---
name: "Sy Rosen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sy-rosen"
fi1m_id: "sy-rosen"
imdb_id: "nm0742097"
tmdb_id: 1255361
wikidata_id: "Q106629877"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:28:47.021686+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."
---

# Sy Rosen

## Identity

Sy Rosen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sy-rosen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sy-rosen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0742097
- **TMDB ID:** 1255361
- **Wikidata ID:** Q106629877
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sy_Rosen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106629877, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0742097/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1255361

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1972–1993
- **Frequently works with:** [David Isaacs](https://film.one/person/david-isaacs.md), [David Pollock](https://film.one/person/david-pollock.md), [Elias Davis](https://film.one/person/elias-davis.md), [Ken Levine](https://film.one/person/ken-levine.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 85 (1), 1990s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sy_Rosen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106629877, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0742097/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1255361

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Frasier*](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md) (88)
- **Disney+:** [*M*A*S*H*](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md) (85)

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

## Biography

Sy Rosen is an American screenwriter and producer. He began his television writing career in 1976 with episodes of *The Bob Newhart Show* and subsequently wrote for *M*A*S*H* (1972), *Taxi*, *Rhoda*, *Maude*, *Sanford*, *The Wonder Years* (1988), *Northern Exposure* and *Frasier* (1993).

Rosen co-created the sitcom *Gimme a Break!* with Mort Lachman and created *Roomies* (1987) and *The Robert Guillaume Show* (1989). His producing credits include *The Jeffersons*, *Sister, Sister* and co-executive producer on *The Wonder Years*.

He graduated from Emory University in 1969 and served in the army. Later work includes the book *The Miracle Group* (2007) and short films such as *The Matchmaker* (2018).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, magazine.emory.edu.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *M*A*S*H* (1972), Fi1m 85, Story, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Death Pays Flora a Visit* (2024), Executive Producer, Writer
- *The Matchmaker* (2018), Executive Producer, Writer
- *The First Family* (2012), series, Writer
- *Tripping the Rift* (2004), series, Writer
- *State of Grace* (2001), series, Writer
- *Lost on Earth* (1997), series, Creator
- *Frasier* (1993), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Where's Rodney?* (1990), series, Writer
- *The Robert Guillaume Show* (1989), series, Creator
- *Roomies* (1987), series, Creator
- *Spencer* (1984), series, Creator
- *Gimme a Break!* (1981), series, Creator
- *M*A*S*H* (1972), series, Writer, Story — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)
- *The Bob Newhart Show* (1972), series, Writer

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