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Robert Shaye

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Biography

Robert Kenneth Shaye (born March 3, 1939), often referred to as Bob Shaye, is an American businessman, film producer, director and actor. He is also the brother of actress Lin Shaye.

Notable films

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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Executive Producer

The Golden Compass

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Executive Producer

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Executive Producer

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Producer

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

Producer

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The Bogeyman Never Dies

From Elm Street to Halloween, Scream to Candyman, horror icons keep returning in new forms. Freddy's Dead marked a strange end that became a beginning.

8 films

When Studios Marry: Films Born of Corporate Chaos

From the ashes of mergers and acquisitions come some of cinema's most fascinating experiments. This chain traces how boardroom decisions shaped the art on scree...

8 films

20 Home Video Releases Every Film Obsessive Should Own

There was a brief, glorious period in the late 1990s and early 2000s when buying a film on home video felt less like acquiring a product and more like being han...

20 films

The DVDs That Changed Everything

In the late 1990s, home video underwent a seismic shift driven by a double revolution: an unprecedented jump in technical quality, and an unprecedented access t...

10 films

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