Robert Rehme
Born (1935-05-05) May 5, 1935
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationFilm producer

Robert Rehme (born May 5, 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]

Career

In 1961, he was manager of RKO Theatres in Cincinnati and in 1969 he joined United Artists's advertising department.[5][6] In 1976, he formed his own exhibition and distribution firm but later joined New World Pictures as vice president and general sales manager in February 1978.[5][6]

He joined Avco Embassy Pictures in December 1978 and became president in 1981.[5][6] 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."[7] Under his stewardship the company went from earning $20 million in 1978 to $90 million in 1981.[7]

In June 1981, he joined Universal Pictures, becoming president of the Theatrical Motion Picture Group in December 1982.[6] He quit in December 1983.[8]

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 a governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for eight years before becoming president in 1992, succeeding Karl Malden. Prior to that he had been President of the Academy Foundation. He could only serve as Academy President for one year as Academy rules stipulated that he could only sit on the board for nine consecutive terms.[9] He rejoined the board and became president for a second time from 1997 to 2001.[2]

Select Credits

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year Film Credit Notes
1981An Eye for an EyeExecutive producer
1982Vice SquadExecutive producer
1991Flight of the Intruder
Uncredited
Necessary Roughness
1992Patriot Games
1994Beverly Hills Cop III
Clear and Present Danger
1998Blind FaithExecutive producer
Lost in SpaceExecutive producer
Black DogExecutive producer
2000Bless the ChildExecutive producer
2003Gods and GeneralsExecutive producer
2005AslyumExecutive producer

As Head of Avco

Year Film Director Notes
1978Go Tell the SpartansTed PostFilm about Vietnam War with Burt Lancaster
StingrayRichard TaylorAction comedy
Watership DownMartin RosenBritish animated film, box office hit
1979The Bell JarLarry PeerceBased on Sylvia Plath book
PhantasmDon CoscarelliSci-fi horror, box office hit
Old BoyfriendsJoan TewksburyComedy, cult film
Winter KillsWilliam RichertBlack comedy, box office flop, cult film
GoldengirlJoseph SergeantSci-fi sports, box office flop
City on FireAlvin RakoffCanadian disaster movie, box office flop
The Onion FieldHarold BeckerBased on Joseph Wambaugh book
A Man, a Woman, and a BankNoel BlackCanadian heist film
Fish HawkDonald ShebibCanadian drama
Murder by DecreeBob ClarkCanadian-British movie, Sherlock Holmes
1980Hog WildLes RoseCanadian comedy
The FogJohn CarpenterHorror, box office hit
The Black MarbleHarold BeckerBased on Joseph Wamnaugh book
Death ShipAlvin RakoffCanadian horror
The Baltimore BulletRobert Ellis MillerComedy
Night GamesRoger Vadimerotic thriller
Prom NightPaul LynchCanadian horror, box office hit
The ExterminatorJames Glickenhausvigilante film, box office hit
HopscotchRonald Neamespy comedy
DelusionAlan Beattieslasher
1981ScannersDavid CronenbergCanadian horror, box office hit
Take This Job and Shove ItGus TrikonisComedy based on a song, box office hit
The HowlingJoe Dantehorror, box office hit
Dirty TricksAlvin Rakoffcomedy
The Night the Lights Went Out in GeorgiaRonald Maxwellcomedy based on a song, minor hit
Dead & BuriedGery Shermanslasher
Final ExamJimmy Houstonslasher film, minor hit
Escape from New YorkJohn Carpentersci fi action, box office hit
An Eye for an EyeSteve CarverChuck Norris action, box office hit
Carbon CopyMichael Schultzcomedy
TulipsStan Ferriscomedy
Time BanditsTerry GilliamBritish sci fi, major hit
1982Vice SquadGary Shermanaction, box office hit
Zapped!Robert Rosenthalteen comedy, box office hit
Thanks
Year Film Notes
1982Zapped!Thanks

Television

Year Title Credit Notes
1992Lightning ForceExecutive producer
1996GridlockExecutive producerTelevision film
Woman UndoneExecutive producerTelevision film
For the Future: The Irvine Fertility ScandalExecutive producerTelevision film
1998Escape: Human CargoExecutive producerTelevision film
2001Love and TreasonExecutive producerTelevision film
2002ConvictionExecutive producerTelevision film
2003Deacons for DefenseExecutive producerTelevision film

References

  1. ↑ "Robert Rehme, Producer". Internet Movie Database (IMDB). Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Robert Rehme: Profile". Oye Cinema. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  3. ↑ McBride, Joseph (2 June 1992). "Film Reviews, Patriot Games". Variety. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "Robert Rehme Biography (1935-)". Film Reference. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 Motion Picture Almanac. New York: Quigley Publishing Company. 1983. pp. 215–6. ISBN 0-900610-28-X.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Top-Level Changes at Universal". Daily Variety. December 28, 1982. p. 1.
  7. 1 2 Harmetz, Aljean (30 November 1981). "ROBERT REHME, KING OF THE LOW-BUDGET SHOCKER". The New York Times. p. C.13.
  8. ↑ "Business and People: Rehme Quits Universal Post". Los Angeles Times. 20 December 1983. p. sd_c1.
  9. ↑ McBride, Joseph (August 10, 1992). "Rehme Elected President of Film Academy". Variety. p. 4.
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