Robert Rossen

About

Academy Award-nominated director of All the King's Men. His other directing and screenwriting credits include The Hustler, Body and Soul, and The Brave Bulls.

Before Fame

Before beginning his career as a director of Off-Broadway productions, he attended New York University.

Trivia

During the late 1930s, he joined the American Communist Party.

Family Life

He married Susan Siegel in 1936; they had two children together.

Associated With

He worked with Paul Newman on the 1961 film The Hustler.