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Ross Katz is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Grip and Post Production Supervisor American born on 19 may 1971

Ross Katz

Ross Katz
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Nationality USA
Birth 19 may 1971 (52 years)
Awards Writers Guild of America Award

Ross Katz, né le 19 mai 1971 à Philadelphie, est un réalisateur, scénariste et producteur américain.

Best films

Lost in Translation (2003)
(Producer)
Marie Antoinette (2006)
(Producer)
In the Bedroom (2002)
(Producer)

Usually with

Sofia Coppola
Sofia Coppola
(2 films)
Noah Fleiss
Noah Fleiss
(2 films)
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Bacon
(2 films)
Julie White
Julie White
(2 films)
Ted Hope
Ted Hope
(4 films)
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Filmography of Ross Katz (14 films)

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Director

The Choice
The Choice (2016)
, 1h51
Directed by Ross Katz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer, Tom Welling, Alexandra Daddario, Tom Wilkinson, Maggie Grace
Rating65% 3.2632953.2632953.2632953.2632953.263295
Travis Parker, living in a small coastal town Beaufort, falls in love on his first meeting with Gabby Holland, who moves in next door.
Adult Beginners, 1h30
Directed by Ross Katz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about families
Actors Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Nick Kroll, Joel McHale, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Josh Charles
Rating55% 2.7985452.7985452.7985452.7985452.798545
After his company crashes and burns on the eve of its big launch, hipster entrepreneur Jake (Kroll) moves in with his estranged pregnant sister, Justine (Byrne), brother-in-law, Danny (Cannavale), and three year-old nephew in the suburbs where he is faced with the pressure of real responsibility.
Taking Chance, 1h17
Directed by Ross Katz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Kevin Bacon, Tom Aldredge, Mike Colter, Nicholas Art, Blanche Baker, Guy Boyd
Rating73% 3.6977853.6977853.6977853.6977853.697785
The film opens on a black screen, with white letters describing the date and place, as we hear radio chatter about a "suspicious vehicle" followed by the sound of an explosion and gunfire. We then cut to see two Marines driving, wearing dress blue uniforms, to an unmarked house in the middle of the night and knocking on the door. Finally we cut to Lt. Colonel Michael Strobl (played by Kevin Bacon) searching on his computer the casualty report for the Middle East. After a couple clips of Michael running through the woods, service members' coffins getting put into an airplane, and some driving. We find the Lt. Col. at work giving a presentation to several other Marines. Then the Lt. Col. makes his way home with his family for a short while, then the camera cuts to five Marines in woodland MarPat camouflage taking US Flag draped coffins off of an airplane in the rain. After a short clip of the Lt. Col. eating dinner with his family, we find him looking at the casualty report yet again but this time he writes down some information. The movie then cuts to him in an interview with a higher ranking Marine and he asks to escort a Marine named PFC (Private First Class) Chance Phelps. He says it is because the PFC is from his hometown, then we see him discuss his choice with his wife. After he explains that he is doing this only because the PFC is from his hometown and has no other meaning, the film cuts to several people doing medical procedures on a dead body which one can assume to be PFC Phelps. After the morticians are shown, the film then cuts to the Lt. Col. leaving and telling his wife goodbye.

Scriptwriter

Taking Chance, 1h17
Directed by Ross Katz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Kevin Bacon, Tom Aldredge, Mike Colter, Nicholas Art, Blanche Baker, Guy Boyd
Rating73% 3.6977853.6977853.6977853.6977853.697785
The film opens on a black screen, with white letters describing the date and place, as we hear radio chatter about a "suspicious vehicle" followed by the sound of an explosion and gunfire. We then cut to see two Marines driving, wearing dress blue uniforms, to an unmarked house in the middle of the night and knocking on the door. Finally we cut to Lt. Colonel Michael Strobl (played by Kevin Bacon) searching on his computer the casualty report for the Middle East. After a couple clips of Michael running through the woods, service members' coffins getting put into an airplane, and some driving. We find the Lt. Col. at work giving a presentation to several other Marines. Then the Lt. Col. makes his way home with his family for a short while, then the camera cuts to five Marines in woodland MarPat camouflage taking US Flag draped coffins off of an airplane in the rain. After a short clip of the Lt. Col. eating dinner with his family, we find him looking at the casualty report yet again but this time he writes down some information. The movie then cuts to him in an interview with a higher ranking Marine and he asks to escort a Marine named PFC (Private First Class) Chance Phelps. He says it is because the PFC is from his hometown, then we see him discuss his choice with his wife. After he explains that he is doing this only because the PFC is from his hometown and has no other meaning, the film cuts to several people doing medical procedures on a dead body which one can assume to be PFC Phelps. After the morticians are shown, the film then cuts to the Lt. Col. leaving and telling his wife goodbye.

