Bob Degus

Bob Degus is an American film director and producer. He is best known for producing such film as Pleasantville and A Man Apart. His directorial debut was with the film 9/Tenths in 2006.

Biography

Producer of two Academy Award-nominated short films, two-time CableACE Award nominee and a Satellite Awards Nominee, Bob Degus started from the ground up and has, at one point or another, done almost every job in filmmaking; including writer, director, cinematographer, editor, post-production supervisor, Oxberry-animation cameraman, and most importantly, caterer. Growing up in Rochester, New York, his family has a long history of working for Eastman Kodak – Following somewhat in their footsteps, Bob wanted to make film as well – just not film stock. He wanted to take it a step further and actually make movies.

Degus directed the 2006 independent feature, 9/Tenths, starring Gabrielle Anwar, Henry Ian Cusick and Dave Ortiz. He also directed and edited a 35mm short film, Another Round that was invited to screen at the Los Angeles International Film Festival and was subsequently purchased by Showtime for airing on their network.

He likes to say he has produced or worked with more first time feature directors than just about any other producer in Hollywood, most notably producing Gary Ross' feature debut film, the triple Academy Award nominated Pleasantville which he produced alongside Steven Soderbergh and John Kilik. Bob continued to work with Gary Ross for the next five years.

He was the production executive on F. Gary Gray's highly successful feature-directorial debut film, Friday and also worked with Gray again on Set It Off (which was New Line's highest grossing film the year it was produced) and he later produced F. Gary Gray's A Man Apart.

Bob also worked as a production executive at New Line Cinema, where he oversaw Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Trial and Error with Jeff Daniels, B*A*P*S, with Halle Berry, to name a few; and numerous independent projects including the film adaptation of the Broadway play Love! Valour! Compassion!. Bob served as head of production at Chanticleer Films where he oversaw, produced or was directly involved with more than 40 short-features, directed by first-time directors, made under the auspices of the award winning The Discovery Program, which received more than seven Academy Award nominations during the period he oversaw the program, and literally hundreds of other awards from film festivals throughout the world.

He also produced and conceptualized Funk Blast, the premiere centerpiece attraction at Paul Allen's "Experience Music Project" Museum, in Seattle, where he brought together James Brown, Maceo Parker, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Chaka Kahn, and Herbie Hancock, producing a state-of-the-art 70mm ride-film, which dramatically advanced editing techniques in ride movies.

In the summer of 2005 Bob produced the low-budget independent feature Graduation alongside Jane Sindell, Jason Blum, Fred Fuchs, Robin Bradford and Scott Hansen.

In addition to all this, Bob is an avid photographer and an active, voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He regularly serves on the Foreign Language Film Award Nominating Committee and is a member of the executive board for his branch.

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year	Film	Credit
1995	Pie in the Sky	Associate producer
1996	Set It Off	Associate producer
1998	Pleasantville
2003	A Man Apart
2006	9/Tenths
2007	Graduation

Miscellaneous crew

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1992	Original Intent	Production coordinator	Direct-to-video
1997	Love! Valour! Compassion!	Production executive
	B.A.P.S.
	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
	Trial and Error
	Julian Po

As director

Year	Film
2006	9/Tenths

Sound department

Year	Film	Role
1987	Street Trash	Assistant sound editor

Thanks

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1995	Excessive Force II: Force on Force	Special thanks	Direct-to-video
2015	The Vixens

Television

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
1991	Without a Pass	Co-producer	Television film
1992	The Washing Machine Man		Television film
	The Witness		Television short
1993	12:01		Television film
	Love Matters		Television film
	Partners		Television pilot

Miscellaneous crew

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	The Letters from Moab	Production coordinator	Television pilot
1992	Fifteenth Phase of the Moon		Television short

Production manager

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	The Last Shot	Executive in charge of production	Television short
1994	Night Driving		Television short

As director

Year	Title	Notes
1993	Another Round	Television short

External links

• Official Bob Degus Website
• Robert John Degus at IMDb
• 9/Tenths at IMDb
• Graduation at IMDb