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Robert Lantos Biography

Birth Name:Robert Lantos

Birth Place:Budapest, Hungary

Profession Producer

Fast Facts

Received an honorary Doctor of Letters from McGill University
Was appointed a member of the Order of Canada, Canada's second highest honour for merit
After completing his graduate studies, he opened Vivafilm, a distribution company that imported foreign films to be exhibited in Canada
Quote: "The concept of spare time is foreign to me, since I've spent more than 25 years building my company․ It was particularly challenging because when I started, the industry didn't exist․"
Founded Alliance Communications, a Canadian film and television company that rose to be one of the most powerful players in Canada's motion picture industry
After merging his company with Atlantis Communications, he left to start an independent production company, Serendipity Point Films
Was a jury member at the 2005 Mar del Plata International Film Festival