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'''Robert Rehme''' (born 5 May 1935) is an American film producer whose credits include the films ''[[Patriot Games (film)|Patriot Games]]'', ''[[Clear and Present Danger (film)|Clear and Present Danger]]'' and ''[[The General's Daughter (film)|The General's Daughter]]''.<ref name=IMDB>{{cite web|title=Robert Rehme, Producer|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005345/|publisher=Internet Movie Database (IMDB)|accessdate=3 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="Oye Cinema">{{cite web|title=Robert Rehme: Profile|url=http://www.oyecinema.com/profile/robert-rehme/MjEyMDM/films/|publisher=Oye Cinema|accessdate=3 April 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322065251/http://www.oyecinema.com/profile/robert-rehme/MjEyMDM/films/|archivedate=22 March 2012|df=}}</ref><ref name=Variety>{{cite news|title=Film Reviews, Patriot Games|url=http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117901752?refcatid=31|publisher=Variety Magazine|accessdate=3 April 2011|first=Joseph|last=McBride|date=2 June 1992}}</ref><ref name="Film Reference">{{cite web|title=Robert Rehme Biography (1935-)|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/70/Robert-Rehme.html|publisher=Film Reference|accessdate=3 April 2011}}</ref> His first major job involving motion pictures was president of [[Embassy Pictures|Avco Embassy Pictures]] in 1978, a post he held until 1981. In 1983, he became co-chairman and [[chief executive officer]] of [[New World Communications|New World Entertainment, Inc]] until 1989, when he and producer [[Mace Neufeld]] co-founded the motion picture production company Neufeld/Rehme Productions.<ref name="Oye Cinema" /> It was during this time that he created the pictures for which he is most known, such as ''Patriot Games'' and ''[[Flight of the Intruder]]''.<ref name="Oye Cinema" /> Rehme served as President of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] twice, between 1992–1993 and 1997–2001.<ref name="Oye Cinema" />
'''Robert Rehme''' (born 5 May 1935) is an American film producer whose credits include the films ''[[Patriot Games (film)|Patriot Games]]'', ''[[Clear and Present Danger (film)|Clear and Present Danger]]'' and ''[[The General's Daughter (film)|The General's Daughter]]''.<ref name=IMDB>{{cite web|title=Robert Rehme, Producer|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005345/|publisher=Internet Movie Database (IMDB)|accessdate=3 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="Oye Cinema">{{cite web|title=Robert Rehme: Profile|url=http://www.oyecinema.com/profile/robert-rehme/MjEyMDM/films/|publisher=Oye Cinema|accessdate=3 April 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322065251/http://www.oyecinema.com/profile/robert-rehme/MjEyMDM/films/|archivedate=22 March 2012|df=}}</ref><ref name=Variety>{{cite news|title=Film Reviews, Patriot Games|url=http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117901752?refcatid=31|publisher=Variety Magazine|accessdate=3 April 2011|first=Joseph|last=McBride|date=2 June 1992}}</ref><ref name="Film Reference">{{cite web|title=Robert Rehme Biography (1935-)|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/70/Robert-Rehme.html|publisher=Film Reference|accessdate=3 April 2011}}</ref>


His first major job involving motion pictures was president of [[Embassy Pictures|Avco Embassy Pictures]] in 1978, a post he held until 1981. When he started there he asked for $5 million to make movies. He used it to make eight. "The important thing was not to put Avco at risk for any major amount of money," he said. "We'd finance a movie and find a financial group to buy us out, so we could use the money over again."<ref name="new"/>

Under his stewardship the company went from earning $20 million in 1978 to $90 million in 1981.<ref name="new">ROBERT REHME, KING OF THE LOW-BUDGET SHOCKER
HARMETZ, ALJEAN. New York Times 30 Nov 1981: C.13. </ref>

In June 1981 he joined Univeral, becoming president the following year. He quit in December 1983.<ref>Business and People: Rehme Quits Universal Post Incomplete Source
Los Angeles Times 20 Dec 1983: sd_c1. </ref>

In 1983, he became co-chairman and [[chief executive officer]] of [[New World Communications|New World Entertainment, Inc]] until 1989, when he and producer [[Mace Neufeld]] co-founded the motion picture production company Neufeld/Rehme Productions.<ref name="Oye Cinema" /> It was during this time that he created the pictures for which he is most known, such as ''Patriot Games'' and ''[[Flight of the Intruder]]''.<ref name="Oye Cinema" />

Rehme served as President of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] twice, between 1992–1993 and 1997–2001.<ref name="Oye Cinema" />

