Stan Rogow, a veteran writer, producer and music manager who was a key player in such series as “Lizzie McGuire” and “Fame” and the 1986 feature “Clan of the Cave Bear, died Dec. 7 at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 75.
Rogow was most active in television, working on such notable series as “Playing for Time,” “Shannon’s Deal,” “Flight 29 Down,” “Darcy’s Wild Life,” “State of Grace,” “Valemont,” “Woke Up Dead,” and “Afterworld.” His other feature film credits include 1994’s “All I Want For Christmas” and “Men of War” and 2003’s “The Lizzie McGuire Movie.”
Rogow earned three Emmy nominations over his long career, one for the NBC series “Fame” in 1982 and in 2003 and 2004 for Disney Channel’s “Lizzie McGuire.”
Born in 1948 in Brooklyn, Rogow was a graduate of Boston University School of Law. By 1980, Rogow was in Hollywood working as a producer with Gerald Isenberg’s Jozak Co., which developed the “Fame” TV series that was spun out of the 1980 MGM theatrical feature of the same name about students at a New York performing arts high school.
Rogow remained partners with Isenberg through most of the 1980s. By 1989, howver, he had formed the Rogow Productions and went solo on TV pilots and series. He was long associated with NBC, Paramount Pictures and later Disney Channel and Walt Disney TV.
Survivors include a sister, Marian Levine; a son, Jackson Rogow; and a grandson, Vega Rogow.
A service for Rogow will be held at 10 a.m. on Dec. 11 at Mount Sinai Memorial Park and Morturaries in Los Angeles.
(Pictured: Stan Rogow and “Lizzie McGuire” star Hilary Duff at the premiere of “The Lizzie McGuire Movie” in 2003)
