Fred Roos

Producer · 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.

Produced 74

2020s

2026
Reunion
Executive Producer
2025
Fairyland
Executive Producer
73
2024
Megalopolis
Producer
49
2023
Priscilla
Executive Producer
72
Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
Executive Producer
52
Wonderwell
Producer
49
The Old Way
Executive Producer
49
2021
Love Is Love Is Love
Casting, Executive Producer
2020
On the Rocks
Executive Producer
70

2010s

2019
I'll Find You
Producer
64
Making Babies
Producer
2018
Stella's Last Weekend
Executive Producer
64
2017
The Beguiled
Executive Producer
69
2016
Paris Can Wait
Producer
54
The Congressman
Producer
55
2015
No Stranger Than Love
Executive Producer
2014
St. Vincent
Producer
71
2013
The Bling Ring
Executive Producer
59
The Story of Luke
Producer
2011
Twixt
Executive Producer
45
2010
Somewhere
Executive Producer
65

2000s

2009
Tetro
Executive Producer
68
2007
Youth Without Youth
Executive Producer
52
Expired
Producer
2006
Marie Antoinette
Executive Producer
64
2003
Young Black Stallion
Producer
53
Lost in Translation
Executive Producer
83
2001
Town & Country
Producer
2000
The Virgin Suicides
Co-Producer
75

1990s

1994
Radioland Murders
Producer
1993
The Secret Garden
Producer
77
1991
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Executive Producer
88
1990
The Godfather Part III
Co-Producer
70
The Outsiders
Producer

1980s

1989
Wait Until Spring, Bandini
Producer
62
New York Stories
Producer
67
1988
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Producer
73
1987
Barfly
Producer
72
Gardens of Stone
Executive Producer
56
1986
Seven Minutes in Heaven
Producer
60
1985
One Magic Christmas
Associate Producer, Executive In Charge Of Production
58
1983
Rumble Fish
Producer
70
The Outsiders
Producer
65
The Black Stallion Returns
Producer
54
1982
Hammett
Producer
65
The Escape Artist
Executive Producer
One from the Heart
Producer
59

1970s

1979
The Black Stallion
Producer
79
Apocalypse Now
Co-Producer
87
1977
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Co-Producer
92
1974
The Godfather Part II
Co-Producer
91
The Conversation
Co-Producer
82
1973
American Graffiti
Casting
83
Dillinger
Casting
71
1972
The Outside Man
Casting
The King of Marvin Gardens
Casting
Fat City
Casting
The Godfather
Casting
94
The People
Casting
Cisco Pike
Casting
1971
The Christian Licorice Store
Casting
Two-Lane Blacktop
Casting
Drive, He Said
Associate Producer
Summertree
Casting
Jump
Casting
1970
Five Easy Pieces
Casting
78
The Grasshopper
Casting

1960s

1968
Mayberry R.F.D.
Casting
Petulia
Casting
71
1964
Back Door to Hell
Producer
Cordillera
Producer
Flight to Fury
Producer
1960
The Andy Griffith Show
Casting Director
82

No release date

I Love Amsterdam and... You
Producer

Wrote 1

1960s

1964
Flight to Fury
Story

Appearances9

2020s

2025
Megadoc
Self
76

2010s

2017
Sucker Punch Blues: A Look Back on John Huston's 'Fat City'
Self
2012
Casting By
Self
2010
Drive, He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom
Self
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
Self

2000s

2007
Fog City Mavericks
Self

1990s

1998
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
Self
1993
Intimate Portrait
Self · 1 episode
1991
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Self
88

Thanked in the credits1

2010s

2014
Palo Alto
Thanks
65