Robert Deege

With over 25 years’ experience on both the creative and business sides, Robert Deege is an independent film producer, writer, script consultant, sales agent, distributor and entrepreneur committed to quality and meaningful content, and endeavors that inspire, educate, and entertain.

As a script consultant & writer, Robert currently consults with multiple writers and filmmakers on features, series, and other content, and occasionally steps into a project as a writer. Deege has worked with Stage 32, International Screenwriters Association (ISA), Script Pipeline, Story Farm, The Film Connection, South East European Film Festival, Montana Screenwriting Competition and Independent Filmmakers Day as a mentor, coach, consultant, panelist, writer and contest judge.

As current Head of Worldwide Sales for Glass House Distribution, Robert participates in major markets including Cannes, AFM, Berlinale, Filmart, Mipcom and Toronto, meeting and conducting business with buyers, distributors, and filmmakers from around the world. In addition to sales, Robert advises Glass House on acquisitions, distribution and strategy policies and methodologies; provides creative consultation on script development and features, series and trailers post/editorial; and helps produce/EP on productions.

Robert is currently producing and exec producing a diverse slate of feature films and series. He has helped creatively develop and/or source financing and distribution for movies including the Sony comedy Crash Pad (Domhnall Gleeson, Thomas Haden Church, Christina Applegate, Nina Dobrev), the Emily Dickinson story A Quiet Passion (Cynthia Nixon, director Terence Davies), action thriller Into The Grizzly Maze (James Marsden, Billy Bob Thornton, Thomas Jane), dancing romcom Ask Me to Dance (Briana Evigan, Mario Cantone), teen comedy The Secret Lives of Dorks (Jim Belushi, Jennifer Tilly, Vanessa Marano, Gaelan Connell), biopic thriller The Whistleblower (Rachel Weiz, Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci, David Strathairn, Benedict Cumberbatch) and Sony’s inspirational family film Soul Surfer (Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Anna Sophia Robb, Carrie Underwood).

Robert has previously held executive and producer roles at Indomitable Entertainment, Blowtorch Entertainment, Mind & Media Corporation, Discovery Communications and Cerebellum Corporation. At Discovery, Deege wrote, produced, directed, and edited numerous shows on Travel Channel, Discovery, TLC, Science Channel, Discovery HD Theater, Discovery Health, and Animal Planet. At Mind & Media, Robert produced and directed award-winning documentaries and training films for The National Guard and The Pentagon Force Protection Agency. He has also produced and directed multiple PSAs for The World Wildlife Fund.