Robert Chartoff

Birth Name:

Robert Irwin Chartoff

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Producer

In 1990 he established the RC Charitable Foundation to award scholarships and grants to international students
Graduated from Union College in Schenectady, N․Y․, and Columbia University's law school
Initially a Hollywood lawyer, he would only start producing films after representing numerous stars during the earliest stages of his career
Was introduced to show business during college when he worked for his uncle, a hotel talent booker, during the summer
Quote: "[on "Rocky"] "In the end, Rocky Balboa lost the fight to Apollo Creed․ However, something more important happened․ He won by achieving his personal goal․ That was very rare in American cinema․""
Best known as a producer whose partnership with filmmaker Irwin Winkler led to films like "Raging Bull," "Rocky" and "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"
While working as a talent agent early in his career, he arranged for the screen test that got Julie Christie her role in 1965's "Doctor Zhivago․"

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