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Robert Lantos, CM (born 3 April 1949) is a Hungarian-Canadian film producer. Life and career [ edit] Lantos was born on 3 April 1949 in Budapest, [1] the son of Ágnes (Bodor) and László Lantos, a mechanic and truck company owner. [2] .
Robert Lantos is a Canadian film and television producer and writer, who founded Alliance Communications Corporation and Serendipity Point Films. He has produced and written several award-winning films, such as The Sweet Hereafter, Eastern Promises and Barney's Version.
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Robert Lantos is a Canadian film producer who co-founded Alliance Communications and founded Serendipity Point Films. He has produced award-winning films such as The Sweet Hereafter, Eastern Promises and Barney's Version, as well as TV series and movies.
Jan 27, 2017 · Robert Lantos is a Canadian filmmaker who has produced acclaimed movies such as Sunshine and Barney's Version. He shares his personal story of discovering his Jewish identity, his fight against anti-Semitism and his passion for the art of film.
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Robert Lantos immigrated to Uruguay in 1956 after his family escaped Hungary during the revolution and subsequent Soviet intervention (see Hungarian Canadians). His family spent several years in Uruguay before moving to Canada in 1963. He spent his teen years in Montréal and studied literature at McGill University, earning a bachelor of arts in 197...
While pursuing his studies in 1972, Lantos co-founded Vivafilm, a distribution company that imported foreign films for the Canadian market. The company began with an investment in erotica when Lantos and Victor Loewy invested $500 to bring The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festivalcompilationto the McGill Film Society. The screenings sold out an...
In 1985, Lantos co-founded Alliance Communications Corporation, which subsequently absorbed both Vivafilm and RSL. He became the company’s sole chairman in 1987 and took the company public in 1993. During his tenure at Alliance, he served as producer or executive producer on such high-profile Canadian films as Bruce Beresford’s Black Robe (1991), J...
Serendipity Point Films’ first production, David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ (1999), won the Silver Bear at the 1999 Berlin International Film Festival. Lantos also brought to fruition a project close to his heart: the Canadian-Hungarian co-production Sunshine (1999), directed by István Szabó, a sweeping three-hour epic that chronicles the history of a J...
Lantos is a board member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and the European Film Academy.
In 1991, Lantos received the Air Canada Award at the Genie Awards for “outstanding contributions to the business of filmmaking in Canada.” He has received honorary degrees from McGill University and the University of Haifa, the Feature Film Producer’s Award from the Canadian Media Productions Association and the Governor General’s Performing Arts A...
A persistent and often outspoken proponent of Canadian talent, Lantos has championed the growth of a Canadian industry and encouraged peers to avoid competing with Hollywood. “Canadian films are viewed as way off-centre, and that’s the place they belong,” he told theGlobe and Mail in 2000. “The centre is owned and dominated by the Hollywood studios...
Lantos has two children, Ari and Sabrina, with actress Jennifer Dale, to whom he was married from 1980 to 1986. His son has produced several projects with his father at Serendipity, including the romantic comedy The Right Kind of Wrong (2013) and the horror/musical Stage Fright (2014). Robert Lantos is an ardent supporter of Israel and an outspoken...
Gemini Awards 1. Best Dramatic Series (E.N.G.), (1990, 1992, 1993, 1994) Genie Awards 1. Air Canada Award(1991) 2. Best Motion Picture (Black Robe) (1991) 3. Golden Reel Award(Black Robe) (1992) 4. Golden Reel Award (Crash) (1996) 5. Best Motion Picture (Sunshine) (1999) 6. Best Motion Picture (Ararat) (2002) Others 1. Ontario Region Entrepreneur o...
May 12, 2022 · Film producer Robert Lantos has been preparing for the release of the most anticipated Canadian film of the year: David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future. Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and...
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