiers of Belgium during World War II. In 1948, they moved to the United States, where he earned Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Chicago. He studied then at the Yale School of Drama for one year before joining the United States Army.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.filmbug.com/db/35093 )〕 Grosbard became a naturalized citizen in 1954.〔 Grosbard gravitated towards theatre when he relocated to New York City in the early 1960s. After directing ''The Days and Nights of BeeBee Fenstermaker'' off-Broadway, he earned his first Broadway credit with ''The Subject Was Roses'', for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 1964. That same year he won the Obie Award for Best Direction and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play for an off-Broadway revival of the Arthur Miller play ''A View from the Bridge'', for which Dustin Hoffman served as stage manager and assistant director.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dustin Hoffman - Biography )〕 Grosbard's additional Broadway credits include Miller's ''The Price''; David Mamet's ''American Buffalo'', which earned him Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations; Woody Allen's ''The Floating Light Bulb''; and a revival of Paddy Chayefsky's ''The Tenth Man''. In Hollywood, Grosbard worked as an assistant director on ''Splendor in the Grass'', ''West Side Story'', ''The Hustler'', ''The Miracle Worker'', and ''The Pawnbroker'' 〔 before helming the screen adaptation of ''The Subject Was Roses'' on his own. Additional screen credits include ''Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?'' and ''Straight Time'', both with Dustin Hoffman; ''True Confessions'' and ''Falling in Love'', both with Robert De Niro; ''Georgia'' for which he won the Grand Prix des Amériques at the Montréal World Film Festival; and ''The Deep End of the Ocean''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ulu Grosbard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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