Biography
Robert Kenneth Shaye (born March 3, 1939), often referred to as Bob Shaye, is an American businessman, film producer, director and actor. He is also the brother of actress Lin Shaye.
Known For
Complete Filmography

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2025
as Self
THE AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE VAULT is a 2-disc, 500-minute odyssey that collects eight feature-length VHS mixtapes from the crackpots at AGFA—including tw...

Space Oddity
2023
Executive Producer
A space-obsessed man gets the opportunity of a lifetime thanks to a Mars colonization program but finds his plans compromised by his feelings for a wo...

Night Teeth
2021
Executive Producer
A college student moonlighting as a chauffeur picks up two mysterious women for a night of party-hopping across LA. But when he uncovers their bloodth...

AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS
2020
as Self
Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS is a brand new compilation of the most ...

Searching for Mr. Rugoff
2019
as Self
The feature documentary Searching for Mr. Rugoff is the story of Donald Rugoff, who was the crazy genius behind Cinema 5, the mid-century theater chai...

Ambition
2019
Director, Producer
A young aspiring musician preparing for a competition, is incredibly confidant and gets herself involved in a frightening trap that she has to find he...

Haunting on Fraternity Row
2018
Executive Producer
A fraternity house throws their big "Winter Luau" party but when fraternity brothers and coeds begin dying horrible deaths they discover an evil entit...

When the Bough Breaks
2016
Producer
A surrogate mother harbors a deadly secret desire for a family of her own with the husband who is expecting to raise her child.

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
as Self
The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which was brought to the big scr...

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
2013
as Self
Taking inspiration from Peter M. Bracke's definitive book of the same name, this seven-hour documentary dives into the making of all twelve Friday the...

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013
Executive Producer
In New York City, Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager, learns that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters — half-angel warriors who prote...

Freddy's Nightmares: Making Of
2010
as Self
A horror anthology series with "Freddy", the dream serial killer, hosting stories set in Springwood, USA. The series' creators give you a glimpse of w...

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
as Self
For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office a...

A Nightmare on Elm Street
2010
Executive Producer
The film that brings back horror icon Freddy Krueger as a darker and more sinister character than ever before. While Freddy is on the prowl, a group o...

The Golden Compass
2007
Executive Producer
After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherwor...

Hairspray
2007
Executive Producer
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Thr...

The Last Mimzy
2007
Director, Executive Producer
Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a...

Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
2006
as Self
This historical and critical look at slasher films, which includes dozens of clips, begins with Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Prom Night. The films'...

Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
2006
as Self
The saga behind this modern horror classic. Featuring Wes Craven, Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss and many more.

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006
as Self
From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.

The House That Freddy Built
2006
as Self
How “A Nightmare on Elm Street” launched New Line Cinema and their legacy of horror films.
Return to Edge City
2005
as Self
A DVD exclusive making-of documentary for Chuck Russell's 1994 action comedy The Mask, consisting of interviews, behind the scenes footage, film clips...

Cellular
2004
as Detective Looking Guy
A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. She claims to have been kidnapped – and the kidnappers have target...

Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
2004
as Self
Feature length documentary about the making of the film featuring interviews with producer Michael Bay, director Marcus Nispel, executive producers Br...
Meet Bob Shaye
2004
as Self
Documentary portrait of Robert Shaye, founder and CEO of New Line Cinema.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
Executive Producer
As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outc...

Freddy vs. Jason
2003
as Principal Shaye
Freddy enlists Jason to kill on his behalf on Elm Street, after realizing that he can't haunt dreams because people no longer fear him.

Freddy vs. Jason
2003
Executive Producer
Freddy enlists Jason to kill on his behalf on Elm Street, after realizing that he can't haunt dreams because people no longer fear him.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
Executive Producer
Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies l...

The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees
2002
as Self
A documentary charting the rise and fall (and inevitable undead rise) of fictional killer Jason Vorhees from the Friday the 13th series, which takes i...

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
Executive Producer
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the han...

Festival in Cannes
2001
as Bert Shuster
Cannes, 1999. Alice, an actress, wants to direct an indie picture. Kaz, a talkative (and maybe bogus) deal maker, promises $3 million if she'll use Mi...
The Perfect Souffle: Testing "Final Destination"
2000
as Self
Produced for the "Final Destination" Special Edition DVD.
The Perfect Souffle: Testing "Final Destination"
2000
Thanks
Produced for the "Final Destination" Special Edition DVD.

Frequency
2000
Executive Producer
When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent...

Divine Trash
2000
as Self
The life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters.

Welcome to Primetime
1999
as Self
A documentary about the Nightmare on Elm Street series.

New Nightmare
1994
as Robert Shaye
Cast and crew from A Nightmare on Elm Street are terrorized by Freddy Krueger and his razor-fingered glove as he crosses over into the real world.

New Nightmare
1994
Executive Producer
Cast and crew from A Nightmare on Elm Street are terrorized by Freddy Krueger and his razor-fingered glove as he crosses over into the real world.

Blink
1993
Executive Producer
Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having pro...

