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 | Robert A. Halmi, Jr. President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Halmi, Jr. currently serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of RHI Entertainment. His career as a film producer began in 1980 with Wilson's Reward, which garnered numerous accolades, including a gold medal at the Houston Film Festival. To date, he has produced over 100 movies and mini-series for television, including Dinotopia, Arabian Nights, Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars, The Reading Room, Cleopatra, Alice in Wonderland, The Baby Dance and Lonesome Dove, which earned six Emmy® Awards and a Golden Globe for best mini-series. In 1992, Mr. Halmi, Jr. became President of RHI Entertainment, a publicly traded
entertainment company founded by his father, Robert Halmi, Sr. In 1994, RHI
Entertainment was acquired by Hallmark Cards and Mr. Halmi, Jr. became President,
Chief Executive Officer and a director of Hallmark Entertainment. During his
tenure at Hallmark Entertainment, Mr. Halmi, Jr. also served as non-executive
chairman of Crown Media, from May 2000 until the end of 2004. He continued his
role as President and Chief Executive Officer of Hallmark Entertainment until
January 2006, when he, along with members of senior management and affiliates
of Kelso, acquired the company and re-launched it as RHI Entertainment. Mr.
Halmi, Jr. received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Syracuse University. |
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