Producer

My Dinner with Hervé, 1h50
Directed by Sacha Gervasi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about television
Actors Peter Dinklage, Jamie Dornan, Andy García, Mireille Enos, Oona Chaplin, Harriet Walter
Roles Executive Producer
Rating68% 3.444263.444263.444263.444263.44426
Danny Tate, journaliste et ancien alcoolique, est envoyé à Los Angeles pour interviewer l'écrivain Gore Vidal. Il doit, en outre faire un court article sur l'acteur Hervé Villechaize. Danny Tate rencontre l'acteur, se mettant en retard pour sa rencontre avec Gore Vidal qui refuse de répondre à l'interview.
Story of a Girl, 1h30
Directed by Kyra Sedgwick
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Kevin Bacon, Tyler Johnston, Sosie Bacon, Jon Tenney, Caroline Cave
Roles Executive Producer
Rating62% 3.1002853.1002853.1002853.1002853.100285
Deanna Lambert a encore deux années de lycée à faire. Elle habite chez ses parents avec son frère aîné, qui s'est installé dans la cave de la maison avec sa petite amie et leur bébé de quelques mois. Mais la vie de Deanna est devenue un cauchemar depuis trois ans car une vidéo d'elle la montrant en plein ébat sexuel avec Tommy, un ami de son grand frère, à l'arrière d'une voiture alors qu'elle était âgée de 13 ans, a été diffusée sur les réseaux sociaux. Son père la méprise et elle subit les moqueries de ses camarades. Seuls Jason et Lee restent ses amis.
Road, Movie, 1h35
Directed by Dev Benegal
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Abhay Deol, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Virendra Saxena, Yashpal Sharma
Roles Producer
Rating67% 3.39613.39613.39613.39613.3961
Vishnu (Abhay Deol), a restless young man, itches to escape his father's faltering hair oil business.
Taking Chance, 1h17
Directed by Ross Katz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Kevin Bacon, Tom Aldredge, Mike Colter, Nicholas Art, Blanche Baker, Guy Boyd
Roles Executive Producer
Rating73% 3.6977853.6977853.6977853.6977853.697785
The film opens on a black screen, with white letters describing the date and place, as we hear radio chatter about a "suspicious vehicle" followed by the sound of an explosion and gunfire. We then cut to see two Marines driving, wearing dress blue uniforms, to an unmarked house in the middle of the night and knocking on the door. Finally we cut to Lt. Colonel Michael Strobl (played by Kevin Bacon) searching on his computer the casualty report for the Middle East. After a couple clips of Michael running through the woods, service members' coffins getting put into an airplane, and some driving. We find the Lt. Col. at work giving a presentation to several other Marines. Then the Lt. Col. makes his way home with his family for a short while, then the camera cuts to five Marines in woodland MarPat camouflage taking US Flag draped coffins off of an airplane in the rain. After a short clip of the Lt. Col. eating dinner with his family, we find him looking at the casualty report yet again but this time he writes down some information. The movie then cuts to him in an interview with a higher ranking Marine and he asks to escort a Marine named PFC (Private First Class) Chance Phelps. He says it is because the PFC is from his hometown, then we see him discuss his choice with his wife. After he explains that he is doing this only because the PFC is from his hometown and has no other meaning, the film cuts to several people doing medical procedures on a dead body which one can assume to be PFC Phelps. After the morticians are shown, the film then cuts to the Lt. Col. leaving and telling his wife goodbye.
Marie Antoinette, 2h3
Directed by Sofia Coppola
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Politique, Marie-Antoinette, Political films, Histoire de France, French Revolution films, Films about royalty
Actors Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis, Rip Torn, Rose Byrne, Asia Argento
Roles Producer
Rating65% 3.2518853.2518853.2518853.2518853.251885
Fourteen-year-old Maria Antonia Josephina Johanna Habsburg (Kirsten Dunst) is the beautiful, charming, and naive archduchess of Austria, youngest of Empress Maria Theresa's (Marianne Faithfull) daughters. In 1770, the only one left unmarried among her sisters, she is sent by her mother to marry the Dauphin of France, the future Louis XVI of France (Jason Schwartzman), to seal an alliance between the two rival countries. Marie Antoinette travels to France, relinquishing all connections with her home country, including her pet Pug "Mops", and meets the King Louis XV of France (Rip Torn) and her future husband, Louis Auguste. The two arrive at the Palace of Versailles, which was built by the King's great-grandfather. They are married at once, and are encouraged to produce an heir to the throne as soon as possible; but the next day it is reported to the king that "nothing happened" on the wedding night.
Lost in Translation, 1h42
Directed by Sofia Coppola
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Musical films, Films about language and translation
Actors Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris, Akira, Hiroko Kawasaki
Roles Producer
Rating76% 3.8477853.8477853.8477853.8477853.847785
Bob Harris, an aging American movie star, arrives in Tokyo to film an advertisement for Suntory whisky. Charlotte, a young college graduate, is left in her hotel room by her husband, John, a celebrity photographer on assignment in Tokyo. Charlotte is unsure of her future with John as she feels he is more interested in his celebrity models, particularly an American actress named Kelly, than her. Bob's own 25-year marriage is tired as he goes through a midlife crisis.
The Laramie Project, 1h37
Directed by Moisés Kaufman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Nestor Carbonell, Clancy Brown, Christina Ricci, Steve Buscemi, Dylan Baker, Jeremy Davies
Roles Executive Producer
Rating70% 3.546723.546723.546723.546723.54672
En 1998, les membres d'une compagnie de théâtre new-yorkaise se rendent à Laramie, dans le Wyoming, trois semaines après le meurtre brutal d'un étudiant homosexuel de 21 ans, Matthew Shepard. Ils espèrent ainsi comprendre comment un acte d'une telle violence a pu être commis et quelles réactions suscite le crime au sein de la population locale.
In the Bedroom, 2h10
Directed by Todd Field
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei, William Mapother, Celia Weston
Roles Producer
Rating73% 3.698013.698013.698013.698013.69801
The film is set in the Mid-Coast town of Camden, Maine. Matt (Tom Wilkinson) and Ruth Fowler (Sissy Spacek) enjoy a happy marriage and a good relationship with their son Frank (Nick Stahl), a recent college graduate who has come home for the summer. Frank has fallen in love with an older woman with children, Natalie Strout (Marisa Tomei). Frank is also applying to graduate school for architecture, but is considering staying in town to work in the fishing industry and be near to Natalie. Natalie's ex-husband, Richard Strout (William Mapother), tries to find a way into his ex-wife and son's lives, going to increasingly violent lengths to get his intentions across to Natalie. Ruth is openly concerned about Frank's relationship with Natalie, while Matt thinks it is only a fling.
Trick
Trick (1999)
, 1h29
Directed by Jim Fall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Chistian Campbell, John Paul Pitoc, Tori Spelling, Brad Beyer, Lorri Bagley, Will Keenan
Roles Producer
Rating71% 3.597953.597953.597953.597953.59795
Gabriel, an office temp by day and aspiring Broadway composer by night, becomes smitten with Mark, a go-go dancer, in a gay bar with whom he makes eye contact. The two meet again in the subway that very night, and go back to Gabriel's place to have sex. They're thwarted in the attempt, however, first by Gabriel's aspiring actress friend Katherine, who is obsessed with her role in an adaptation of Salomé set in a women's prison, and then by Gabriel's roommate Rich, who returns home with his girlfriend Judy, with similar (and conflicting) plans for the apartment.

