Menahem Golan
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Also Known As
Joseph Goldman,
Menachem Golan,
Frank G Caroll,
Manehem Golan
Birth Place
Israel
Born
May 31, 1929
Died
August 08, 2014
Biography
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Energetic, prolific figure who with cousin Yoram Globus produced over 150 movies in a partnership dating back to the early 1960s. After directing for the stage in Israel, Golan found his way to the US as one of Roger Corman's many young proteges. Upon his return to Israel he and Globus helped build that country's film industry, producing, and sometimes directing, several prestige product...
Biography
Energetic, prolific figure who with cousin Yoram Globus produced over 150 movies in a partnership dating back to the early 1960s.
After directing for the stage in Israel, Golan found his way to the US as one of Roger Corman's many young proteges. Upon his return to Israel he and Globus helped build that country's film industry, producing, and sometimes directing, several prestige productions such as "Sallah Shabati" (1964).
In 1979, the team moved to Hollywood, taking control of the Cannon group, and in the following decade consistently turned out art-house productions, such as John Cassavetes' "Love Streams" (1984) and Jean-Luc Godard's "King Lear" (1987), critical successes like Barbet Schroeder's "Barfly" (1987), and formula action thrillers including "The Delta Force" (1986) and "Over the Top" (1987), both directed by Golan.
The partnership dissolved in 1989 with Golan resigning from Cannon to head the 21st Century Film Corporation and Globus becoming CEO of Pathe International. Menahem Golan died at his home in Jaffa, Israel, on August 8. 2014.
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Armstrong
(1999)
Director
The Versace Murder
(1998)
Director
Louisa and the Jackpot
(1995)
Director
Deadly Heroes
(1993)
Director
Crime and Punishment
(1993)
Director
Silent Victim
(1993)
Director
Hit the Dutchman
(1992)
Director
Mack the Knife
(1989)
Director
Hanna's War
(1988)
Director
Over The Top
(1987)
Director
The Delta Force
(1986)
Director
Over The Brooklyn Bridge
(1984)
Director
Enter the Ninja
(1981)
Director
The Apple
(1980)
Director
The Magician of Lublin
(1979)
Director
Uranium Conspiracy
(1978)
Director
Entebbe: Operation Thunderbolt
(1977)
Director
Mivtsa Yonatan
(1977)
Director
Lepke
(1975)
Director
Diamonds
(1975)
Director
Kazablan
(1973)
Director
Habricha el Hashemesh
(1972)
Director
The Policeman
(1971)
Director
Highway Queen
(1970)
Director
What's Good for the Goose
(1969)
Director
Trunk to Cairo
(1966)
Director
Cast (Feature Film)
Devarim
(1995)
Nelo
Dead Center
(1992)
Hit the Dutchman
(1992)
Die Papierene Brucke
(1987)
I'm Almost Not Crazy... John Cassavetes: The Man and His Work
(1983)
Himself
Writer (Feature Film)
Armstrong
(1999)
Screenwriter
The Versace Murder
(1998)
Screenwriter
Crime and Punishment
(1993)
Writer (Adaptation)
Silent Victim
(1993)
Screenplay
Deadly Heroes
(1993)
Screenplay
Crime and Punishment
(1993)
Screenplay
Hit the Dutchman
(1992)
Screenplay
Dead Center
(1992)
From Story
The Killing Streets
(1991)
From Story
Delta Force 2: The Columbian Connection
(1990)
Characters As Source Material
The Forbidden Dance
(1990)
From Story
Delta Force 2: The Columbian Connection
(1990)
Story By
Delta Force 2: The Columbian Connection
(1990)
From Story
Mack the Knife
(1989)
Screenwriter
Hanna's War
(1988)
Screenplay
Going Bananas
(1987)
Screenplay
The Delta Force
(1986)
Screenwriter
Hashigaon Hagadol
(1986)
Screenwriter
Hot Chili
(1985)
Screenplay
Sahara
(1984)
From Story
The Apple
(1980)
Screenwriter
The Magician of Lublin
(1979)
Screenwriter
Diamonds
(1975)
Screenwriter
Diamonds
(1975)
From Story
Kazablan
(1973)
Screenwriter
Habricha el Hashemesh
(1972)
Screenwriter
The Policeman
(1971)
Screenwriter
Highway Queen
(1970)
Screenwriter
What's Good for the Goose
(1969)
Screenwriter
Producer (Feature Film)
The Return From India
(2005)
Producer
Armstrong
(1999)
Producer
Death Wish V: The Face Of Death
(1994)
Executive Producer
Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde
(1993)
Executive Producer
Prison Planet
(1993)
Executive Producer
Silent Victim
(1993)
Producer
Deadly Heroes
(1993)
Producer
Deathfight
(1993)
Executive Producer
Midnight Witness
(1993)
Executive Producer
Crime and Punishment
(1993)
Producer
Dead Center
(1992)
Producer
Mad Dog Coll
(1992)
Producer
Captain America
(1992)
Producer
Hit the Dutchman
(1992)
Producer
Desert Kickboxer
(1992)
Executive Producer
Dance Macabre
(1991)
Producer
The Black Cat
(1991)
Executive Producer
The Finest Hour
(1991)
Producer
The Masque of the Red Death
(1991)
Executive Producer
The Killing Streets
(1991)
Executive Producer
Invaders
(1991)
Executive Producer
Three Days to a Kill
(1991)
Executive Producer
Bullseye!
