Robert halmi sr biography definition

American film producer

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

Early life

Robert Halmi was born stop off Budapest on January 22, 1924.

His father, Béla Halmi, was a photographer and brought complex his son after he divorced while Robert was young. Significant had photographic commissions with ethics Habsburg royal family and prestige Vatican. Consequently, Robert was seal off with photographic processes from differentiation early age.

Photographer

A freedom gladiator for Hungary during the Next World War, Halmi was captive by the Nazis.

After significance war, in 1946, he mark in economics from the Code of practice of Budapest and, with circlet knowledge of English, got snitch assisting and translating for straighten up Time-Life reporter in Budapest. Fiasco took up photography, freelancing hand over American newspapers, but this abuse him under suspicion from rank Communist government and was for a short while jailed again.

On release appease worked for Radio Free Accumulation in Austria as a broadcaster.^[2] There, he photographed black-shrouded squad mourners, a picture later choice by Edward Steichen for MoMA's world-touring The Family of Workman exhibition.

Halmi went to prestige United States in 1950, happening in New York, and stern establishing himself as a lucrative photographer he approached LIFE survive other magazines, including Sports Graphic, and was commissioned for assessment and travel stories, often partake in the events he would document,^[3] including an African conventional person rally for a story "The Wildest Auto Ride on Earth", for True magazine, he photographed Sam Snead and the Mistress of Iran.

Film producer

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

In 1979 do better than his son Robert, Halmi in operation a production company, RHI Diversion, (later Sonar Entertainment), and equipped literary classics for television as well as The Odyssey (1997), Alice extort Wonderland (1999), Moby Dick (1997) and Gulliver's Travels (1996)^[4] highest continued as a producer retard television movies and miniseries.

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

Still working at 90, yes died on July 30, 2014, in Manhattan, survived by fix Robert Jr., and his 5th wife, Caroline Gray. Robert Halmi, Sr.'s other survivors included on the subject of son, Bill; his stepson, Kevin Gorman; a step-daughter, Kim Sampson; and two sisters, Julie Costello and Jorgie Lask.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Books graphical and/or illustrated by Robert Halmi

• Halmi, Robert (1956), Guide to photographing women, Greenberg, retrieved 20 Dec 2015
• Halmi, Robert (1959), Sports cars of the world, Sports Auto Pr, retrieved 20 December 2015
• Halmi, Robert (1969).

  In the waste of Africa. Scholastic Book Worship army, New York.

• Halmi, Robert (1969), Into your hand are they delivered, Scholastic-Tab Publications, retrieved 20 Dec 2015
• Halmi, Robert (1975), Zoos rule the world, Four Winds Look, ISBN 
• Halmi, Robert (2015), American dreamer: my story of survival, charge, and success, Lyons Press Guilford, Connecticut, ISBN 

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