Robert Lieberman

{{short description|American film and television director (1947–2023)}} {{Other people|Robert Lieberman}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox person | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|07|16}} | birth_place = Buffalo, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|07|01|1947|07|16}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | height = | other_names = Rob Lieberman | website = | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Myrna Narad<br>|1969|1979|end=divorced}} * {{marriage|Marilu Henner<br>|1990|2001|end=divorced}} * {{marriage|Victoria Peters<br>|2010|}} }} | alma_mater = State University of New York at Buffalo | children = 4, including Nick Lieberman | occupation = Film director, television director | yearsactive = 1978–2021 }} '''Robert Lieberman''' (July 16, 1947 – July 1, 2023) was an American film and television director.<ref>[http://www.form.tv/directors/rob-lieberman/big-dreams.php Rob Lieberman – Form.tv] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702004245/http://www.form.tv/directors/rob-lieberman/big-dreams.php |date=July 2, 2010 }}</ref>

==Early life== Lieberman was born on July 16, 1947,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/lieberman-robert-1947-rob-lieberman|work=Encyclopedia.com|title=Lieberman, Robert|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251212103359/https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/lieberman-robert-1947-rob-lieberman|archive-date=December 12, 2025|publisher=Cengage}}</ref> in Buffalo, New York, and was raised in a working-class family; his father was a door-to-door salesman.<ref name=Levy>{{cite web|work=Toronto Guardian|url=https://torontoguardian.com/2017/08/film-director-robert-lieberman/|last=Levy|first=Joel|title=“A Day in the Life” with local Film Director Robert Lieberman|date=August 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910140447/https://torontoguardian.com/2017/08/film-director-robert-lieberman/|archive-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref> He attended the State University of New York at Buffalo.<ref name=Levy/>

==Career == Lieberman founded the commercial production company Harmony Pictures and directed close to two thousand commercials. He received many Clio nominations and won 29. Lieberman in 1980 was the first winner of the DGA Award for Best Commercial Director.<ref>[http://www.suny.edu/communications/awards/EntertainmentAwards.cfm suny.edu – Media & Entertainment Award Winners]</ref> He was nominated another three times for the DGA Award and in 1996 won his second award.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ubc2c.com/presenters/rob-lieberman-page/ |title=Rob Lieberman – Directing {{!}} UBC2C NYC |access-date=July 4, 2010 |archive-date=May 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514071500/http://ubc2c.com/presenters/rob-lieberman-page/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also directed one film with Akshay Kumar called ''Speedy Singhs'' starring Camilla Belle and Vinay Virmani.<ref>[http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/14385/index.html Speedy Singhs as Directed] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811111313/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/14385/index.html |date=August 11, 2011 }}</ref>

==Personal life== Lieberman was married from June 27, 1990, to June 7, 2001, to actress Marilu Henner; the divorced couple had two children, Nicholas Morgan and Joseph Marlon.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/74/Robert-Lieberman.html Robert Lieberman Biography (1947–) – Film Reference]</ref> He also has two children, Erin and Lorne Lieberman, from his first marriage. Lieberman married former model Vicki Peters, also known as Victoria Pwters, in 2010.

===Illness and death=== Robert Lieberman died of cancer in Los Angeles on July 1, 2023, at the age of 75.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pedersen|first=Erik|title=Robert Lieberman Dies: 'Fire In The Sky', TV & Commercials Director Was 75|url=https://deadline.com/2023/07/robert-lieberman-dead-fire-in-the-sky-tv-commercials-director-1235439773/|website=Deadline|date=July 17, 2023|access-date=July 19, 2023}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

===Director=== '''Films''' * ''Fighting Back'' (1980) * ''Will: G. Gordon Liddy'' (1982) * ''Table for Five'' (1983) * ''To Save a Child'' (1991) * ''All I Want for Christmas'' (1991) * ''Fire in the Sky'' (1993) * ''D3: The Mighty Ducks'' (1996) * ''NetForce'' (1999) * ''Red Skies'' (2002) * ''Second String'' (2002) * ''The Dead Zone'' (2002) * ''Final Days of Planet Earth'' (2006) * ''The Stranger'' (2010) * ''The Tortured'' (2010) * ''Breakaway'' (2011)

'''Television series''' * ''ABC Afterschool Specials'' (1978) * ''thirtysomething'' (1987) * ''Dream Street'' (1989) * ''The Young Riders'' (1989) * ''Gabriel's Fire'' (1990) * ''Harts of the West'' (1993) * ''Under Suspicion'' (1994) * ''Medicine Ball'' (1995) * ''Maloney'' (1996) * ''Titanic'' (1996) * ''Once and Again'' (1999) * ''The X-Files'' (1999) * ''Strong Medicine'' (2000) * ''The Dead Zone'' (2002) * ''Jake 2.0'' (2003) * ''Earthsea'' (2004) * ''Killer Instinct'' (2005) * ''A.M.P.E.D.'' (2007) * ''Dexter'' (2006) * ''Shark'' (2006) * ''Brothers & Sisters'' (2007) * ''Eureka'' (2007) * ''Republic of Doyle'' (2009) * ''Lost Girl'' (2010–2011) * ''Haven'' (2010–2014) * ''Nikita'' (2011) * ''Eve of Destruction'' (2013) * ''The Expanse (TV series)'' (2016) * ''Private Eyes (TV series)'' (2016) * ''Rogue'' (2016–2017)

===Producer=== '''Films''' * ''To Save a Child'' (1991) * ''Abandoned and Deceived'' (1995) * ''Rag and Bone'' (1997)

'''Television series''' * ''Dream Street'' (1989) * ''Gabriel's Fire'' (1990) * ''Harts of the West'' (1993) * ''Marilu'' (1994) * ''Under Suspicion'' (1994) * ''Medicine Ball'' (1995) * ''Moloney'' (1996) * ''Strong Medicine'' (2000) * ''The Dead Zone'' (2002) * ''Jake 2.0'' (2003) * ''The Casino'' (2004) * ''A.M.P.E.D.'' (2007)

===Writer=== * ''The Casino'' (2004) * ''Killer Instinct'' (2005)

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== External links == * {{IMDb name|509409}}

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