---
name: "Robert Newmyer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-newmyer"
fi1m_id: "robert-newmyer"
imdb_id: "nm0628352"
tmdb_id: 21146
wikidata_id: "Q548332"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "30 May 1956"
died: "12 December 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T23:37:32.168087+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 Newmyer

## Identity

Robert Newmyer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-newmyer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-newmyer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0628352
- **TMDB ID:** 21146
- **Wikidata ID:** Q548332
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Newmyer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q548332, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628352/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21146

Producer. Born 30 May 1956 in Washington, D.C., USA. Died 12 December 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 30 May 1956, Washington, D.C., USA
- **Died:** 12 December 2005
- **Active:** 1989–2001
- **Also known as:** Bobby Newmyer, Robert F. Newmyer, Роберт Ф. Ньюмайер
- **Frequently works with:** [Jeffrey Silver](https://film.one/person/jeffrey-silver.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 83 (1), 1990s 63 (1), 2000s 80 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 75 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $319m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Newmyer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q548332, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628352/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21146

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Training Day*](https://film.one/film/training-day.md) (80)
- **Disney+:** [*The Santa Clause*](https://film.one/film/the-santa-clause.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Robert F. Newmyer was an American film producer. With Jeffrey Silver, he founded Outlaw Productions in 1987. Their first film was *sex, lies, and videotape* (1989), directed by Steven Soderbergh.

Newmyer produced *The Santa Clause* (1994) and its 2002 sequel, *Training Day* (2001), *National Security* (2003) and *Breach* (2007). Earlier he held positions at Columbia Pictures, including vice president of production and acquisitions.

Born in Washington, D.C. in 1956, Newmyer died in Toronto in 2005 while working on *Breach*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Training Day* (2001), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/training-day.md)
- *The Santa Clause* (1994), Fi1m 63, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-santa-clause.md)
- *sex, lies, and videotape* (1989), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/sex-lies-and-videotape.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *The Good Lie* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Leatherheads* (2008), Executive Producer
- *27 Dresses* (2008), Executive Producer
- *A Dennis the Menace Christmas* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Breach* (2007), Producer
- *The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause* (2006), Producer
- *Phat Girlz* (2006), Producer
- *The Thing About My Folks* (2005), Producer
- *Mindhunters* (2004), Producer
- *If Only* (2004), Producer
- *National Security* (2003), Producer
- *The Santa Clause 2* (2002), Producer
- *Training Day* (2001), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/training-day.md)
- *Gossip* (2000), Producer
- *Ready to Rumble* (2000), Producer
- *Three to Tango* (1999), Producer
- *Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!* (1998), Writer
- *How to Be a Player* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Addicted to Love* (1997), Producer
- *The Santa Clause* (1994), Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-santa-clause.md)
- *Don Juan DeMarco* (1994), Co-Executive Producer
- *Wagons East!* (1994), Producer
- *Indian Summer* (1993), Producer
- *The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them* (1992), Producer
- *Mr. Baseball* (1992), Producer
- *Crossing the Bridge* (1992), Producer
- *Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead* (1991), as Mortuary Worker · Producer
- *sex, lies, and videotape* (1989), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/sex-lies-and-videotape.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Independent Spirit Awards 1990: Best Film (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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