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Born
in New York City and educated at Dartmouth and the University
of Benares in India. Rafelson began his career in television
and shortly thereafter started his own company which
went on to create and produce the original Monkees,
whose television show and pop recordings garnered phenomenal
international success, including the Emmy for Best Television
Show.
Rafelson made his feature film directorial debut with
HEAD, long considered a cult classic. The film, starring
the Monkees and which he also produced, marked his first
professional collaboration with Jack Nicholson with
whom he wrote the screenplay. He is best known as the
director of the 1970 classic film, FIVE EASY PIECES,
starring Jack Nicholson, which he also co-wrote and
co-produced.
Rafelson
was honored by the New York Film Critics as the Best
Director of the Year. Rafelson's success with FIVE EASY
PIECES was followed by THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS, which
he produced and directed. The international award-winning
film, reviewed by Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles
Times as "a curious, stunningly cinematic, intricately
structured, intensely atmospheric new film," starred
Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern and Ellen Burstyn. His next
film, STAY HUNGRY, provided early breakthrough roles
for its stars Jeff Bridges, Sally Field and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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