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In the 1980s and 90s Mr. Lantos was responsible for numerous long running TV series such as Night Heat (the first Canadian drama series on a U.S. network), Bordertown, Counterstrike, Due South, and North of 60. Collectively, these series have won the Gemini Award for Best Television Drama ten times.
Aug 24, 1998 · Robert Lantos, then president of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, felt the awards didn’t do justice to the industry. In 1986, with the support of the rest of the Academy, he kick-started the Gemini Awards. Over the past 12 years, the Academy has been awarding the dual-faced sculptures to top players in all areas of Canadian TV.
The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's English-language television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States and the BAFTA Television Awards in the United Kingdom .
On television, his series – including Power Play, Due South, North of 60 and ENG – have won the Banff International Television Award for Best Drama Series and 10 Gemini Awards for best drama series. Until September 21, 1998, Mr. Lantos was Chairman, CEO and controlling shareholder of Alliance Communications Corporation.
- Early Years and Education
- Vivafilm and RSL Entertainment
- Alliance Communications
- Serendipity Point Films
- Administrative Activities
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- Legacy and Advocacy
- Personal Life
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Robert Lantos immigrated to Uruguay in 1956 after his family escaped Hungary during the revolution and subsequent Soviet intervention (see Hungarian Canadians). His family spent several years in Uruguay before moving to Canada in 1963. He spent his teen years in Montréal and studied literature at McGill University, earning a bachelor of arts in 197...
While pursuing his studies in 1972, Lantos co-founded Vivafilm, a distribution company that imported foreign films for the Canadian market. The company began with an investment in erotica when Lantos and Victor Loewy invested $500 to bring The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festivalcompilationto the McGill Film Society. The screenings sold out an...
In 1985, Lantos co-founded Alliance Communications Corporation, which subsequently absorbed both Vivafilm and RSL. He became the company’s sole chairman in 1987 and took the company public in 1993. During his tenure at Alliance, he served as producer or executive producer on such high-profile Canadian films as Bruce Beresford’s Black Robe (1991), J...
Serendipity Point Films’ first production, David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ (1999), won the Silver Bear at the 1999 Berlin International Film Festival. Lantos also brought to fruition a project close to his heart: the Canadian-Hungarian co-production Sunshine (1999), directed by István Szabó, a sweeping three-hour epic that chronicles the history of a J...
Lantos is a board member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and the European Film Academy.
In 1991, Lantos received the Air Canada Award at the Genie Awards for “outstanding contributions to the business of filmmaking in Canada.” He has received honorary degrees from McGill University and the University of Haifa, the Feature Film Producer’s Award from the Canadian Media Productions Association and the Governor General’s Performing Arts A...
A persistent and often outspoken proponent of Canadian talent, Lantos has championed the growth of a Canadian industry and encouraged peers to avoid competing with Hollywood. “Canadian films are viewed as way off-centre, and that’s the place they belong,” he told theGlobe and Mail in 2000. “The centre is owned and dominated by the Hollywood studios...
Lantos has two children, Ari and Sabrina, with actress Jennifer Dale, to whom he was married from 1980 to 1986. His son has produced several projects with his father at Serendipity, including the romantic comedy The Right Kind of Wrong (2013) and the horror/musical Stage Fright (2014). Robert Lantos is an ardent supporter of Israel and an outspoken...
Gemini Awards 1. Best Dramatic Series (E.N.G.), (1990, 1992, 1993, 1994) Genie Awards 1. Air Canada Award(1991) 2. Best Motion Picture (Black Robe) (1991) 3. Golden Reel Award(Black Robe) (1992) 4. Golden Reel Award (Crash) (1996) 5. Best Motion Picture (Sunshine) (1999) 6. Best Motion Picture (Ararat) (2002) Others 1. Ontario Region Entrepreneur o...
In an effort to draw attention to human rights violations around the globe and to alert the media and governments to the importance of making human rights a priority on equal footing with other policy decisions, the Lantos Human Rights Prize is awarded annually to raise awareness about human rights violations and the individuals committed to ...
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May 12, 2022 · While the fest is a coup – Crimes is the only Canadian title there in official competition this year – it is old hat for Lantos, who now has 10 Cannes-certified films to his name, including the...
