Hilary Duff (left) and Stan Rogow.Photo:JC Olivera/WireImage; L. Cohen/WireImage
JC Olivera/WireImage; L. Cohen/WireImage
Hilary Duffis payinga heartfelt tributeto lateLizzie McGuireproducer Stan Rogow, who died Sunday night at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, his family toldTheHollywood Reporter.
“Stan, thank you for thinking I had ‘that special thing’. [SIC]” Duff, 36, wrote in an Instagram post on Sunday. “Thank you for all theLizzieadventures. Thank you for helping me create a reality I could never have dreamed of.”
In her message, Duff wrote that Rogow fought for her to land the titular role in 2000s Disney channel seriesLizzie McGuire, which she said went on to “change the course of my entire life.”
Early in his career, Rogow received a 1982 Emmy nomination for outstanding drama series for his work on the producing team of the pilot episode for the seriesFame.
He frequently collaborated with his business partner John Sayles, first on the 1986 filmThe Clan of the BearstarringDaryl Hannah. In 2001, the pair teamed up again for the hybrid live-action and animated children’s sitcom,Lizzie McGuire.
Rogow produced every season of the series and received Emmy nominations for outstanding children’s program in 2003 and 2004. He was also a producer on 2003’sThe Lizzie McGuireMovie, which grossed almost $56 million at the worldwide box office at the time, perTHR.
Rogow and Duff at the premiere of “The Lizzie McGuire Movie” in 2003.L. Cohen/WireImage
L. Cohen/WireImage
According to the outlet, Rogow told author Luke Ford in the 2004 bookThe Producers, that Disney Channel originally planned for Lizzie‘s thoughts in the show to be shared with the audience via a voiceover.
Rogow and Sayles were asked to come up with a “higher concept,” for the show, he said,THRreported. That’s when Rogow proposed the idea of Lizzie’s thoughts being expressed in the form of an animated character.
source: people.com
