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Robert Halmi

  • Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
  • Birthday: January 22, 1924

A larger-than-life showman who assembled nearly 200 film and TV productions in his first two decades in the business. Robert Halmi Sr is renowned for producing tasteful "prestige" productions for the small screen, including numerous acclaimed telefilms and landmark miniseries featuring some of Hollywood's most respected players. In the 1980s alone, he produced projects that teamed such famous names as Peter O'Toole and Jodie Foster ("Svengali", CBS 1983), James Cagney and Art Carney ("Terrible Joe Moran", C…more

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Career Milestones

  • 2002

    Executive produced "Snow White: The Fairest of Them All" (ABC) and "Prince Charming" (TNT)

  • 2000

    Reteamed with Patrick Stewart for the TNT adaptation of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", with Stewart as Scrooge

  • 2000

    Served as executive producer of "Don Quixote" (TNT), the Emmy-nominated "Arabian Knights" (ABC) and "Jason and the Argonauts" (NBC)

  • 1999

    Executive produced "Cleopatra", a two-part ABC dramatization of the life of the Egyptian queen

  • 1999

    Served as executive producer of "Noah's Ark", reputedly one of the most expensive TV projects ever

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Awards

  • 1999

    Founder's Award:

  • 1999

    Peabody Award:

  • 1996

    Emmy: Outstanding Miniseries

  • 1996

    Golden Satellite: Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

  • 1990

    Emmy: Outstanding Drama Special

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