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Biography
Robert Halmi (Sr.) (Hungarian: Halmi Róbert; January 22, 1924–July 30, 2014) was a Hungarian-born producer of movies and mini-series for television.
Early Life
Robert Halmi was born in Budapest on January 22, 1924. His father, Béla Halmi, was a photographer and brought up his son after he divorced while Robert was young. He had photographic commissions with the Habsburg royal family and the Vatican. Consequently, Robert was familiar with photographic processes from an early age.
Movies & TV shows
2020.
1 Movie
Zappa
2020
This is the definitive documentary project of Alex Winter documenting the life and career of Frank Zappa, with the help of more than 10,000 dedicated Zappa fans. Thousands of hours of painstakingly di...
2014.
1 Movie
Altar
2014
A young family find themselves in serious danger when they move to an isolated haunted house in the Yorkshire Moors.
2009.
1 Movie · 2 TV shows
TV
Alice
6
2009
Alice Hamilton, a fiercely independent twenty-something, watches as her lover Jack Chase is kidnapped and driven into darkness. Desperate to find Jack, Alice puts her trust in a stranger who calls him...
High Plains Invaders
2009
In the Old West an outlaw named Sam Phoenix is about to be hanged. But just before the noose tightens, the town is besieged by a lethal alien invader with a laser-shooting stingray and a crazy Sarlacc...
TV
The Phantom
7.5
2009
Chris Moore is shocked to learn that he is actually the son of The Phantom, a caped crime fighter. He becomes the next Phantom after joining the Phantom team in the jungles of Bengalla to train in mar...
2008.
2 Movies
Journey to the Center of the Earth
2008
Set in the late 1870's, a woman hires an anthropologist to track down her husband, who has disappeared while searching for an elusive passage to the center of the earth.
Swamp Devil
2008
SWAMP DEVIL is the story of young Melanie Blaime (played by Cindy Sampson) and her father Howard (portrayed by the venerable Bruce Dern). After a long estrangement from her father for reasons not enti...
2007.
6 Movies · 1 TV show
Eye of the Beast
2007
This menacing monster yarn stars James Van Der Beek as government scientist Dan Leland, who's sent to investigate reported sightings of a giant squidlike beast that's put the entire population of a fi...
Black Swarm
2007
The widow, Deputy Sheriff Jane Kozik, moves from Manhattan to Black Stone, New York, with her daughter Kelsey Kozik. There she expects to find a safe place to live. The day after moving, a homeless ma...
Hogfather
2007
It's the night before Hogswatch, usually a time of joy on Discworld, but there are suspicious going-on and the criminal underworld is abuzz. The beloved Hogfather - the jolly bearer of glee and pork-r...
Grizzly Rage
2007
After accidentally killing a bear cub while celebrating graduation in the woods, four teens become the target of a seemingly unstoppable Grizzly.
Marco Polo
2007
Assigned to accompany two priests on a mission to convert the court of Kublai Khan to Christianity, Marco Polo is abandoned in the mountains when the priests, doubting the very existence of China, tur...
TV
Tin Man
6
2007
The miniseries is a continuation of the classic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, with science fiction and additional fantasy elements added. It focuses on the adventures of a small-town waitress name...
Something Beneath
6
2007
When a mysterious black slime oozes up from the plumbing to infiltrate a new conference center, it causes attendees at an environmental convention who come in contact with it to have horrific hallucin...
2006.
1 TV show
TV
The Ten Commandments
2006
One biblical figure is revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike. His name is Moses, the man who rose in power to defend a people, to free them, and to live in history like no other... The Ten Co...
2005.
1 Movie
The Colt
2005
During the heat of battle in the Civil War, a beguilingly innocent colt is born to Union Jim Rabb's beloved mare. In these desperate times, the colt is a symbol of hope that leads the men of the First...
2004.
1 Movie
Α Christmas Carol
2004
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that a...
2003.
1 Movie
The Lion in Winter
2003
King Henry II (Patrick Stewart) keeps his wife, Eleanor (Glenn Close) locked away in the towers because of her frequent attempts to overthrow him. With Eleanor out of the way he can have his dalliance...
2002.
1 Movie · 2 TV shows
TV
Dinotopia
6
2002
After a plane crash, two opposing half-brothers find themselves on an amazing lost island where enlightened humans and intelligent talking dinosaurs have created a utopian medieval society. There is a...
TV
Dinotopia
4
2002
Frank Scott, a wealthy American, crashes his plane into the Caribbean. His two teenaged sons, Karl and David, survive, only to find themselves castaways on Dinotopia. Karl and David are constantly at ...
King of Texas
2002
In this re-imagining of Shakespear's King Lear, Patrick Stewart stars as John Lear, a Texas cattle baron, who, after dividing his wealth among his three daughters, is rejected by them.
2001.
1 Movie
Voyage of the Unicorn
2001
The Aislings are magically transported to a ship called the Unicorn. They discover that they've been chosen to fulfill an incredible quest, as they embark on an incredible journey of discovery in stra...
2000.
1 TV show
TV
Arabian Nights
6
2000
Arabian Nights is a two-part 2000 American/British miniseries, adapted by Peter Barnes from Sir Richard Francis Burton's translation of the medieval epic One Thousand and One Nights. Mili Avital and D...
