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Bobby Meyers Dies: AFM Co-Founder Who Had A Long & Influential Career In Indie Film Was 90
Robert "Bobby" Meyers, a founding member of the American Film Market who had a long long career in indie movies, sales and distribution, died March 2 at 90.
Robert “Bobby” Meyers, a founding member of the American Film Market whose half-century-plus career in indie movies, sales and distribution included stints at Columbia, Lorimar, Orion and Village Roadshow, died Sunday at his New Jersey home. During a long career that started in 1956, Meyers was behind the release of such notable films as Brian De Palma’s Obsession(1976) and Blow Out(1981), Robert Aldrich’s Burt Lancaster starr Twilight’s Last Gleaming(1977) and Hal Ashby’s Peter Sellers-led classic Being There(1979). After serving two terms, he continued to be heavily involved with the association for the next 40 years, holding positions including Vice Chairman and sitting on the executive committee and board.
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