Roberta Grossman

Quick Facts

Full Name	Roberta Grossman
Occupation	Filmmaker
Date Of Birth	Jan 7, 1959(1959-01-07)
Age	65
Birthplace	Los Angeles
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Capricorn

Roberta Grossman Biography

Roberta Grossman is one of the most popular and richest Filmmaker who was born on January 7, 1959 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Roberta Grossman (born January 7, 1959) is an American filmmaker. Her documentaries range from social justice inquiries to historical subjects with a focus on Jewish history.

In 2008, Katahdin released Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh. The film was produced and directed by Grossman and told the story of Hannah Senesh, a World War II era poet and diarist who parachuted behind enemy lines to rescue her mother and other Hungarian Jews. It won the audience award at 13 Jewish film festivals, was broadcast on PBS, nominated for a Primetime Emmy, and shortlisted for an Academy Award.

She directed Above and Beyond (2015) for producer Nancy Spielberg. The feature-length documentary told the story of Jewish American World War II era pilots who volunteered to fight for Israel in its 1948 War of Independence, also establishing the Israeli Air Force. Interviews with pilots who flew these missions is one of the highlights of the film.

Director Dyanna Taylor’s film about her grandmother, the photographer Dorothea Lange, Grab a Hunk of Lightning, aired on PBS’s “American Masters” in 2014 and was produced by Grossman.

In 1999, Grossman founded her production company Katahdin Productions together with Lisa Thomas. Katahdin released its first feature film in 2005, Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action. Music from the movie, “Sacred Ground: A Tribute to Mother Earth” won the 2005 Grammy for Best Native American Album.

Roberta Grossman Net Worth

Roberta Grossman is one of the richest Filmmaker from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Roberta Grossman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She released here first film in 1983, a biography of blues singer-songwriter Sippie Wallace called Sippie. The film was co-directed with Michelle Paymar.

In 1995, Grossman produced and co-wrote Jack Leustig’s 500 Nations, an 8-hour CBS mini-series on the history of Native Americans. Executive producers were Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner. In the following years, she created several more historical documentaries for TV, including In the Footsteps of Jesus for The History Channel, The History of Sex and Rock and Roll for VH1, Special Report: Las Vegas for MSNBC, Christianity: The First 1000 Years, Mysteries of the Bible: Judas, Heroines of the Hebrew Bible for A&E and Women on Top for AMC.

In 2015, Grossman produced a documentary about the secret archives of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. The archive, known as Oyneg Shabbos, was assembled and hidden under the leadership of historian Emanuel Ringelblum. The film, called Who Will Write Our History? is based on the book of the same name by historian Samuel Kassow of Trinity College in Connecticut, and published by Indiana University Press in 2007. Grossman optioned the rights to the book and worked with Executive Producer Nancy Spielberg to raise money for the film. It was released in 2018.

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Roberto Ranked on the list of most popular Filmmaker. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Roberta Grossman celebrates birthday on January 7 of every year.