Veteran commercial director Jim Rose dies at 84

James "Jim" Rose, longtime award-winning television commercial director, died following a lengthy illness in La on Sept. 8. He was 84.Among his many notable advertisements created through Rose-Magwood Prods., the organization he founded with Howard Magwood in early sixties, were the very first singing Budweiser advertisements, TV advertisements for Viceroy and Old Gold cigarettes, Alberto Culver with Annette Funicello, Harris & Frank with Joe Namath and every one of the Aurora "Skittle" game advertisements starring comedian Don Adams. Afterwards, with creating partner Joan Mellini-Renfrow, Rose directed advertisements for Worldwide Fitness Centers with Raquel Welch, Farrah Fawcett and Victoria Principal as well as in the eighties and 1990's, Ron Popeil's GLH Formula 9 Proper Hair Care, the Pasta Maker and also the Showtime Rotisserie.Like a person in the Screen Company directors Intl. Guild, Rose grew to become a lengthy-standing person in the Company directors Guild of America once the two merged within the mid-sixties.Born in Brooklyn, Jim labored like a youthful guy because the assistant around the world-famous digital photographer Philippe Halsman and assisted produce the photographer's famous photo of artist Salvador Dali, "Dali Atomicus," utilizing objects, together with a chair, water, an easel and live felines showing their passion for suspension.Rose ongoing pointing television advertisements and commercials despite a heart and kidney transplant about ten years ago until he upon the market in the past.He's made it with a brother two kids a grand son and 2 granddaughters along with a nephew.Donations might be designed to the Film and tv Fund, 23388 Mulholland Dr., Woodland Hillsides, CA 91364. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com