Robert Shaye

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Robert Shaye
Born	Robert Kenneth Shaye (1939-03-04) March 4, 1939 (age 85) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Michigan Columbia Law School
Occupation(s)	Film producer, film director, writer, actor
Years active	1963–present
Known for	Founder of New Line Cinema
Notable work	The Lord of the Rings
Spouse	Eva G. Lindstern ​ (m. 1970)​ [1]
Children	2
Relatives	Lin Shaye (sister)

Robert Kenneth Shaye (born March 4, 1939) is an American businessman, film producer, actor, director, and writer. Shaye is the founder of New Line Cinema, a film production studio that was most successful for distributing The Lord of the Rings film series, based on the classic fantasy novel of the same name by English author J. R. R. Tolkien and directed by New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson. He stepped down from New Line in 2008 after the studio merged with Warner Bros. Pictures.^[2]