Robert Newmyer

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Robert Newmyer
Born(1956-05-30)May 30, 1956
Washington, D.C., United States
DiedDecember 12, 2005(2005-12-12) (aged 49)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Robert F. Newmyer (May 30, 1956 – December 12, 2005) was an American film producer, both commercial and independent.

Biography[]

Robert Frederick Newmyer (Bobby) was born on May 30, 1956 in Washington, DC to James and Virginia Newmyer. He graduated from Sidwell Friends School in 1974, and received a bachelor's degree in economics from Swarthmore College in 1978 and afterward worked as a real estate developer in Telluride, Colorado. In 1982 he received a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School in 1982.[1]

According to long-time friend, documentary filmmaker Eames Yates, "Just before he graduated, he saw Spielberg's E.T.' and he came out and said, 'That's what I want to do'."[2] Newmyer went on to hold a variety of positions at Columbia Pictures, before becoming a vice president of production and acquisitions.

Newmyer and Jeffrey Silver formed "Outlaw Productions", the name derived from Newmyer's favorite Clint Eastwood character, the outlaw Josey Wales. The production company had, for a time, a long-term deal with Warner Brothers. Chairwoman of Sony Motion Pictures Group, Amy Pascal said,"Bobby was a true maverick and a true risk-taker.[2]

Personal life[]

Newmyer was married to wife Deborah Jelin Newmyer for nineteen years. They have four children, Sofi, Teddy, James and Billi, all of Los Angeles; his parents, and his two sisters, Elsa Newmyer of the District of Columbia and Lory Newmyer of Hull, Massachusetts.[1]

Paramount producer, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who worked with Newmyer at Warner Bros., recalled Newmyer's love of whitewater rafting, "Bobby looked at movies as he looked at life: with a great sense of passion and a great sense of risk-taking."[2]

Death[]

On December 12, 2005, Newmyer died at the age of 49 in Toronto, Ontario. Newmyer, a lifelong asthmatic, had a heart attack triggered by asthma, while working out in a health club. He was on location working on the film Breach.[1]

In addition to the film Breach, at the time of his death, Newmyer had Santa Clause 3 in production, and Phat Girlz in postproduction. To finance the romantic comedy Phat Girlz, he put up nearly $3 million of his own money, liquidating assets and mortgaging his homes.[1] According to his obituary in The New York Times, he said "I do find it terrifying and I would say, in waves, I am feeling, experiencing phenomenal stress for the past five or six months. I will clearly stay on this track until we finish this movie, exhibit it and it's sold to a distributor."[2]

Legacy[]

Newmyer also had in development of a movie about the young boys forced to flee war-torn and famine-ridden Sudan, an idea that arose from a segment on 60 Minutes. He became an advocate for the young Sudanese immigrants, providing temporary accommodations for some of them in his home.[1] Some of "the Lost Boys" gave the eulogy at his funeral.[3] The Lost Boys of Sudan was in development for Paramount Pictures. (It was eventually released in 2014 by Warner Bros. as The Good Lie).[4]

The Bobby Newmyer Memorial Fund was established to further his work with Sudanese refugees.[2]

Awards[]

Outlaw Productions[]

Outlaw Productions is an American film production company[5] founded in 1987 by the late Robert Newmyer and Jeffrey Silver. They have produced independent films as well as major studio features. In 2015, the President was Newmyer's widow, Deb Newmyer, an independent movie and television producer in her own right, who worked at Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment for 12 years.[6] In 2006, Deb Newmyer and her Outlaw company received a first look deal with Sony.[7]

Filmography[]

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film[]

Year Film Credit Notes
1989 Sex, Lies, and Videotape
1991 Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1992 Crossing the Bridge
Mr. Baseball
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
1993 Indian Summer
1994 Wagons East
Don Juan DeMarco Co-executive producer
The Santa Clause
1995 Born to Be Wild
1997 Addicted to Love
How to Be a Player Executive producer
1998 Dennis the Menace Strikes Again Direct-to-video
1999 Three to Tango
2000 Ready to Rumble
Gossip
2001 Training Day
2002 The Santa Clause 2
2003 National Security
2004 If Only
Mindhunters
2005 The Thing About My Folks Final film as a producer
2006 Phat Girlz Posthumous credit
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause Posthumous credit
2007 Breach Posthumous credit
2008 27 Dresses Executive producer Posthumous credit
Leatherheads Executive producer Posthumous credit
2014 The Good Lie Executive producer Posthumous credit
As an actor
Year Film Role
1991 Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead Mortuary Worker
Thanks
Year Film Notes
2006 Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon The director would like to personally thank
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause In memory of
2007 Breach In memory of
2019 Everything But a Man Dedicate

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Fox, Margalit. "Robert Newmyer, 49, a Producer of 'sex, lies and videotape,' Dies", The New York Times, December 14, 2005
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Gold, Matea. "Robert Newmyer, 49; Independent Producer Made Two Dozen Films", Los Angeles Times, December 13, 2005
  3. ^ Da7e. "Reese Witherspoon, Corey Stoll and 'The Good Lie' Cast Talk Making 2014's Most Worthwhile Film", Latino-Review, October 13, 2014
  4. ^ Zeitchik, Steven. "'The Good Lie's' improbable Hollywood journey", Los Angeles Times, September 22, 2014
  5. ^ Filmmakers
  6. ^ "The Team", Outlaw Productions
  7. ^ LaPorte, Nicole (2006-04-20). "Col corrals an Outlaw". Variety. Retrieved 2021-03-08.

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