Martin Ransohoff
Martin Nelson Ransohoff (born July 7, 1927 in New Orleans , Louisiana - † December 13, 2017 in Bel-Air, Los Angeles , California ) was an American film producer .
Life and accomplishments
Ransohoff, born in 1927, graduated from Colgate University in Hamilton in the US state of New York in 1949 .
He founded the film production company Filmways TV Productions , which later in Filmways Inc. has been renamed. In 1972 he left her. In his professional career he has produced over 35 films, and he also worked on the script for three films.
His works include: the Oscar- winning film drama ... All Desires (1965) by director Vincente Minnelli with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in the lead roles, the adventure film Cincinnati Kid (1965) by Norman Jewison with Steve McQueen , the horror film The Black 13 (1966) by J. Lee Thompson with Deborah Kerr and David Niven , the horror comedy Tanz der Vampire (1967) by Roman Polański with Jack MacGowran , the two-time Oscar-nominated adventure film Ice Station Zebra (1968) by John Sturges with Rock Hudson and Ernest Borgnine , the war film The Castle in the Ardennes (1969) by Sydney Pollack with Burt Lancaster , the black comedy Catch-22 - The Bad Trick (1970) by Mike Nichols with Alan Arkin , the Comedy Class (1983) with Jacqueline Bisset and Rob Lowe , the 1987 drama Chicago Blues starring Matt Dillon , Diane Lane and Tommy Lee Jones ; and Robert Butler's 1997 thriller Turbulence starring Ray Liotta .
He was married twice and had four children and two stepchildren.
Filmography (selection)
- 1962: Sexy! (Boys' Night Out)
- 1963: Separate Beds (The Wheeler Dealers)
- 1964: For Officers Only (The Americanization of Emily)
- 1964: ... who desire everything (The Sandpiper)
- 1965: Death in Hollywood (The Loved One) (production manager only)
- 1965: Cincinnati Kid (The Cincinnati Kid)
- 1966: The Black 13 (Eye of the Devil)
- 1967: The bare facts (Do not Make Waves)
- 1967: Tanz der Vampire (The Fearless Vampire Killers)
- 1968: Ice Station Zebra (Ice Station Zebra)
- 1969: The castle in the Ardennes (Castle Keep)
- 1970: Catch-22 - The Bad Trick (Catch-22)
- 1971: John Christie, the strangler of London (10 Rillington Place)
- 1972: Death comes quietly (Fuzz)
- 1973: Save the Tiger
- 1976: Trans-America-Express (Silver Streak)
- 1979: The Wanderers
- 1980: A Change of Seasons (A Change of Seasons)
- 1983: Class
- 1985: The Knife (Jagged Edge)
- 1987: Chicago Blues (The Big Town)
- 1988: A woman is her husband (Switching Channels)
- 1993: Beyond Innocence (Guilty as Sin)
- 1997: Turbulence
Web links
- Martin Ransohoff in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Martin Ransohoff at hollywood.com ( Memento from May 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary for Martin Ransohoff in: Variety
- ^ Obituary for Martin Ransohoff in: The Hollywood Reporter
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ransohoff, Martin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ransohoff, Martin Nelson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans , Louisiana , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 2017 |
| Place of death | Bel-Air, Los Angeles , California , USA |