Motion Picture and Television Director, Writer, Producer. He is remembered for his association with the music group "The Monkees" and later his pairing with Jack Nicholson. Born to a Jewish, New York family, his uncle was noted screenwriter and playwright Sam Raphaelson. Bob became a drifter during his mid teenage years and worked in rodeos and ocean liners before playing the drums in a jazz band. He briefly attended Dartmouth College where he studied Philosophy and later served with the United States Army with who he was a disc jockey at a base in Japan. After his discharge, he began his career as a writer on television for the program "The Play of the Week" and after "The Monkees" TV series came to fruition, he served as writer and director during the show's two-year run (1966 to 1968) and received an Emmy Award in 1967. Rafelson first collaborated with Jack Nicholson as co-writer for "The Monkees" motion picture "Head" (1968) and followed this with his directing of Nicholson in the acclaimed picture "Five Easy Pieces" (1970) which earned him an Academy Award nomination. He went on to direct the films "The King of Marvin Gardens" (1972) and the remake of "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1981), both of which also starred Jack Nicholson.
Motion Picture and Television Director, Writer, Producer. He is remembered for his association with the music group "The Monkees" and later his pairing with Jack Nicholson. Born to a Jewish, New York family, his uncle was noted screenwriter and playwright Sam Raphaelson. Bob became a drifter during his mid teenage years and worked in rodeos and ocean liners before playing the drums in a jazz band. He briefly attended Dartmouth College where he studied Philosophy and later served with the United States Army with who he was a disc jockey at a base in Japan. After his discharge, he began his career as a writer on television for the program "The Play of the Week" and after "The Monkees" TV series came to fruition, he served as writer and director during the show's two-year run (1966 to 1968) and received an Emmy Award in 1967. Rafelson first collaborated with Jack Nicholson as co-writer for "The Monkees" motion picture "Head" (1968) and followed this with his directing of Nicholson in the acclaimed picture "Five Easy Pieces" (1970) which earned him an Academy Award nomination. He went on to direct the films "The King of Marvin Gardens" (1972) and the remake of "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1981), both of which also starred Jack Nicholson.
Bio by: C.S.
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