---
name: "Robert Lantos"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-lantos"
fi1m_id: "robert-lantos"
imdb_id: "nm0487190"
tmdb_id: 20182
wikidata_id: "Q847366"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "3 April 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T22:59:12.453968+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Robert Lantos

## Identity

Robert Lantos

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-lantos
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-lantos
- **IMDb ID:** nm0487190
- **TMDB ID:** 20182
- **Wikidata ID:** Q847366
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lantos, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q847366, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0487190/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20182

Producer. Born 3 April 1949 in Budapest.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 3 April 1949, Budapest
- **Active:** 1996–2007
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 83 (2), 2000s 79 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 71 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Thriller 2, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $67m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lantos, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q847366, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0487190/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20182

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Eastern Promises*](https://film.one/film/eastern-promises.md) (79)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Robert Lantos is a Hungarian-Canadian film producer. Born in Budapest in 1949, he immigrated to Canada in 1963 after time in Uruguay. He studied literature at McGill University, graduating with a BA in 1970 and an MA in 1972.

After founding the distribution company Vivafilm and the production company RSL Entertainment, Lantos co-founded Alliance Communications Corporation, serving as its chairman and CEO until 1998. He now produces through Serendipity Point Films. His credits include *Eastern Promises* (2007), *eXistenZ* (1999), *The Sweet Hereafter* (1997), *Crash* (1996), *Barney's Version* (2010) and *Crimes of the Future* (2022). He is a Member of the Order of Canada.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Eastern Promises* (2007), Fi1m 79, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/eastern-promises.md)
- *The Sweet Hereafter* (1997), Fi1m 88, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sweet-hereafter.md)
- *Crash* (1996), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/crash.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Maya & Samar* (2026), Producer
- *Rise of the Raven* (2025), series, Creator
- *Crimes of the Future* (2022), Producer
- *Charlotte* (2022), Executive Producer
- *The Song of Names* (2019), Producer
- *Clara* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Remember* (2015), Producer
- *The Right Kind of Wrong* (2013), Producer
- *Barney's Version* (2010), Producer
- *Adoration* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Fugitive Pieces* (2008), Producer
- *Eastern Promises* (2007), Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/eastern-promises.md)
- *Where the Truth Lies* (2005), Producer
- *Being Julia* (2004), Producer
- *The Statement* (2003), Producer
- *Men with Brooms* (2002), Producer
- *Ararat* (2002), Producer
- *Picture Claire* (2001), Producer
- *Stardom* (2000), Producer
- *Cover Me* (1999), series, Executive Producer
- *Sunshine* (1999), Producer
- *eXistenZ* (1999), Producer
- *Shot Through the Heart* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Strike!* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Northern Lights* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Nô* (1998), Producer
- *The Sweet Hereafter* (1997), Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sweet-hereafter.md)
- *The Hunchback* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury Story* (1996), Producer
- *Crash* (1996), Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/crash.md)
- *Gridlock* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Never Talk to Strangers* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Johnny Mnemonic* (1995), Executive Producer
- *When Night Is Falling* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Calendar* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story* (1993), series, Executive Producer
- *Family of Strangers* (1993), Executive Producer
- *The Adjuster* (1991), Thanks
- *Black Robe* (1991), Producer
- *Counterstrike* (1990), series, Producer
- *Bordertown* (1989), series, Producer, Creator
- *Mount Royal* (1988), series, Creator
- *Separate Vacations* (1986), Producer
- *Perfect Timing* (1986), Producer
- *One Night Only* (1986), Producer
- *Night Magic* (1985), Producer
- *The Execution of Raymond Graham* (1985), Co-Executive Producer
- *Heavenly Bodies* (1984), Producer
- *Bedroom Eyes* (1984), Producer
- *Overdrawn at the Memory Bank* (1984), Executive Producer
- *Candy the Stripper* (1983), Producer
- *A Matter of Cunning* (1983), Producer
- *Paradise* (1982), Producer
- *Agency* (1980), Producer
- *In Praise of Older Women* (1978), Producer
- *The Angel and the Woman* (1977), Producer
- *Embers*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Robert Lantos](https://film.one/media/person/99798/gallery-d433acd92967.jpg) Robert Lantos — Canadian Film Centre c/o George Pimenthal Photography, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Robert_Lantos.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![<a href="http://cfccreates.com/2013gala/" rel="nofollow">cfccreates.com/2013gala/</a> Robert Lantos (Cineplex Media) and son Ari Lantos at the 2013 ](https://film.one/media/person/99798/gallery-3e9078834046.jpg) <a href="http://cfccreates.com/2013gala/" rel="nofollow">cfccreates.com/2013gala/</a> Robert Lantos (Cineplex Media) and son Ari Lantos at the 2013  — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/CFC_Gala_2013_Celebrating_A_Quarter_Century_of_Creativity_%288453384083%29.jpg/1280px-CFC_Gala_2013_Celebrating_A_Quarter_Century_of_Creativity_%288453384083%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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