(1990)
Executive Producer
The Forbidden Dance
(1990)
Executive Producer
Night of the Living Dead
(1990)
Executive Producer
Street Hunter
(1990)
Executive Producer
The Fifth Monkey
(1990)
Producer
Hameuad
(1990)
Executive Producer
Mascara
(1989)
Executive Producer
Bad Jim
(1989)
Executive Producer
The Rose Garden
(1989)
Producer
Young Love: Lemon Popsicle VII
(1989)
Executive Producer
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
(1989)
Executive Producer
The Phantom of the Opera
(1989)
Executive Producer
Sinbad of the Seven Seas
(1989)
Producer
Mack the Knife
(1989)
Executive Producer
Cyborg
(1989)
Producer
A Cry in the Dark
(1988)
Executive Producer
Hero And The Terror
(1988)
Executive Producer
Bloodsport
(1988)
Executive Producer
Salsa
(1988)
Producer
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
(1988)
Executive Producer
Business As Usual
(1988)
Executive Producer
Freedom Fighter
(1988)
Producer
Appointment with Death
(1988)
Executive Producer
Alien From L.A.
(1988)
Producer
Manifesto
(1988)
Producer
Messenger Of Death
(1988)
Executive Producer
Journey to the Center of the Earth
(1988)
Producer
Powaqqatsi
(1988)
Executive Producer
Hanna's War
(1988)
Producer
Braddock: Missing In Action III
(1988)
Producer
Puss in Boots
(1988)
Producer
Haunted Summer
(1988)
Executive Producer
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
(1987)
Producer
The Hanoi Hilton
(1987)
Producer
Going Bananas
(1987)
Producer
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
(1987)
Executive Producer
Gor
(1987)
Executive Producer
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
(1987)
Producer
The Emperor's New Clothes
(1987)
Producer
Tough Guys Don't Dance
(1987)
Producer
Assassination
(1987)
Executive Producer
Under Cover
(1987)
Producer
Over The Top
(1987)
Producer
Beauty and the Beast
(1987)
Producer
Masters Of The Universe
(1987)
Producer
Red Riding Hood
(1987)
Producer
Sleeping Beauty
(1987)
Producer
The Barbarians
(1987)
Producer
Shy People
(1987)
Producer
Allan Quatermain And The Lost City Of Gold
(1987)
Producer
Dancers
(1987)
Producer
Hansel and Gretel
(1987)
Producer
Down Twisted
(1987)
Producer
The Kitchen Toto
(1987)
Executive Producer
Surrender
(1987)
Executive Producer
Rumpelstiltskin
(1987)
Producer
Number One With a Bullet
(1987)
Producer
Snow White
(1987)
Producer
Barfly
(1987)
Executive Producer
Street Smart
(1987)
Producer
King Lear
(1987)
Producer
Too Much
(1987)
Producer
Salome
(1986)
Executive Producer
Cobra
(1986)
Producer
The Berlin Affair
(1986)
Producer
Camorra
(1986)
Producer
Hashigaon Hagadol
(1986)
Producer
Duet For One
(1986)
Producer
The Naked Cage
(1986)
Executive Producer
Otello
(1986)
Producer
America 3000
(1986)
Producer
Dangerously Close
(1986)
Executive Producer
The Delta Force
(1986)
Producer
Malkat Hakita
(1986)
Producer
52 Pick-Up
(1986)
Producer
P.O.W. the Escape
(1986)
Producer
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
(1986)
Producer
Murphy's Law
(1986)
Executive Producer
Firewalker
(1986)
Producer
Lightning - The White Stallion
(1986)
Executive Producer
K'fafoth
(1986)
Executive Producer
Avenging Force
(1986)
Producer
Invaders From Mars
(1986)
Producer
Dumb Dicks
(1986)
Producer
Field of Honor
(1986)
Producer
Dutch Treat
(1986)
Producer
Hame'ahev
(1985)
Producer
King Solomon's Mines
(1985)
Producer
American Ninja
(1985)
Producer
Invasion U.S.A.
