Bob Sigman – Republic Pictures

Posted by admin on March 30th, 2009 filed in Personal

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of meeting Bob Sigman. Bob Sigman was the president of Republic Pictures before it was bought out by Paramount. Republic Pictures was an independent film and distribution company that specialized in lower budget movies and the heart of the company was it’s B-westerns. John Wayne and Roy Rogers became recognizable stars at Republic. Bob Sigman, was in-charge during the later years and responsible for green-lighting 40 full-feature films.

Currenlty, Bob Sigman has a couple side businesses, including a video-rental store in Lake Monticello called “I Love Movies.” It was good talking movies with Bob Sigman and he gave me some invaluable advice and direction on my specific project. We also talked about the changing international market for films and how Horror films are flooding the market.

Here is a list of movies that Bob Sigman recommend that I haven’t seen:

(1) Into The Wild

(2) The Great Debators

(3) Gone Baby Gone

(4) Mr. Brooks

(5) Eastern Promises

(6) History of Violence