Rob Reiner. Famed for the broad critical and commercial appeal of his films, Reiner is an old-school director who works hard to please his audience. Key Production Country: USA Key Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romantic Comedy, Coming-of-Age, Romance, Road Movie, Historical Film Key Collaborators: Robert Leighton Editor , Marc Shaiman Composer , Andrew Scheinman Producer , Christopher Guest Leading Character Actor , Lily Kilvert Production Designer , Billy Crystal Character Actor , Jack Nicholson Leading Actor , Anthony Edwards Leading Actor , William Goldman Screenwriter , Aaron Sorkin Screenwriter , Alan Greisman Producer , Matthew George Producer.
His film output has fallen off in recent years, in both quantity and quality, as he has become a high-profile political advocate. Reiner was born the son of comedy legend Carl Reiner , and has directed an impressive string of hit romantic comedies and dramas. Scott Whited Movie Directors, His touch is unusually light and unassertive - qualities too often absent from contemporary mainstream comedy.
This is Spinal Tap There seemed no genre he could not tackle - the youth picture Stand by Me , , the fairy tale The Princess Bride , , comedy When Harry Met Sallyโฆ , horror Misery , and the courtroom drama A Few Good Men , Since then, however, his career has stalled.
With his production company, Castle Rock Entertainment, he helped produce many of the most enduring films of their time: In the Line of Fire , City Slickers , The Shawshank Redemption , Lone Star , Miss Congeniality. If you grew up in the 80s and 90s, and went to the movies a lot, both of which I did, few people will have shaped your cultural landscape as much as Reiner. In this context, it is hard to think of Reiner as a major Hollywood artist, no matter how successful his films.
Indeed, Reiner would have made an extraordinary director at the heyday of the studio system, taking on the A-assignments with dazzling ability. So if Reiner has not yet demonstrated himself to be an auteurโlike Woody Allen , with whom he has been compared, or like David Lynch , who seems a polar oppositeโhe is definitely a metteur en scene, like Sydney Lumet , Norman Jewison , or Sydney Pollack.