(1985)
Producer
Le Soulier de Satin
(1985)
Producer
Hot Chili
(1985)
Producer
Rappin'
(1985)
Producer
The Naked Face
(1985)
Producer
Thunder Alley
(1985)
Executive Producer
Runaway Train
(1985)
Producer
Fool For Love
(1985)
Producer
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
(1985)
Producer
Ordeal By Innocence
(1985)
Executive Producer
Maria's Lovers
(1985)
Executive Producer
War and Love
(1985)
Executive Producer
Lifeforce
(1985)
Producer
The Ambassador
(1985)
Producer
Hot Resort
(1985)
Producer
Missing In Action 2--The Beginning
(1985)
Producer
Grace Quigley
(1985)
Producer
Mata Hari
(1985)
Executive Producer
Hareemu Ohgen
(1985)
Producer
The Assisi Underground
(1985)
Producer
Death Wish 3
(1985)
Producer
Exterminator 2
(1984)
Executive Producer
Bolero
(1984)
Executive Producer
Missing in Action
(1984)
Producer
Over The Brooklyn Bridge
(1984)
Producer
Love Streams
(1984)
Producer
Breakin'
(1984)
Executive Producer
Making The Grade
(1984)
Executive Producer
Ninja III--The Domination
(1984)
Executive Producer
Sword Of The Valiant
(1984)
Producer
Deja Vu
(1984)
Producer
Sahara
(1984)
Producer
The Wicked Lady
(1983)
Producer
Hercules
(1983)
Producer
10 To Midnight
(1983)
Executive Producer
Revenge Of The Ninja
(1983)
Producer
Roman Zair
(1983)
Producer
I'm Almost Not Crazy... John Cassavetes: The Man and His Work
(1983)
Producer
Sapiches
(1982)
Producer
Body and Soul
(1982)
Producer
Nana
(1982)
Producer
House of the Long Shadows
(1982)
Producer
Death Wish II
(1982)
Producer
That Championship Season
(1982)
Producer
The Seven Magnificent Gladiators
(1982)
Executive Producer
El Tesora de las Cuatro Coronas
(1982)
Executive Producer
The Last American Virgin
(1982)
Producer
Lady Chatterley's Lover
(1982)
Executive Producer
New Year's Evil
(1981)
Producer
Seed of Innocence
(1981)
Producer
Shifshuf Naim
(1981)
Producer
Schizoid
(1980)
Producer
Hospital Massacre
(1980)
Producer
The Apple
(1980)
Producer
The Godsend
(1980)
Executive Producer
Dr. Heckyl & Mr. Hype
(1980)
Producer
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
(1980)
Producer
Incoming Freshmen
(1979)
Executive Producer
The Magician of Lublin
(1979)
Producer
The Alaska Wilderness Adventure
(1979)
Producer
Yotzim Kavua
(1979)
Producer
Nissuim Nosach Tel Aviv
(1979)
Producer
Imi Hageneralit
(1979)
Producer
Cheerleaders' Beach Party
(1978)
Producer
Kid Vengeance
(1977)
Producer
Entebbe: Operation Thunderbolt
(1977)
Producer
The Jaws of Death
(1976)
Executive Producer
The Passover Plot
(1976)
Executive Producer
Diamonds
(1975)
Producer
Lepke
(1975)
Producer
The No Mercy Man
(1975)
Producer
The House on Chelouche Street
(1973)
Producer
Abu el Banat
(1973)
Producer
Kazablan
(1973)
Producer
Habricha el Hashemesh
(1972)
Producer
Ani Ohev Otach Rosa
(1972)
Producer
The Policeman
(1971)
Producer
Trunk to Cairo
(1966)
Producer
Sallah
(1964)
Producer
Music (Feature Film)
The Forbidden Dance
(1990)
Song
Film Production - Main (Feature Film)
The Young Racers
(1963)
Props master
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
Oy Vey! My Son is Gay!
(2009)
Other
10 Jours...48 Heures
(1986)
Other
Life Events
1963
Returned to Israel; directed first film, "El Dorado" (also producer)
1970
Wrote first screenplay, "Highway Queen"; first film produced by Noah Films
1975
First Golan-Globus film produced for a major Hollywood studio (Warner Bros), "Lepke"
1979
Moved to Hollywood with Globus; took over Cannon Group, Inc. with Globus, serving as senior executive vice-president
1988
TV producing debut, "D.C. Follies"
1989
In March left Cannon Group to become chairman of the board and chief executive officer of 21st Century Film Corporation
1989
Produced first film as chairman of 21st Century, "Bad Jim"
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