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Robert Lieberman (July 16, 1947 – July 1, 2023) was an American film and television director.

Career

Lieberman was the founder of 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. He was nominated another three times for the DGA Award and in 1996 won his second award. He also directed one film with Akshay Kumar called Speedy Singhs starring Camilla Belle and Vinay Virmani.

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. He also has two children, Erin and Lorne Lieberman, from his first marriage. Lieberman married former model Victoria Peters in 2010.

Illness and death

Robert Lieberman died after battling cancer in Los Angeles on July 1, 2023, at the age of 75.

Filmography

Director

Film:

• 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:

• 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

Film:

• To Save a Child (1991)
• Abandoned and Deceived (1995)
• Rag and Bone (1997)

Television:

• 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)

Notes

1. Rob Lieberman – Form.tv Archived July 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
2. suny.edu – Media & Entertainment Award Winners
3. Rob Lieberman – Directing | UBC2C NYC
4. Speedy Singhs as Directed Archived August 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
5. Robert Lieberman Biography (1947–) – Film Reference
6. Pedersen, Erik (July 17, 2023). "Robert Lieberman Dies: 'Fire In The Sky', TV & Commercials Director Was 75". Deadline. Retrieved July 19, 2023.

External links

• Robert Lieberman at IMDb

• 1947 births
• 2023 deaths
• Film directors from New York (state)
• Artists from Buffalo, New York
• American television directors
• 20th-century American Jews
• University at Buffalo alumni
• Directors Guild of America Award winners
• 21st-century American Jews
• Television commercial directors