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Reginald Rose ( December 10 , 1920 - April 19 , 2002 ) was an American Film and Television writer most widely known for his work in the Early Years Of Television Drama . Born in Manhattan , he briefly attended New York City College before joining the Army , where he became a First Lieutenant . He sold his first teleplay, "Bus To Nowhere," in 1950 to CBS's live dramatic anthology program '' Studio One '', for which he wrote ''Twelve Angry Men'' four years later. This latter drama, set entirely in a room where a jury is deliberating the fate of a man accused of manslaughter, was inspired by Rose's service on just such a panel. He was quoted by the Internet Movie Database as saying of this experience: "It was such an impressive, solemn setting in a great big wood-paneled courtroom, with a silver-haired judge, it knocked me out. I was overwhelmed. I was on a jury for a manslaughter case, and we got into this terrific, furious, eight-hour argument in the jury room. I was writing one-hour dramas for 'Studio One' then and I thought, wow, what a setting for a drama." Rose received an Emmy for his teleplay and an Oscar nomination for his 1957 , Feature-length Adaptation . He wrote for all three networks. He created and wrote fot '' The Defenders '' in 1961 , a weekly courtroom drama that won two Emmy awards for dramatic writing. Rose also later moved into screenwriting for Films ; he made four films with the British Producer Euan Lloyd ; '' The Wild Geese '', '' The Sea Wolves '', '' Who Dares Wins '' and ''Wild Geese II. |
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