Cameraman

Reservoir Dogs, 1h39
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Mob film, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney, Michael Madsen
Roles Grip
Rating81% 4.069294.069294.069294.069294.06929
Eight men eat breakfast at a Los Angeles diner before their planned diamond heist, most of them unknown to each other. Six of them use aliases: Mr. Blonde, Mr. Blue, Mr. Brown, Mr. Orange, Mr. Pink, and Mr. White. With them are mob boss Joe Cabot, the organizer of the heist, and his son/underboss, "Nice Guy" Eddie Cabot. During the course of the film, the major characters are sporadically introduced by subtitles (e.g., "Mr. White") and their character backstories are explored in subsequent, non-linear fashion.

Team

Happiness
Happiness (1998)
, 2h14
Directed by Todd Solondz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Horror
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Films about pedophilia
Actors Jane Adams, Elizabeth Ashley, Dylan Baker, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ben Gazzara, Jared Harris
Roles Post Production Supervisor
Rating76% 3.8486553.8486553.8486553.8486553.848655
Trish Maplewood, the eldest Jordan sister, is an upper middle class housewife happily married to psychiatrist Bill Maplewood and has three children. Unbeknownst to Trish, however, Bill is a pedophile who is obsessed with 11-year-old Johnny Grasso, a classmate of their son, Billy. When Johnny comes to the Jordan house for a sleepover, Bill drugs and rapes him. Later, Bill learns that another boy, Ronald Farber, is home alone while his parents are away in Europe. Under the guise of attending a PTA meeting, Bill drives to the boy's house and rapes him as well. After Johnny is taken to the hospital and found to have been sexually abused, the police arrive at the Maplewood residence to question Bill. After alerting his wife to the police presence, Bill begins by asking the two detectives, "You said something about Ronald Farber?" The two detectives, looking puzzled, say nothing. Bill then stammers, "I mean, Johnny Grasso." Out on bail, he tearfully admits to Billy that he "fucked" the boys, that he enjoyed it, and that he would do it again. When Billy asks, "Would you ever fuck me?", his father replies, "No... I jerk off instead.