The Nightmare Begins Again
1993
as Minister
When Fred Krueger is set free on a technicality, the parents of the children he murdered take matters into their own hands, while a high school track ...

The Nightmare Begins Again
1993
Executive Producer
When Fred Krueger is set free on a technicality, the parents of the children he murdered take matters into their own hands, while a high school track ...

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
as Interrogation Room Person (uncredited)
An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. Two cops partner to find and stop the fiends before the...

Slash & Burn: The Freddy Krueger Story
1991
as Self
Freddy Krueger hosts a retrospective special/making-of "Freddy's Dead."

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
1991
as Ticket Seller
Just when you thought it was safe to sleep, Freddy Krueger returns in this sixth installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, as psychologist Mag...

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
1991
Producer
Just when you thought it was safe to sleep, Freddy Krueger returns in this sixth installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, as psychologist Mag...

Book of Love
1990
Director
John Twiller takes down his high school yearbook and begins to reminiscence about that time he first moved into the neighborhood in 1956. His teenage ...

Heart Condition
1990
Executive Producer
Racist police officer Jack Moony has a vendetta against Napoleon Stone, a charismatic black lawyer who is sleeping with Jack's old flame Crystal Gerri...
The Making of 'Nightmare on Elm Street IV'
1989
Thanks
Witness the behind-the-scenes techniques and gruesome special effects that dominate this box office hit! See through the mysteries of the slasher saga...

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
1989
Producer
Alice finds the deadly dreams of Freddy Krueger starting once again. This time, the taunting murderer is striking through the sleeping mind of her unb...

The Prince of Pennsylvania
1988
Executive Producer
Set in a remote Pennsylvania coal-mining town, this off-beat comedy follows the relationship between Carla, a hippie woman, and Rupert, a young punk r...

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
1988
as Lecturer
Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise, and rapidly tracks down and kills the remainder of the Elm Street kids. However, Kristen, who ...

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
1988
Producer
Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise, and rapidly tracks down and kills the remainder of the Elm Street kids. However, Kristen, who ...

The Freddy Krueger Special
1988
Producer
MTV tie-in special for A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) featuring v.j. Kevin Seal going in search of Freddy Krueger only to wind u...

Critters 2
1988
Executive Producer
Three bounty hunters from space fly back to the town of Grovers Bend, hoping to save local residents from a new batch of Critter eggs.

Hairspray
1988
Executive Producer
'Pleasantly plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using...

Stranded
1987
Executive Producer
A young woman and her grandmother living in an isolated farmhouse are kidnapped by aliens.

The Hidden
1987
Producer
When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young F...

My Demon Lover
1987
Producer
Denny has yet again been left by her thug boyfriend Chip. It seems as if she is doomed to be stuck with awful guys, this time she has to choose betwee...

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987
Producer
During a hallucinatory incident, Kristen Parker has her wrists slashed by dream-stalking monster, Freddy Krueger. Her mother, mistaking the wounds for...

Quiet Cool
1986
as Franklin
Joe Dylanne, a tough New York City police officer, is summoned to Northern California at the behest of Katy Greer, an old flame. Katy desperately need...

Quiet Cool
1986
Producer
Joe Dylanne, a tough New York City police officer, is summoned to Northern California at the behest of Katy Greer, an old flame. Katy desperately need...

Critters
1986
Executive Producer
Carnivorous aliens arrive unannounced at a Kansas family farm; two intergalactic bounty hunters soon follow, determined to blow them off the planet.

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
1985
as Bartender (uncredited)
Jesse Walsh moves with his family into the home of the lone survivor from a series of attacks by dream-stalking monster, Freddy Krueger. There, he is ...

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
1985
Producer
Jesse Walsh moves with his family into the home of the lone survivor from a series of attacks by dream-stalking monster, Freddy Krueger. There, he is ...

A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984
Producer
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, t...

The First Time
1983
Executive Producer
A young film student pursues a woman while studying under a bizarre, eccentric film professor.

Xtro
1982
Executive Producer
Tony's father Sam, abducted by aliens three years earlier, returns to earth and seeks out his wife and son, but Rachel has since been living with Joe ...

Alone in the Dark
1982
Story, Producer
A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.

Polyester
1981
Executive Producer
Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the lon...

Stunts
1977
Scenario Writer, Executive Producer
After a stunt man dies while he is involved in the making of a motion picture, his brother takes his place in order to find out what really happened.

The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival
1972
Director
A stimulating, hilarious, provocative collection of the best American films dealing with you-know-what. Prize-winning films chosen by judges Gore Vida...
On Fighting Witches
1965
Director
Short film.
Image
1964
Director
A film by Robert Shaye featuring Wendy Carlos' music
Image
1963
Director
Short film.

Battle Flame
1959
as Lt. Norris
The trials and tribulations of a platoon of U.S. Marines, led by 1st Lt. Frank Davis, during the Korean War.

High in the Clouds
N/A
Producer
After he accidentally sparked a revolution against Gretsch, the bossy diva-owl who has banned all music from his town, a teenage squirrel named Wirral...