Robert Halmi

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Robert Halmi (Sr.) (Hungarian: Halmi Róbert; January 22, 1924 – July 30, 2014) was a Hungarian-born producer of movies and mini-series for television.[1]

Early life

Robert Halmi was born in Budapest on January 22, 1924. His father, Béla Halmi, was a photographer and brought up his son after he divorced while Robert was young. He had photographic commissions with the Habsburg royal family and the Vatican. Consequently, Robert was familiar with photographic processes from an early age.

Photographer

A

MoMA's world-touring The Family of Man
exhibition.

Halmi went to the

Shah of Iran
.

Film producer

After Life ceased weekly publication, Halmi made documentaries for television. From his experience covering a LIFE story on a 1962 visit with his 9-year-old stepson Kevin Gorman to a Maasai tribe in Kenya, he conceived his first feature film, Visit to a Chief's Son, released in 1974 and starring Richard Mulligan, Johnny Sekka, John Philip Hogdon and Jesse Kinaru.

In 1979 with his son Robert, Halmi started a production company,

Sonar Entertainment), and adapted literary classics for television including The Odyssey (1997), Alice in Wonderland (1999), Moby Dick (1997) and Gulliver's Travels (1996)[4]
and continued as a producer of television movies and miniseries.

The father-son team of Robert Halmi Sr. and Robert Halmi, Jr. also are known for many Hallmark Productions which they co-produced or co-directed, including films like "You Lucky Dog" in 2010.

Still working at 90, he died on July 30, 2014, in Manhattan, survived by son Robert Jr., and his fifth wife, Caroline Gray. Robert Halmi, Sr.'s other survivors included another son, Bill; his stepson, Kevin Gorman; a step-daughter, Kim Sampson; and two sisters, Julie Costello and Jorgie Lask.[citation needed]

Filmography

Books written and/or illustrated by Robert Halmi

  • Haimi, Robert (1956), Guide to photographing women, Greenberg, retrieved 20 December 2015
  • Halmi, Robert (1959), Sports cars of the world, Sports Car Pr, retrieved 20 December 2015
  • Halmi, Robert (1969). In the wilds of Africa. Scholastic Book Services, New York.
  • Halmi, Robert (1969), Into your hand are they delivered, Scholastic-Tab Publications, retrieved 20 December 2015
  • Halmi, Robert (1975), Zoos of the world, Four Winds Press,
    ISBN 978-0-590-07247-2
  • Halmi, Robert (2015), American dreamer: my story of survival, adventure, and success, Lyons Press Guilford, Connecticut,
    ISBN 978-1-4930-0908-4

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-59213-503-5
  2. ISBN 978-1-4930-0908-4
  3. ISBN 978-0-87112-035-9
  4. ISBN 978-0-7190-8881-0

External links
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