Martin Ransohoff
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Born 1927-07-07
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Martin Ransohoff (born November 30, 1926) is a cinema and television producer, and member of the Ransohoff family.
He graduated from Colgate University in 1949 and is on a list of Distinguished Alumni. He founded the film production company Filmways, Inc. in 1960 and remained with the company until 1972. Filmways started making TV commercials, moved into documentaries then sitcoms; by 1963 Filmways were making $13 million a year. In 1972 he became an independent producer. He attempted to "create" female movie stars during the 1960s; the actresses who achieved the greatest success under his tutelage were Ann-Margret, Tuesday Weld and Sharon Tate, who featured in several of his films from 1964 until her death in 1969. He is a cousin of neurosurgeonJoseph Ransohoff. The Beverly Hillbillies brought Ransohoff his first success in 1962 and thereafter he turned his attention to films. Ransohoff went on to produce such films as American Pop.
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Filmography
Producing
35 credits
Catch-22
American Pop
Silver Streak
Turbulence
Jagged Edge
Ice Station Zebra
The Wanderers
The Cincinnati Kid
Class
Guilty as Sin
Switching Channels
Hanky Panky
The Big Town
The Loved One
The Sandpiper
See No Evil
Castle Keep
Don't Make Waves
10 Rillington Place
Save the Tiger
The Americanization of Emily
Boys' Night Out
Physical Evidence
Eye of the Devil
Fuzz
Co-Ed Fever
Nightwing
Our Mother's House
The Wheeler Dealers
The White Dawn
A Change of Seasons
Welcome Home
The Moonshine War
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hamlet
Acting
5 credits
The White Dawn
Action on the Beach
The Big Sur
Sharon Tate: Murdered Innocence
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
Writing
3 credits
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