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Robert Shaye

American actor and film director · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1939 · age 87

Robert Kenneth Shaye is an American businessman, actor, and filmmaker. Shaye is the founder of New Line Cinema, a film production studio that was most successful for distributing The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, based on the classic fantasy novel of the same name by English author J. R. R. Tolkien.

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2023Space OddityFilm, Producer2018Haunting on Fraternity RowFilm, Producer2016ShadowhuntersSeries, Producer2014Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. MoreauFilm2010Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street LegacyFilm2006Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher FilmFilm2003Freddy vs. JasonFilm, Producer2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingFilm, Producer2000Divine TrashFilm1993BlinkFilm, Producer1990Heart ConditionFilm, Producer1988Freddy's NightmaresSeries, ProducerA Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream MasterFilm, 1988Producer1986CrittersFilm, Producer1984A Nightmare on Elm StreetFilm, Producer1981PolyesterFilm, Producer1939Born4 March 1939

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  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001
  • Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th 2013
  • Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy 2010

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Television 2

Media & music

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Awards

Fulbright Scholarship

About this person

He stepped down from New Line in 2008 after the studio was restructured as a unit of Warner Bros. Pictures.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1939 · age 87

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Bonnie BedeliaAlso in The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)Breckin MeyerAlso in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)Jack PalanceAlso in Alone in the Dark (1982)Paul GleasonAlso in National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)

Directors from the United States 1

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