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Rob Tapert
Future of Feature Film Financing

Executive Producer
Ghost House Pictures
USA

Rob Tapert is Sam Raimi’s longstanding producing partner. The Grudge marks the second film for their the newly-formed Ghost House Pictures, a genre label they formed with distributor Senator International, which is dedicated to producing commercial feature films with horror, sci-fi and fantasy themes. Their first production with Senator was Boogeyman. Tapert and Raimi have worked together since they met at Michigan State University, where they formed the Society for Creative Film Making. After producing the hit horror cult film Evil Dead, Tapert collaborated with Raimi on Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn, Darkman and Army of Darkness. Tapert went on to become an executive producer of action features Hard Target and Timecop starring Jean Claude Van Damme, as well as two direct-to-video Darkman sequels. He was also a producer of Raimi's theatrical film The Gift starring Cate Blanchett and Keanu Reeves and executive producer of Raimi's high-action The Quick and the Dead starring Leonardo Di Caprio, Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman, as well as the two-hour series pilot of Fox's M.A.N.T.I.S., the CBS series American Gothic, the ABC series Spy Game, Hercules and Xena, The Animated Movie, the telemovie Young Hercules and four Hercules telemovies. In addition, he served as executive producer on the TV series Hercules, the Legendary Journeys, Xena Warrior Princess, Young Hercules, Cleopatra 2525 and Jack of All Trades.