American film director, Robert Lieberman has been reported dead. According to sources, he died after battling cancer in Los Angeles on July 1, 2023. He was 75 years old.
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Born on July 16, 1947, Robert Lieberman attended the University of Buffalo where he founded the school’s film program and became the first UB student to graduate with a degree in film. He worked as a video assistant with the NFL’s Buffalo Bills. This was after coming to Los Angeles.
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The first telefilm he directed revolved around pro football: 1980’s Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier, starring Robert Urich as the war hero and Pittsburgh Steelers running back.
Lieberman also helmed a first-season episode of thirtysomething in 1987 and went on to direct 19 pilots, 16 of which went to series, including Gabriel’s Fire Strong Medicine and The Dead Zone.
Some of his movies also include Fire in the Sky, The Tortured, Titanic, The Stranger, D3: The Mighty Ducks, Final Days of Planet Earth, All I Want for Christmas, Breakaway, Table for Five, and more.
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