Stan Rogow

{{Short description|American film and television producer (1948–2023)}}

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| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

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| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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| education = USC Gould School of Law

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| occupation = {{hlist|Music manager|producer|writer|lawyer}}

| years_active = 1982–2023

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Stan Rogow (November 30, 1948 – December 7, 2023) was an American music manager, writer, and producer of film and television. He received three Emmy nominations, one for 1982 NBC TV series Fame and two for Disney Channel's Lizzie McGuire.

Early life and education

Rogow was born on November 30, 1948, in Brooklyn, New York.{{Cite web |last=Littleton |first=Cynthia |date=December 9, 2023 |title='Lizzie McGuire' Producer Stan Rogow Dies at 75 |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/stan-rogow-dead-lizzie-mcguire-fame-1235831916/ |access-date=December 9, 2023 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/stan-rogow-dead-emmy-nominated-lizzie-mcguire-producer-1235732090/ |title=Stan Rogow, Emmy-Nominated 'Lizzie McGuire' Producer, Dies at 75 |date=December 9, 2023 |newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=December 13, 2023}} According to Rogow, at the age of 5, Paramount Pictures offered him a contract because he could sing and dance, but his parents declined the offer. He graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Arts and from the Boston University School of Law with a Juris Doctor. He also studied at the USC Gould School of Law.{{Cite web |url=http://cinema.usc.edu/faculty/stan-rogow.htm |title=Stan Rogow |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826060614/https://cinema.usc.edu/faculty/stan-rogow.htm |publisher=USC School of Cinematic Arts |archive-date=August 26, 2010 |url-status=dead}}

Career

Rogow worked as a lawyer in Roxbury, Boston. He worked as executive-in-charge of CBS television film Playing for Time. He then moved to Los Angeles and worked on the TV series Fame.{{Cite news |last=Freedman |first=Samuel G. |date=April 15, 1990 |title=TELEVISION; How John Sayles Shuffled 'Shannon's Deal' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/15/arts/television-how-john-sayles-shuffled-shannon-s-deal.html |access-date=May 17, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}} By 1989, he formed Rogow Productions.

His television credits include Lizzie McGuire, Shannon's Deal, Flight 29 Down,{{Cite web |title=TWEEN TRACK |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2005-08-30-0508290138-story.html |access-date=May 17, 2022 |website=Sun Sentinel |date=August 30, 2005 |language=en}} Darcy's Wild Life,{{Cite news |last=Shattuck |first=Kathryn |date=January 2, 2005 |title=FOR YOUNG VIEWERS; How Ya Gonna Keep Her Down On the Farm After She's Seen L.A? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/02/arts/television/for-young-viewers-how-ya-gonna-keep-her-down-on-the-farm.html |access-date=May 17, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}} State of Grace,{{Cite web |date=December 17, 2013 |title=Stan Rogow |url=https://variety.com/exec/stan-rogow/ |access-date=May 17, 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213045716/https://variety.com/exec/stan-rogow/ |archive-date=December 13, 2023 |url-status=live}} Nowhere Man, Valemont,, South of Sunset. He created 1992 CBS series Middle Ages. He produced the television films Nowhere to Hide, Murder in High Places, Help Wanted: Kids, Rock 'N Roll Mom and Hardhat and Legs.{{Cite web |last=Ginell |first=Richard S. |date=October 3, 1994 |title=Nowhere to Hide |url=https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/nowhere-to-hide-1200439150/ |access-date=May 17, 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} He also produced feature films The Clan of the Cave Bear,{{Cite web |last= |last2= |last3= |first3= |last4= |last5= |last6= |last7= |last8= |first8= |last9= |date=January 24, 1986 |title=MOVIE REVIEW : 'CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR' LACKS THE FIRE OF 'QUEST' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-01-24-ca-23940-story.html |access-date=May 17, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} All I Want For Christmas, Men of War, and The Lizzie McGuire Movie.

Rogow earned three Emmy nominations, one in 1982 for NBC's Fame, and two for Disney Channel's Lizzie McGuire. He was an executive producer of Corbin Bleu's debut album Another Side.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/another-side-r1033022/credits Corbin Bleu's Another Side credits] at Allmusic.com

In 2007, he started the production company Electric Farm Entertainment. With Electric Farm, he produced internet series Gemini Division, Woke Up Dead and Afterworld.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-experimenting-with/136737739/ |title=Experimenting with hybrid entertainment in 'Afterworld' |date=August 23, 2007 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |page=C6 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=December 13, 2023}}{{Open access}}{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2007 |title=TV takes step into 'Afterworld' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-aug-23-fi-afterworld23-story.html |access-date=May 17, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Moses |first=Asher |date=August 7, 2007 |title=New life for Afterworld |url=https://www.smh.com.au/technology/new-life-for-afterworld-20070807-gdqsu1.html |access-date=May 17, 2022 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}} He was known as the "king of tweens" due to his notable career in producing television programming for teenagers. He was guest lecturer at the American Film Institute, USC Film School and UCLA Film School.

Personal life and death

He was the father of actor Jackson Rogow.{{Cite news |last=Steinberg |first=Jacques |date=August 23, 2005 |title=The Force Behind Those Fresh Faces |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/23/arts/television/the-force-behind-those-fresh-faces.html |access-date=May 17, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}

He died at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles on December 7, 2023, at age 75.