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Robert Greenblatt
(August 16, 1960 - living) U.S.A.

Robert Greenblatt

Studio executive

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Robert Greenblatt, a graduate of the Arts Administration program of the UW-Madison School of Business, did just that, winning a Golden Globe as executive producer of the HBO TV show Six Feet Under. The series, which premiered in 2001, takes a darkly comic look at a dysfunctional Los Angeles family that runs an independent funeral home.

The series won in the category of Television Series - Drama. The series has been called "addictive" by The Wall Street Journal and "the most appealing and challenging new drama to arrive on TV this year" by The Miami Herald.

Greenblatt, who earned his M.A. in arts administration in 1984, is the partner/owner of an independent television and film production company, The Greenblatt Janollari Studio, A News Corporation/Fox Company in Beverly Hills, California. From 1994-1997 he was executive vice-president, prime-time programming for Fox Broadcasting Company.

In addition to his UW-Madison degree, Greenblatt has a B.F.A. in theatre management from the University of Illinois and an M.F.A. in motion picture producing from the University of Southern California. While in the arts administration program at Wisconsin, he interned with the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.

His studio has four television series in addition to Six Feet Under currently in production at various broadcast and cable networks also abroad. For Six Feet Under, he was awarded the 2002 Golden Globe for Best Television Drama Series. This show garnered dozens of Emmy nominations including four for Best Drama, and it won Greenblatt the 2003 Producers Guild Award, three GLAAD Media Awards, and the Peabody Award.

He also produced two mini-series, "Elvis" (starring Golden Globe winner Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and two installments of Gregory Nava's "American Family" for PBS. Prior to producing, Greenblatt was Executive Vice President of Prime Time Programming for the Fox Broadcasting Company where he developed such seminal hits as "Beverly Hills, 90210;" "Melrose Place;" "The X-Files;" "Party of Five;" "Ally McBeal" and "King of the Hill," in addition to the pilots for "The Sopranos" and "Dawson's Creek."

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