- Robert Lantos
Robert Lantos is a film producer.
Bio & Partial Filmography
Robert Lantos has produced some 30 films including
Golden Globe winner andAcademy Award nominated "Being Julia", Golden Globe nominated "Sunshine", the Cannes Grand Prix winner and Academy Award nominated "The Sweet Hereafter"; Berlin Silver Bear winner "eXistenZ", Cannes Special Jury Prize winner "Crash", Cannes International Critics Prize winner "Exotica", Genie Award winners, "Where The Truth Lies", "Black Robe", and "In Praise of Older Women" and Canadian domestic box office phenomenon "Men With Brooms". Another five of his films have been a part of the Cannes Official Selection: "Night Magic" (1985), "Joshua Then and Now" (1985, In Competition), "Felicia’s Journey" (1999, In Competition), "Stardom" (2000, Closing Night), "Ararat" (2002), "Where The Truth Lies" (2005, In Competition).Lantos founded and built Canada’s leading film and television company Alliance Communications which he took public in 1993 and sold in 1998. Since then he has concentrated exclusively on producing motion pictures. Mr. Lantos latest feature "Fugitive Pieces" is in post production and "Eastern Promises" is currently shooting in
London . Mr. Lantos is a member of theOrder of Canada , holds an honoraryDoctor of Letters fromMcGill University and is a member of the Board of Indigo Books & Music. Lantos also owns the Canadian production company,Serendipity Point , as well asMaximum Films , which acquires, promote and sells independentfilms from around the world for theatrical release.
* "Paradise", 1982, produce
* "Joshua Then and Now", 1985, producer
* "Black Robe", 1991, producer
* "Never Talk to Strangers ", 1995, producer
* "Existenz ", 1999, producer
* "Ararat", 2002, producer
* "Being Julia ", 2004, producer
* "Where the Truth Lies ", 2005, producerIn August 2006, as a result of differing reactions by the two main Canadian political parties to the
2006 Lebanon War , Lantos announced that he was withdrawing his longtime support for theLiberal Party of Canada and supporting theConservative Party of Canada underStephen Harper . This prompted Indigo CEOHeather Reisman and husbandGerald Schwartz to do the same. [cite news|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060804.wxliberals04/BNStory/National/home&ord=371591196729276519|title=Liberal power couple back Harper on Mideast|last=Clark|first=Campbell|publisher=The Globe and Mail|date=4 August2006|accessdate=2007-12-03]
[ [http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2007/28/c2945.html CNW Group | SERENDIPITY POINT FILMS INC. | Robert Lantos launches Maximum Films ] ] [ [http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2006/24/c9206.html CNW Group | SERENDIPITY POINT FILMS INC. | Serendipity Point Films announces start of principal photography on "Fugitive Pieces" Starring Stephen Dillane, Rosamund Pike, Ayelet Zurer, Rade Sherbedgia and Rachelle Lefevre ] ]
References
External links
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* [http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=46&csid1=39&navid=46 Canadian Film Encyclopedia]
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0010948 Maclean's Magazine profile] atThe Canadian Encyclopedia
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