Rick Rosenthal

Born: 15 June 1949
Where: New York, New York

Born in New York, Rosenthal studied Economics and Government in college. Supposedly, after a religious experience watching shipbuilders, he later became a metal sculptor.

In 1973, he turned in his thesis on videotape at Harvard. Finding he enjoyed the visual medium, he began making documentaries for New Hampshire public television, and went to the American Film Institute, where he made a film called Moonbase, which no one seemed to understand.

Following that, he made a 30 minute psycho-killer movie called The Toyer, which landed on John Carpenter's agent's desk.

His style has often come from the German expressionist movement, and that style can be seen somewhat in Halloween II, with its long, contorted hallway shots and strange lighting.

Rosenthal¿s other credits include 1987's Russkies, the TV series Life Goes On, and The Bird's II: Lands End (credited as Alan Smithee in an attempt to distance himself from the production). Today he is married to Halloween star Nancy Stephens. In 2001, he returned to the horror world when he signed on to direct moderately succesful Halloween: Resurrection.