==Select Credits==
===As Head of Avco===
*''[[Go Tell the Spartans]]'' (1978)
*''[[Stingray (film)|Stingray]]'' (1978)
*''[[Watership Down (film)|Watership Down]]'' (1978)
*''[[The Bell Jar (film)|The Bell Jar]]'' (1979)
*''[[Phantasm (film)|Phantasm]]'' (1979)
*''[[Old Boyfriends]]'' (1979)
*''[[Winter Kills (film)|Winter Kills]]'' (1979)
*''[[Goldengirl]]'' (1979)
*''[[City on Fire (1979 film)|City on Fire]]'' (1979)
*''[[The Onion Field (film)|The Onion Field]]'' (1979)
*''[[A Man, a Woman, and a Bank]]'' (1979)
*''[[Fish Hawk (film)|Fish Hawk]]'' (1979)
*''[[Murder by Decree]]'' (1979)
*''[[Hog Wild (1980 film)|Hog Wild]]'' (1980)
*''[[The Fog]]'' (1980)
*''[[The Black Marble]]'' (1980)
*''[[Death Ship (1980 film)|Death Ship]]'' (1980)
*''[[The Baltimore Bullet]]''(1980)
*''[[Night Games (1980 film)|Night Games]]'' (1980)
*''[[Prom Night (1980 film)|Prom Night]]'' (1980)
*''[[The Exterminator]]'' (1980)
*''[[Hopscotch (film)|Hopscotch]]'' (1980)
*''[[Delusion (1980 film)|Delusion]]'' (1980)
*''[[Scanners]]'' (1981)
*''[[Take This Job and Shove It (film)|Take This Job and Shove It]]'' (1980)
*''[[The Howling (film)|The Howling]]'' (1981)
*''[[Dirty Tricks (film)|Dirty Tricks]]'' (1981)
*''[[The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (film)|The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia]]'' (1981)
*''[[Dead & Buried]]'' (1981)
*''[[Final Exam (film)|Final Exam]]'' (1981)
*''[[Escape from New York]]'' (1981)
*''[[An Eye for an Eye (1981 film)|An Eye for an Eye]]'' (1981)
*''[[Carbon Copy (film)|Carbon Copy]]'' (1981)
*''[[Tulips (film)|Tulips]]'' (1981)
*''[[Time Bandits]]'' (1981)
*''[[Vice Squad (1982 film)|Vice Squad]]'' (1982)
*''[[Zapped!]]'' (1981)

===As Producer===
*''[[An Eye for an Eye (1981 film)|An Eye for an Eye]]'' (1981) - producer
*''[[Vice Squad (1982 film)|Vice Squad]]'' (1982) - producer
*''[[Flight of the Intruder]]'' (1991) - producer
*''[[Necessary Roughness (film)|Necessary Roughness]]'' (1991) - producer
*''[[Patriot Games (film)|Patriot Games]]'' (1992) - producer
*''[[Beverly Hills Cop III]]'' (1994) - producer
*''[[Clear and Present Danger (film)|Clear and Present Danger]]'' (1994) - producer
*''[[Gridlock (film)|Gridlock]]'' (1996) - executive producer
*''[[Woman Undone]]'' (1996) - executive producer
*''[[For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal]]'' (1996) - executive producer
*''[[Blind Faith (1998 film)|Blind Faith]]'' (1998) - executive producer
*''[[Escape: Human Cargo]]'' (1998) - executive producer
*''[[Lost in Space (film)|Lost in Space]]'' (1998) - executive producer
*''[[Black Dog (film)|Black Dog]]'' (1998) - executive producer
*''[[Bless the Child]]'' (2000) - executive producer
*''[[Love and Treason]]'' (2001) - executive producer
*''[[Conviction (2002 film)|Conviction]]'' (2002) - executive producer
*''[[Gods and Generals (film)|Gods and Generals]]'' (2003) - executive producer
*''[[Deacons for Defense (film)|Deacons for Defense]]'' (2003) - producer
*''[[Asylum (2005 film)|Aslyum]]'' (2005) - executive producer
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Revision as of 13:23, 17 May 2019

Robert Rehme
Born (1935-05-05) May 5, 1935 (age 89)
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
NationalityAmerican
OccupationFilm producer

Robert Rehme (born 5 May 1935) is an American film producer whose credits include the films Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger and The General's Daughter.[1][2][3][4]

His first major job involving motion pictures was president of Avco Embassy Pictures in 1978, a post he held until 1981. When he started there he asked for $5 million to make movies. He used it to make eight. "The important thing was not to put Avco at risk for any major amount of money," he said. "We'd finance a movie and find a financial group to buy us out, so we could use the money over again."[5]

Under his stewardship the company went from earning $20 million in 1978 to $90 million in 1981.[5]

In June 1981 he joined Univeral, becoming president the following year. He quit in December 1983.[6]

In 1983, he became co-chairman and chief executive officer of New World Entertainment, Inc until 1989, when he and producer Mace Neufeld co-founded the motion picture production company Neufeld/Rehme Productions.[2] It was during this time that he created the pictures for which he is most known, such as Patriot Games and Flight of the Intruder.[2]

Rehme served as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences twice, between 1992–1993 and 1997–2001.[2]

Select Credits

As Head of Avco

As Producer

References

  1. ^ "Robert Rehme, Producer". Internet Movie Database (IMDB). Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d "Robert Rehme: Profile". Oye Cinema. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ McBride, Joseph (2 June 1992). "Film Reviews, Patriot Games". Variety Magazine. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Robert Rehme Biography (1935-)". Film Reference. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  5. ^ a b ROBERT REHME, KING OF THE LOW-BUDGET SHOCKER HARMETZ, ALJEAN. New York Times 30 Nov 1981: C.13.
  6. ^ Business and People: Rehme Quits Universal Post Incomplete Source Los Angeles Times 20 Dec 1983: sd_c1.
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by President of Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences
1992-1993 		Succeeded by
Preceded by President of Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences
1997-2001 		Succeeded by


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