---
name: "Robert Lieberman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rob-lieberman"
fi1m_id: "rob-lieberman"
imdb_id: "nm0509409"
tmdb_id: 27146
wikidata_id: "Q3435756"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "16 July 1947"
died: "1 July 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-23T13:15:07.513289+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."
---

# Robert Lieberman

## Identity

Robert Lieberman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rob-lieberman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rob-lieberman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0509409
- **TMDB ID:** 27146
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3435756
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lieberman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3435756, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0509409/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27146

Director. Born 16 July 1947 in Buffalo, New York, USA. Died 1 July 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 16 July 1947, Buffalo, New York, USA
- **Died:** 1 July 2023
- **Active:** 1987–2015
- **Also known as:** Rob Lieberman
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Davidson](https://film.one/person/adam-davidson.md), [Chip Johannessen](https://film.one/person/chip-johannessen.md), [Ernest Dickerson](https://film.one/person/ernest-r-dickerson.md), [Michael Lange](https://film.one/person/michael-lange.md), [Michael W. Watkins](https://film.one/person/michael-w-watkins.md), [Nick Gomez](https://film.one/person/nick-gomez.md), [Paul Shapiro](https://film.one/person/paul-shapiro.md), [Steve Shill](https://film.one/person/steve-shill.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2000s 67 (2), 2010s 64 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 62 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Mystery 4, Crime 3, Drama 3, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lieberman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3435756, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0509409/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27146

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Dexter*](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md) (74), [*Criminal Minds*](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md) (60)
- **Disney+:** [*The X-Files*](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) (84)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Expanse*](https://film.one/tv/the-expanse.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Robert Lieberman, also credited as Rob Lieberman, was an American film and television director. Born in Buffalo, New York, he studied at the State University of New York at Buffalo before moving to Los Angeles, where he began his career in commercials.

He founded the production company Harmony Pictures and directed thousands of television advertisements, winning multiple Clio Awards and the first Directors Guild of America Award for Best Commercial Director. Lieberman directed feature films including *Fire in the Sky* (1993) and *D3: The Mighty Ducks* (1996), and episodes of series such as *thirtysomething*, *The X-Files* (1999), *Dexter*, *Criminal Minds* and *The Expanse*. He directed numerous pilots that went to series and served as an executive producer on *The Dead Zone*. Lieberman died in Los Angeles in 2023.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Expanse* (2015), Fi1m 64, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-expanse.md)
- *Dexter* (2006), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md)
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), Fi1m 60, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *The X-Files* (1993), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

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

- *Christmas in Tahoe* (2021), Director
- *Take Two* (2018), series, Director
- *Eyewitness* (2016), series, Director
- *Private Eyes* (2016), series, Director
- *The Expanse* (2015), series, Director — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-expanse.md)
- *Ascension* (2014), series, Director
- *Eve of Destruction* (2013), series, Director, Producer
- *Arctic Air* (2012), series, Director
- *Breakaway* (2011), Director
- *Falling Skies* (2011), series, Director
- *XIII: The Series* (2011), series, Director
- *Lost Girl* (2010), series, Director
- *Nikita* (2010), series, Director
- *Haven* (2010), series, Director
- *The Tortured* (2010), Director
- *The Stranger* (2010), Director
- *Republic of Doyle* (2010), series, Director
- *The Listener* (2009), series, Director
- *Dexter* (2006), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md)
- *Brothers and Sisters* (2006), series, Director
- *Eureka* (2006), series, Director
- *Final Days of Planet Earth* (2006), Director
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *Legend of Earthsea* (2004), series, Director
- *Earthed* (2004), Director
- *Jake 2.0* (2003), series, Director
- *Second String* (2002), Director
- *The Dead Zone* (2002), Director
- *Red Skies* (2002), Director
- *The Dead Zone* (2002), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Strong Medicine* (2000), series, Director
- *NetForce* (1999), Director
- *Netforce* (1999), series, Director
- *Rag and Bone* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Titanic* (1996), series, Director
- *D3: The Mighty Ducks* (1996), Director
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Fire in the Sky* (1993), Director
- *All I Want For Christmas* (1991), Director
- *To Save a Child* (1991), Screenplay, Director
- *Gabriel's Fire* (1990), series, Director
- *thirtysomething* (1987), series, Director
- *Table for Five* (1983), Director
- *Will: G. Gordon Liddy* (1982), Director
- *Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier* (1980), Director

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