Mario Kassar
Mario Kassar (born October 10, 1951 in Beirut , Lebanon ) is a Lebanese-American film producer .
Life
Mario Kassar founded the independent film studio Carolco Pictures together with Andrew G. Vajna , which went bankrupt in 1995 due to the financial failure of Die Piratenbraut . Kassar and Vajna have been executive producers on most of the films .
Kassar works for the film studios Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures .
He worked regularly with Andrew G. Vajna until 1989 , when he gave him his shares in the joint production company. In 2002, however, he teamed up again with Vajna and founded the production company C2 Pictures , primarily to produce Terminator 3 - Rebellion of the Machines (2003).
Filmography (selection)
- 1982: Rambo (First Blood) - Director: Ted Kotcheff
- 1982: The Witch (Superstition) - Director: James W. Roberson
- 1985: Rambo 2 - The Order (Rambo: First Blood Part II) - Director: George Pan Cosmatos
- 1987: Angel Heart - Directed by Alan Parker
- 1987: Erased (Extreme Prejudice) - Director: Walter Hill
- 1988: Rambo III - Director: Peter MacDonald
- 1988: Red Heat - Director: Walter Hill
- 1989: Deep Star Six - Directed by Sean S. Cunningham
- 1989: Johnny Handsome - The beautiful Johnny (Johnny Handsome) - Director: Walter Hill
- 1990: Total Recall (Total Recall) - Director: Paul Verhoeven
- 1990 Air America - Director: Roger Spottiswoode
- 1990: Narrow Margin - 12 hours of fear (Narrow Margin) - Director: Peter Hyams
- 1990: Jacob's Ladder - In the violence of the afterlife (Jacob's Ladder) - Director: Adrian Lyne
- 1990: Mountains of the Moon (Mountains of the Moon) - Director: Bob Rafelson
- 1991: LA Story - Director: Mick Jackson
- 1991: The Doors - Director: Oliver Stone
- 1991: Terminator 2 : Judgment Day - Director: James Cameron
- 1992: Basic Instinct - Director: Paul Verhoeven
- 1992: Universal Soldier - Director: Roland Emmerich
- 1992: Light Sleeper - Director: Paul Schrader
- 1992: Chaplin - Director: Richard Attenborough
- 1993: Cliffhanger - Only the strong survive (Cliffhanger) - Director: Renny Harlin
- 1994: Stargate - Director: Roland Emmerich
- 1995: The Valley of the last warrior (Last of the dogmas) - Director: Tab Murphy
- 1995: Showgirls - Director: Paul Verhoeven
- 1995: The Pirate Bride (Cutthroat Island) - Director: Renny Harlin
- 1997: Lolita - Director: Adrian Lyne
- 2003: Terminator 3 : Rise of the Machines (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) directed by Jonathan Mostow
- 2006: Basic Instinct - New game for Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct 2) - Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Web links
- Mario Kassar in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website ( Memento of February 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kassar, Mario |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lebanese film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beirut , Lebanon |