Beloved filmmaker Rob Reiner’s spouse, Michele Singer Reiner, had an completed profession as a photographer, together with capturing the unique cowl photograph for Donald Trump’s e book “The Artwork of the Deal.”
Police had been known as to the Hollywood icon’s residence Sunday afternoon, the place they found the longtime couple lifeless from obvious stab wounds.
As investigators probe the disturbing double murder, a lot of the eye has targeted on “The Princess Bride” director, however his spouse additionally carved out a notable profession behind the digicam and in Hollywood.
How the couple met
Reiner met his second spouse whereas filming his 1989 box-office hit “When Harry Met Sally” — an expertise he later stated performed a key position in shaping the movie’s iconic ending.
“I’d been married for ten years. I’d been single for ten years, and I couldn’t work out how I used to be ever going to be with anyone,” Reiner advised CNN’s Chris Wallace final yr.
“That gave start to ‘When Harry Met Sally,’ I hadn’t met anyone, so it was going to be the 2 of them seeing one another after years, speaking, after which strolling away from one another.”
“The unique ending had Harry and Sally not ending up collectively,” Reiner revealed, however after assembly Michele, he stated it impressed him to alter it to the now fan-adored ending during which Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan’s characters reunite.
“However then I met Michele and I assumed: OK, I see how this works,” he added.
The couple’s romance shortly blossomed into marriage ceremony bells, with the pair marrying in 1989 — the identical yr the rom-com hit theaters. They later welcomed three kids: Jake in 1991, Nick in 1993, and Romy in 1997.
Singer Reiner’s work as a photographer
Considered one of Singer Reiner’s most notable achievements got here earlier than she met the “A Few Good Males” director, when she labored as a photographer and shot the duvet photograph for Donald Trump’s 1987 e book “The Artwork of the Deal,” in response to her IMDb web page.
She later labored as a photographer on the “MysteryDisc” video video games and, following her marriage to Reiner, on his 1990 thriller “Distress,” based mostly on Stephen King’s novel.
Appearing and manufacturing credit
Along with her pictures work, Singer Reiner appeared within the 1994 Steve Martin comedy “Combined Nuts.”
She later served as a producer on a number of Reiner initiatives, together with “Shock and Awe” and “Albert Brooks: Defending My Life,” incomes an Emmy nomination alongside her husband, who directed the documentary.
She additionally produced “God & Nation,” a documentary analyzing Christian nationalism in the US, the Los Angeles Occasions reported.
Investigation
The LAPD responded to the couple’s residence at 3:40 p.m. and located two deceased victims, describing the deaths as “an obvious murder.”
Sources advised The Submit that the couple’s 32-year-old son, screenwriter Nick Reiner, has been listed as an individual of curiosity within the stabbing.
A knife is believed to have been used within the assault.
