Rob Reiner, the prolific multi-hyphenate filmmaker and actor (and son of fellow filmmaker Carl Reiner), has died on the age of 78. The information was first reported by TMZ and Selection. Reiner’s second spouse, Michele Singer, has additionally died. On late Sunday afternoon, NBC 4 Los Angeles was the primary to report that two our bodies had been found on the couple’s Brentwood, California house. NBC additionally studies that LAPD Theft Murder Division detectives have been assigned to the case. IndieWire has reached out to Reiner’s consultant and can replace this story.
The son of Carl and Estelle Reiner, he was born in The Bronx on March 6, 1947 and spent most of his childhood in New Rochelle, NY, earlier than shifting west to Los Angeles, the place he later attended UCLA for movie college.
Reiner started his profession as an actor, showing all through the late ’60s in bit elements in in style fare like “Batman,” “That Lady,” “The Andy Griffith Present,” “Room 222,” “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.,” and “The Beverly Hillbillies.” Arguably his hottest display screen function began in 1971, when he was forged as Mike “Meathead” Stivic in “All within the Household.” For his work on the collection, Reiner received two Emmy Awards, along with three different nominations, and 5 Golden Globe nominations.
In 1984, he moved behind the digital camera to direct the boundary-breaking mockumentary “This Is Spinal Faucet,” basically inventing the style. Romantic comedies adopted, from “The Certain Factor” to “When Harry Met Sally” and “The American President.” All three have been movies that helped codify the fashionable rom-com, giving it intelligence, sexual candor, and — most crucially — grownup dialog.
Enduring classics like “Stand by Me” and “The Princess Bride” supplied that very same honesty with a twist, approaching childhood and fantasy with out condescension. And “Distress”? It proved Reiner might do stripped-down, bone-chilling (and -breaking) horror as successfully as whimsy.
In 1992, Reiner was nominated for his first and solely Oscar, when his “A Few Good Males” was nominated for Greatest Image, finally shedding out to Clint Eastwood’s “Unforgiven.” For his directing work, he was additionally nominated for 4 Golden Globes for Greatest Director and three Administrators Guild of America Awards.
Whereas Reiner continued to work steadily in his later years, his directing picks didn’t seize the identical magic as that early run, however they confirmed a filmmaker nonetheless compelled to make films of all stripes for audiences of all youngsters. Few American administrators have moved so fluidly between genres. He made films that individuals quote, revisit, and move down.
In 2020, his iconic father Carl Reiner handed approach at age 98.
Reiner’s remaining movie, the long-gestating sequel “Spinal Faucet II: The Finish Continues,” was launched in September 2025.
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