---
name: "Charles Rosen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-rosen"
fi1m_id: "charles-rosen"
imdb_id: "nm0741935"
tmdb_id: 1049
wikidata_id: "Q1065956"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "5 May 1927"
died: "9 December 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-04T23:14:34.033517+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Charles Rosen

## Identity

Charles Rosen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-rosen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charles-rosen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0741935
- **TMDB ID:** 1049
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1065956
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rosen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1065956, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0741935/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1049

Production designer. Born 5 May 1927 in Manhattan. Died 9 December 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 5 May 1927, Manhattan
- **Died:** 9 December 2012
- **Active:** 1968–1993
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 82 (1), 1970s 89 (2), 1980s 61 (3), 1990s 68 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 74 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 3, Family 2, Romance 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $525m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rosen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1065956, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0741935/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1049

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Flashdance*](https://film.one/film/flashdance.md) (54), [*The Toy*](https://film.one/film/the-toy.md) (46)
- **Apple TV:** [*Invasion of the Body Snatchers*](https://film.one/film/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers.md) (86)
- **Pluto TV:** [*The Producers*](https://film.one/film/the-producers.md) (82)

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## Biography

Charles Rosen was a production designer and art director whose credits span film and television. He served as art director on the first season of the children's series *Sesame Street* (1969) and worked as art director on *Taxi Driver* (1976) and *The Producers* (1968).

As production designer, Rosen's film credits include *Invasion of the Body Snatchers* (1978), *Flashdance* (1983), *Broadcast News* (1987), *My Stepmother Is an Alien* (1988) and *Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot* (1992). He also contributed to television productions and received a Primetime Emmy nomination.

*Sources: imdb.com, muppet.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Free Willy* (1993), Fi1m 68, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/free-willy.md)
- *Broadcast News* (1987), Fi1m 84, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/broadcast-news.md)
- *Flashdance* (1983), Fi1m 54, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/flashdance.md)
- *The Toy* (1982), Fi1m 46, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-toy.md)
- *Invasion of the Body Snatchers* (1978), Fi1m 86, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers.md)
- *Taxi Driver* (1976), Fi1m 92, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/taxi-driver.md)
- *The Producers* (1968), Fi1m 82, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-producers.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Poster Boy* (2004), Casting
- *From Justin to Kelly* (2003), Production Design
- *Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End* (1999), Production Design
- *Legalese* (1998), Production Design
- *Sour Grapes* (1998), Production Design
- *Private Parts* (1997), Production Design
- *Mother* (1996), Production Design
- *Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story* (1996), Production Designer
- *The Great White Hype* (1996), Production Design
- *My Girl 2* (1994), Production Design
- *Free Willy* (1993), Production Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/free-willy.md)
- *Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot* (1992), Production Design
- *The Butcher's Wife* (1991), Production Design
- *My Blue Heaven* (1990), Production Design
- *Downtown* (1990), Production Design
- *My Stepmother Is an Alien* (1988), Production Design
- *Broadcast News* (1987), Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/broadcast-news.md)
- *The Whoopee Boys* (1986), Production Design
- *Nothing in Common* (1986), Production Design
- *Quicksilver* (1986), Production Design
- *The River* (1984), Production Design
- *Flashdance* (1983), Production Design — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/flashdance.md)
- *The Toy* (1982), Production Design — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/the-toy.md)
- *My Favorite Year* (1982), Production Design
- *The Entity* (1982), Production Design
- *Inside Moves* (1980), Production Design
- *City in Fear* (1980), Production Design
- *The Main Event* (1979), Production Design
- *Last Embrace* (1979), Production Design
- *Invasion of the Body Snatchers* (1978), Production Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers.md)
- *Big Wednesday* (1978), Production Design
- *Heroes* (1977), Production Design
- *Empire of the Ants* (1977), Production Design
- *The Blue Hotel* (1977), Production Design
- *The Disappearance of Aimee* (1976), as Art Direction
- *Taxi Driver* (1976), as Art Direction — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/taxi-driver.md)
- *Save the Children* (1973), Production Design
- *A Separate Peace* (1972), Production Design, Art Direction
- *This Way to Sesame Street* (1969), as Art Direction
- *Charly* (1968), as Art Direction
- *The Producers* (1968), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-producers.md)
- *A Man Called Adam* (1966), as Art Direction
- *Pie in the Sky* (1964), as Art Direction
- *Blast of Silence* (1961), as Art Direction
- *Startime* (1959), series, Set Designer

## Awards

### Other awards — 6 won

- National Humanities Medal 2011: National Humanities Medal (won)
- Prix Pelléas 2002: Prix Pelléas (won)
- Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism 1999: Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism (won), for *Romantic Poets, Critics, and Other Madmen*
- James Madison Medal 1998: James Madison Medal (won)
- Guggenheim Fellowship 1973: Guggenheim Fellowship (won)
- National Book Award 1972: National Book Award (won), for *The Classical Style*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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