- Born
- From 1973 to 1998 Robert Lantos founded and built Canada's leading film and television company, Alliance Communications Corporation, of which he was Chairman and CEO. He sold Alliance in 1998 and subsequently formed the boutique production company Serendipity Point Films, under which he has produced several award-winning films. Four of his films - The Sweet Hereafter, Being Julia, Eastern Promises and Barney's Version - have received Oscar Nominations. Golden Globe nominations include Sunshine and Eastern Promises for Best Picture, and Being Julia and Barney's Version both won. His films have won awards in Berlin, Venice and Cannes, and The Sweet Hereafter was awarded the Cannes Grand Prix.- IMDb Mini Biography By: SPF
- SpouseJennifer Dale(August 16, 1981 - 1986) (divorced, 2 children)
- Recipient of the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts Award.
- Received the Academy of Canadian Film and Television's Award for "Outstanding Contribution to the Business of Filmmaking".
- Inducted into the Canadian Film and Television Hall of Fame in 2008.
- Recipient of the Ryerson University J. Stuart MacKay Communicator of the Year Award.
- There's only one direction [the Canadian film industry] can go in, and that is with film-makers who have powerful visions. There's a handful of them in Canada. They tend to make dark movies, movies that are counter-Hollywood and anti-television. I'd be thrilled if one of our luminary directors came to me and said: "There's this life-affirming book where good triumphs over evil, a story of human kindness, and I'd like to make it my next movie." Those calls rarely come.
- [Commenting on the Canadian government's support of the Canadian film industry] Many, many millions of dollars, are being spent making allegedly theatrical films that don't play in theaters.
- [Commenting on the proposal of putting a quota system on Canadian theaters] There's no evidence suggesting a high-quality commercial Canadian movie, supported by an adequate number of advertising dollars, has any trouble getting a wide release into theaters.
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