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Robert Rehme (born May 5, 1935) is an American film producer whose credits include the films ''
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'', ''
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'' and '' The General's Daughter''.


Career

In 1961, he was manager of
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Theatres in
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and in 1969 he joined
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's advertising department. In 1976, he formed his own exhibition and distribution firm but later joined
New World Pictures New World Pictures (also known as New World Entertainment, New World Communications Group, Inc., and New World International) was an American independent production, distribution, and (in its final years as an autonomous entity) multimedia com ...
as vice president and general sales manager in February 1978.


Head of Avco Embassy

He joined
Avco Embassy Pictures Embassy Pictures Corporation (also and later known as Avco Embassy Pictures as well as Embassy Films Associates) was an American independent film Production company, production and Film distributor, distribution company, which was active from 1 ...
in December 1978 as vice-president and chief operating officer. In November 1979, he was elected president and chief executive officer. When Rehme started at Avco, 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." Under Rehme's stewardship, the company went from earning $20 million in 1978 to $90 million in 1981. Among its successful films were two from John Carpenter, ''The Fog'' and ''Escape from New York''. He also backed ''The Howling'' and had a big success with ''Time Bandits'' which Avco picked up from Britain. Other hits included ''Phantasm'', ''The Onion Field'' and ''Watership Down''. Flops included ''Winter Kills'', ''Death Ship'' and ''Hog Wild''. In December 1981, Avco was bought by Norman Lear and Jerry Perenchio.


Universal

In June 1981, Rehme joined
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, becoming president of the Theatrical Motion Picture Group in December 1982. He quit in December 1983.


New World

In 1983, he became co-chairman and
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of New World Entertainment, Inc until 1989.


Producer

In 1989, Rehme and producer
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co-founded the motion picture production company Neufeld/Rehme Productions. 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''. Rehme served as a governor of the
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for eight years before becoming president in 1992, succeeding
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. 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. He rejoined the board and became president for a second time from 1997 to 2001.


Select credits

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.


Film


As Head of Avco

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Television


References

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