Rod E. Geiger

{{short description|American film director}}

Rod E. Geiger (1915–2000) was an American movie producer and director, Instrumental for his contributions to Italian Neorealism, working with Federico Fellini and Roberto Rossellini.{{cite book|last=Gottlieb|first=Sidney|title=Roberto Rossellini's Rome Open City|date=June 14, 2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|pages=193}} Credited in the book "The Adventures of Roberto Rossellini, by Tag Gallagher" as the man who more than any single individual was to make Rossellini and the new Italian cinema famous around the world.{{cite book|last=Gallagher|first=Tag|title=The Adventures of Roberto Rossellini: His Life and Films|url=https://archive.org/details/adventuresofrobe00gall|url-access=registration|year=1998|publisher=Da Capo Press|pages=[https://archive.org/details/adventuresofrobe00gall/page/802 802]|isbn=9780306808739 }} He was also known for his marriage to Katja of Sweden, a Swedish fashion designer.{{cite book|last=Geiger|first=Katja|title=Katja of Sweden: mode och design utan gränser: En Biografi|year=2000|publisher=Dialogos Förlag|isbn=9789175041537|pages=198}}

He was born Roland Ernest Geiger in New York City in 1915 and died in Tollarp, Sweden, 2000.