---
name: "Robert Stigwood"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-stigwood"
fi1m_id: "robert-stigwood"
imdb_id: "nm0830164"
tmdb_id: 8879
wikidata_id: "Q1934278"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "16 April 1934"
died: "4 January 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T04:18:34.923147+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 Stigwood

## Identity

Robert Stigwood

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-stigwood
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-stigwood
- **IMDb ID:** nm0830164
- **TMDB ID:** 8879
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1934278
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stigwood, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1934278, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0830164/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8879

Producer. Born 16 April 1934 in Adelaide, Australia. Died 4 January 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 16 April 1934, Adelaide, Australia
- **Died:** 4 January 2016
- **Active:** 1975–1983
- **Frequently works with:** [John Travolta](https://film.one/person/john-travolta.md), [Norman Wexler](https://film.one/person/norman-wexler.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 76 (3), 1980s 60 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 63 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Music 2, Romance 2, Comedy 1, History 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $811m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stigwood, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1934278, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0830164/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8879

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Saturday Night Fever*](https://film.one/film/saturday-night-fever.md) (78), [*Tommy*](https://film.one/film/tommy.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Robert Stigwood (1934–2016) was an Australian film and music producer and impresario. Born in Port Pirie, South Australia, he moved to the United Kingdom in 1955 and built a career managing musicians including the Bee Gees and Cream, as well as producing stage musicals such as *Hair* and *Jesus Christ Superstar*.

He produced several notable films, including *Tommy* (1975), *Saturday Night Fever* (1977), *Grease* (1978), *Gallipoli* (1981) and *Evita* (1996). In 1980 he formed the film company Associated R&R Films with Rupert Murdoch, which backed *Gallipoli* as its first and only production.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Staying Alive* (1983), Fi1m 38, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/staying-alive.md)
- *Gallipoli* (1981), Fi1m 82, Presenter, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/gallipoli.md)
- *Grease* (1978), Fi1m 76, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/grease.md)
- *Saturday Night Fever* (1977), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/saturday-night-fever.md)
- *Tommy* (1975), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/tommy.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Evita* (1996), Producer
- *Young Lust: A Soap Opera* (1984), Producer
- *Staying Alive* (1983), Producer — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/staying-alive.md)
- *Grease 2* (1982), Producer
- *Gallipoli* (1981), Producer, Presenter — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/gallipoli.md)
- *The Fan* (1981), Producer
- *Times Square* (1980), Producer
- *Moment by Moment* (1978), Producer
- *Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band* (1978), Producer
- *Grease* (1978), Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/grease.md)
- *Saturday Night Fever* (1977), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/saturday-night-fever.md)
- *Bugsy Malone* (1976), Executive Producer
- *Tommy* (1975), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/tommy.md)
- *Jesus Christ Superstar* (1973), Producer
- *Cucumber Castle* (1970), Executive Producer

## Gallery

- ![Robert Stigwood](https://film.one/media/person/117648/gallery-f108a574f4ab.jpg) Robert Stigwood — Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Robert_Stigwood_Allan_Warren.jpg/1280px-Robert_Stigwood_Allan_Warren.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Yvonne Elliman (zangeres) en producer Robert Stigwood Datum : 18 mei 1 (1977)](https://film.one/media/person/117648/gallery-c6ceb0620012.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Yvonne Elliman (zangeres) en producer Robert Stigwood Datum : 18 mei 1 (1977) — Rob Bogaerts for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Yvonne_Elliman_%28zangeres%29_en_producer_Robert_Stigwood%2C_Bestanddeelnr_929-1820.jpg/1280px-Yvonne_Elliman_%28zangeres%29_en_producer_Robert_Stigwood%2C_Bestanddeelnr_929-1820.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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