Biography
Robert Walak is a film producer and executive. He has served as President of Focus Features and as Co-Managing Director at Universal Pictures International Productions, where he oversaw international productions, acquisitions and local-language content. Earlier roles include Managing Director and President of Production and Acquisitions at The Weinstein Company, and Senior Vice President of Production and Acquisitions at Alliance Films/Momentum Pictures.
Walak began his career in business development at Endemol and as a producer at MTV Europe. He graduated from the University of Amsterdam. His producing credits include Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009), Shame (2011), How I Live Now (2013), Calvary (2014), Woman in Gold (2015), Outside the Wire (2021), Foe (2023), The American (2023) and The Penguin Lessons (2024). He was producer on Sacrifice (2025). He is head of film and television at Iconoclast.
