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Bob Rafelson

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Robert Jay Rafelson was an American film director, writer and producer, born in New York City on 21 February 1933 and died on 23 July 2022. He is regarded as one of the key figures in the founding of the New Hollywood movement of the 1970s. His best-known films as a director include those made as part of the company he co-founded, Raybert and BBS Productions, Five Easy Pieces (1970) and The King of Marvin Gardens (1972), as well as The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) and Mountains of the Moon (1990), and as a producer he made Easy Rider (1969) and The Last Picture Show (1971).

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Primetime Emmy Award 1
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Bob Rafelson
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1. Wikipedia: Bob Rafelson
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    February 21, 1933
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    Rafelson and Schneider won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series as producers in 1967.
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    was an American film director, writer, and producer
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