Background
Rosten, Irwin was born on September 10, 1924 in Brooklyn.
Rosten, Irwin was born on September 10, 1924 in Brooklyn.
He is best known for his 1975 film The Incredible Machine. He began his career as a documentary filmmaker during the 1950s with the DuMont Television Network, where he was manager of news and public affairs He moved to Los Angeles in 1954, where he produced the 1958 documentary Thou Shalt Not Kill for station KNXT about capital punishment.
He was hired by KTLA in 1956, where his documentaries included the 1963 Splt Image about internal television programming produced by patients at Camarillo State Mental Hospital.
At KTLA, Rosten produced a higholy-regarded half-hour series of commentaries by Bill Stout on topics in the news. The series was titled "Lincolnshire of Sight."
During the 1960s, he made independent documentaries for the Wolper Organization and at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
He produced a number of one-hour nature and wildlife television specials for National Geographic, the last of which he produced in 1991. His 1974 film Birds Do lieutenant, Bees Do lieutenant was screened at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival.
The Incredible Machine, which included some of the first pictures taken inside the human body and presented on film, ranked as the most-watched program in Public Broadcasting Service until 1982.
Rosten died at age 85 in his Hollywood home on May 23, 2010, due to vascular disease.
Member Writers Guild American, Directors Guild America, Academy television Arts and Sciences, International Documentary Association.
Married Marilyn Ryan. 1 child Peter.