Biography

Robert Lovenheim is a television producer. He studied film at the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

, and his career began at Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...

 where he supervised new development and feature films. He then moved into the television arm of Columbia to head long-form development of series and miniseries. He has executive produced as an independent producer over 35 movies such as A Smoky Mountain Christmas

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

A Smoky Mountain Christmas is a 1986 fantasy television film directed by Henry Winkler . It stars Dolly Parton and Lee Majors.-Plot:...

starring Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...

 as well as mini-series and TV pilots for HBO, CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

, ABC

American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

 and NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

. His productions have won numerous awards including an Emmy. He is the founder of Movie With Me a movie site specializing in foreign and independent films.

TV movies produced

• O.J. Simpson Story (1995).... executive producer
• A Family Torn Apart
  A Family Torn Apart
  A Family Torn Apart is a 1993 television film directed by Craig R. Baxley, based on the novel Sudden Fury: A True Story of Adoption and Murder by Leslie Walker, which itself is based on a true story.- Plot :...
  
  (1993)....executive producer
• Last of His Tribe (1992)....producer
• Revenge of Al Capone (1989)....producer
• A Smoky Mountain Christmas
  A Smoky Mountain Christmas
  A Smoky Mountain Christmas is a 1986 fantasy television film directed by Henry Winkler . It stars Dolly Parton and Lee Majors.-Plot:...
  
  (1987)....producer
• Defiant Ones (1986)....producer
• Gladiator (1986)....producer
• Shattered Vows (1985)....producer
• Starcrossed (1985)....producer
• Off Sides (1984)....producer
• Fire on the Mountain
  Fire on the Mountain (film)
  Fire on the Mountain is a 1981 made-for-television movie adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel, Fire on the Mountain starring Buddy Ebsen as John Vogelin, Ron Howard as Lee Mackie and Michael Conrad as Col...
  
  (1981)....producer
• Whale For the Killing (1981)....producer
• Happily Ever After (1979)....producer
• Long Journey Back (1979)....producer
• Telethon (1978)....producer
• Minstrel Man (1977)....producer
• Promise Him Anything (1975)....producer
• Larry (1974)....producer

TV series produced

• Big Shamus, Little Shamus (1979).....producer
• Dirty Dancing
  Dirty Dancing (1988 TV series)
  Dirty Dancing is a 1988 television series on the CBS network. It was based on the film Dirty Dancing but had none of the original cast or staff. It starred Patrick Cassidy as Johnny and Melora Hardin as Baby...
  
  ....producer
• Lottery!
  Lottery!
  Lottery! is an American drama series premiered on ABC on September 9, 1983. The series aired for one season of 17 episodes and starred Ben Murphy as Patrick Sean Flaherty, and Marshall Colt as Eric Rush...
  
  (1983-1984)....producer
• Sledge Hammer!
  Sledge Hammer!
  Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a preposterous caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character,...
  
  (1986-1988)....executive producer

TV specials produced

• Sheriff and the Astronaut (1984)....producer
• Gabe and Walker (1981)....producer
• Newman's Drugstore (1976)....producer

External links

• Movie with Me