John Roberdeau

In partnership since 1979, Robert Michael Geisler and John Roberdeau produced Terrence Malick's "The Thin Red Line," which was nominated for seven Academy Awards -- including Best Picture -- in 1999. Among G-R's upcoming movie projects are D. M. Thomas's "The White Hotel," adapted by Dennis Potter; David Rabe's "In the Boom Boom Room," adapted by Rabe from his play; "Letting Go," adapted and to be directed by Andrew Birkin from his book, "J. M. Barrie & The Lost Boys: The Love Story That Gave Birth To Peter Pan;" Ron Hansen's "Desperadoes," to be directed by Monte Hellman; and James Jones's "Whistle," a continuation of "From Here to Eternity" and "The Thin Red Line," adapted and to be directed by Sidney Lumet. G-R also is producing two new projects written by Terrence Malick: an original screenplay entitled "The English-Speaker" and a stage adaptation of Kenji Mizoguchi's "Sansho the Bailiff." Past productions include Robert Altman's "Streamers" (1983), which was awarded an unpreceden