1999.
1 Movie · 2 TV shows
TV
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
6
1999
In a land of myth and magic, a forbidden love affair ignites an ancient war between the leprechauns and the trooping fairies. Jack Woods is appointed to restore harmony...but will peace prevail before...
TV
Noah's Ark
6
1999
In the Biblical story from Genesis, God floods the world as Noah rescues his family and the animals in a gigantic ark.
Alice in Wonderland
1999
Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempe...
1998.
2 TV shows
TV
Moby Dick
1998
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
TV
Merlin
6
1998
The legend of King Arthur was told from the point of view of the wizard. The rise and fall of Camelot is covered in a story that also looks at the legendary history of Britain that precedes it.
1997.
3 Movies · 1 TV show
TV
The Odyssey
6
1997
In this adaptation of Homer's timeless epic, Armand Assante stars as Odysseus, the warrior King of the mythical island of Ithaca, who must endure a decade long quest to reach home after the Trojan war...
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1997
In the 19th century, an expert marine biologist is hired by the government to determine what's sinking ships all over the ocean. His daughter follows him. They are intercepted by a mysterious captain ...
Bridge of Time
1997
Robinson Crusoe
1997
Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and leaves him stranded by himself on an uncharted island. Left to fend for...
1996.
5 Movies · 2 TV shows
The Sunshine Boys
1996
Two aging comedians who acrimoniously dissolved their act eight years earlier must overcome their differences when they have the chance for a lucrative movie comeback.
Jake's Women
1996
Jake is a writer. He is married to Maggie, but his marriage is in trouble. He cannot stop thinking about other women in his life, characters he invents conversations with. He is constantly talking to:...
Mary & Tim
1996
Another adaptation of the novel "Tim", about the love that develops between a mentally challenged young man and the older, lonely widow who takes him under her wing.
TV
Gulliver's Travels
6
1996
There is a doctor named Dr. After a long absence, Gulliver has returned to his family and tells them the story of his travels.
Harvey
1996
An unlikely hero, Elwood P. Dowd. This mild-mannered-but-eccentric bachelor has, for several years, happily kept company with Harvey, a six-foot-tall rabbit that only he can see. All's well until Elwo...
London Suite
1996
On one day at an English Hotel, four different stories are shown. Diana is in London to promote her Television Series and her ex-husband Sidney shows up to ask her for money for his gay lover. Mark an...
TV
In Cold Blood
1996
At the end of the 1950s, in a more innocent America, the brutal, meaningless slaying of a Midwestern family horrified the nation. This film is based on Truman Capote's hauntingly detailed, psychologic...
1994.
1 Movie · 1 TV show
Spoils of War
1994
In 1970s New York, Martin (Maguire) hopes to locate his father and possibly reunite the parents who have been bitterly separated since he was born.
TV
Scarlett
6
1994
Scarlett is a 1994 six hour miniseries loosely based on the sequel to Margaret Mitchell's novel, Gone with the Wind, written by Alexandra Ripley. The series was filmed at 53 locations in the United St...
1993.
2 Movies
Sudden Fury
1993
A teenage boy finds his mother and father murdered in their home but as the story goes on he reveals he knows more than he is letting on.
1992.
1 Movie
An American Story
1992
World War II has ended and many soldiers return to their houses and families. But three of them find themselves with big problems when they arrive at their home village.
1988.
1 Movie
Alone in the Neon Jungle
1988
A by the book female police officer is assigned to the most corrupt precinct in Pittsburgh and told to get it cleaned up.
1987.
3 Movies
Leader of the Band
1987
Eddie is a down-on-his-luck bar pianist who has just been fired from another job. Desperate for work, he finds a school looking for a leader for its hopelessly incompetent marching band. Somehow, Eddi...
Mayflower Madam
1987
Inspired by the explosive sex-for-sale scandal that rocked Manhattan in 1984, the infamous Sydney Biddle Barrows, a driven young socialite, opens an exclusive escort service catering to the wealthy an...
1986.
1 Movie
Barnum
1986
The biography of P.T., the legendary circus impresario and unparalleled showman. There is a person named Barnum.
1985.
1 Movie
Lollipop Dragon: The Great Christmas Race
1985
In Lollipop Dragon: The Great Christmas Race, the Lollipop Dragon and his friends must stop Baron Bad Blood from winning the Christmas Race and forcing everyone to eat his liver flavored lollipops on ...
1984.
2 Movies
The Night They Saved Christmas
1984
An oil company is looking for oil in the far north. Santa Claus' North Pole village is rocks because of the needed blasting at the first site. He knows that any blasting at the second site will destro...
Lily in Love
1984
Insulted when his screenwriter wife writes a leading role for a younger man, aging Broadway idol Fitz Wynn disguises himself as a handsome young Italian.
1983.
3 Movies
The Long Ride
1983
This movie is about the love and protection of a man from another culture for the lowly horsemen of the the plains in Hungary during World War II.
Svengali
1983
An old singer coaches a young woman whom he believes will be the next singing sensation. As she starts off with her career, their bond gets stronger. An adaptation of George L. Du Maurier's novel "Tri...
1974.
1 Movie
Visit to a Chief's Son
1974
An American anthropologist and his son benefit from their experiences with an East African tribe.
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