Rick Rosenberg was born in Los Angeles in 1939 and was educated at Fairfax High School, Los Angeles City College and UCLA.

He started working for Columbia Pictures while still attending school. He met his business partner Bob Christiansen in 1969 and formed a partnership (Chris-Rose Productions).

Their films received over 44 Emmy nominations. Rick and Bob have personally been nominated 5 times and received the award for The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman (with Cicely Tyson). Their film for A&E, The Crossing (with Jeff Daniels) won the prestigious Peabody Award.

Among Chris/Rose credits:

• Truman Capote's Glass House with Alan Alda

• Queen Of The Stardust Ballroom with Maureen Stapleton and Charles Durning

• A Death In Canaan with Stephanie Powers, directed by Tony Richardson.

• Strangers: The Story Of A Mother And Daughter with Bette Davis and Gena Rowlands

• Hide In Plain Sight with James Caan

• Robert Kennedy And His Times, a 7-hour mini-series with Brad Davis

• As Summers Die with Jamie Lee Curtis, Bette Davis and Scott Glenn

• Gore Vidal's Lincoln with Sam Waterston and Mary Tyler Moore

• The Heist with Pierce Brosnan and Tom Skerritt

• Heart Of Darkness with John Malkovich and Tim Roth, directed by Nicholas Roeg

• King: A Story Of Huey P. Long with John Goodman and Anne Heche

• Lanford Wilson's Redwood Curtain with Jeff Daniels and John Lithgow

• Beyond The Call with Sissy Spacek and David Strathairn

• Down In The Delta with Alfre Woodard and Wesley Snipes, directed by Maya Angelou