Person
Fred Roos
Production · 1934–2024 · Santa Monica, California, USA
Biography
Frederick Ried Roos (May 22, 1934 – May 18, 2024) was an American film producer and casting director. He was best known for his contributions to the New Hollywood movement, particularly through his collaborations with director Francis Ford Coppola.
Known for
The Andy Griffith Show
Casting Director
The Godfather
Casting
Intimate Portrait
Self
The Godfather Part II
Co-Producer
Apocalypse Now
Co-Producer
The Godfather Part III
Producer
Lost in Translation
Executive Producer
Mayberry R.F.D.
Casting
The Outsiders
Producer
The Secret Garden
Producer
Filmography
- 2025FairylandExecutive Producer
- 2025MegadocSelf
- 2024MegalopolisProducer
- 2023PriscillaExecutive Producer
- 2023Nandor Fodor and the Talking MongooseExecutive Producer
- 2023WonderwellProducer
- 2023The Old WayExecutive Producer
- 2021Love Is Love Is LoveCasting
- 2020The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael CorleoneProducer
- 2020On the RocksExecutive Producer
- 2019I'll Find YouProducer
- 2019Making BabiesProducer
- 2018Stella's Last WeekendExecutive Producer
- 2017The BeguiledExecutive Producer
- 2017Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City'Self
- 2016Paris Can WaitProducer
- 2016The CongressmanProducer
- 2016The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959Producer
- 2015No Stranger Than LoveExecutive Producer
- 2014St. VincentProducer
- 2014Palo AltoThanks
- 2013The Bling RingExecutive Producer
- 2013The Story of LukeProducer
- 2012Casting BySelf
- 2011TwixtExecutive Producer
- 2010Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual FreedomSelf
- 2010BBStory: An American Film RenaissanceSelf
- 2010SomewhereExecutive Producer
- 2009TetroExecutive Producer
- 2007Youth Without YouthExecutive Producer
- 2007Fog City MavericksSelf
- 2007ExpiredProducer
- 2006Marie AntoinetteExecutive Producer
- 2004Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is WildSelf
- 2003Young Black StallionProducer
- 2003Lost in TranslationExecutive Producer
- 2001Town & CountryProducer
- 2000The Virgin SuicidesCo-Producer
- 1998The Making of 'American Graffiti'Self
- 1994Radioland MurdersProducer
- 1993Intimate PortraitSelf
- 1993The Secret GardenProducer
- 1991Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's ApocalypseSelf
- 1990The Godfather Part IIIProducer
- 1990The OutsidersProducer
- 1989Wait Until Spring, BandiniProducer
- 1989New York StoriesProducer
- 1988Tucker: The Man and His DreamProducer
- 1987BarflyProducer
- 1987Gardens of StoneExecutive Producer
- 1986Seven Minutes in HeavenProducer
- 1985One Magic ChristmasExecutive In Charge Of Production
- 1983Rumble FishProducer
- 1983The OutsidersProducer
- 1983The Black Stallion ReturnsProducer
- 1982HammettProducer
- 1982The Escape ArtistExecutive Producer
- 1982One from the HeartProducer
- 1979The Black StallionProducer
- 1979Apocalypse NowCo-Producer
- 1977Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for TelevisionCo-Producer
- 1974The Godfather Part IICo-Producer
- 1974The ConversationCo-Producer
- 1973American GraffitiCasting
- 1973DillingerCasting
- 1972The Outside ManCasting
- 1972The King of Marvin GardensCasting
- 1972Fat CityCasting
- 1972The GodfatherCasting
- 1972The PeopleCasting
- 1972Cisco PikeCasting
- 1971The Christian Licorice StoreCasting
- 1971Two-Lane BlacktopCasting
- 1971Drive, He SaidAssociate Producer
- 1971SummertreeCasting
- 1971JumpCasting
- 1970Five Easy PiecesCasting
- 1970The GrasshopperCasting
- 1968Mayberry R.F.D.Casting
- 1968PetuliaCasting
- 1964Back Door to HellProducer
- 1964CordilleraProducer
- 1964Flight to FuryStory
- 1960The Andy Griffith ShowCasting Director
- —The Forest of Hands and TeethExecutive Producer
- —I Love Amsterdam and... YouProducer
- —ReunionExecutive Producer
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