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Menahem Golan
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Israeli film director and producer (1929–2014)
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Menahem Golan was an Israeli film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Born in Tiberias in 1929, he worked primarily in Israel and spoke English and Hebrew. He was educated at New York University Tisch School of the Arts and was a member of the Writers Guild of America West. Golan also wrote under the pseudonym Joseph Goldman.
His career spanned from 1950 until 2014. He received the Israel Prize and was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture. Golan died of disease in Jaffa on August 8, 2014. He was buried in Kfar Saba.
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Film & TV
Tiberias, Palestine [now Israel]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Menahem Golan (born 31 October, 1929 - died 8 August, 2014) was an Israeli director and producer. He has produced movies for such stars as Sean Connery, Sylvester Stallone, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Charles Bronson, and was known for a period as a producer of comic book-style movies like Masters of the Universe, Superman IV: The Quest for…
Known for
- Eskimo Limon - Eis am Stiel: Von Siegern und Verlierern — Self2018
- Golan: A Farewell to Mr Cinema2015
- The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films — Self2014
- Hollywood Banker — Self2014
- The Big Eden — Self2011
- A Dangerous Dance — Security guard in the show2007
- You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman — Self2006
- Zachi Noy Privat — Himself1999
- Shooting Versace — Self1998
- Armstrong — Russian President1998
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Key facts
- Born
- Menachem Globus , ( 1929-05-31 ) 31 May 1929, Tiberias , Mandatory Palestine
- Died
- 8 August 2014 (2014-08-08) (aged 85), Jaffa , Israel
- Other name
- Joseph Goldman
- Occupations
- Film director film producer screenwriter
- Known for
- Founder of Golan-Globus / The Cannon Group
- Spouse
- Rachel Golan
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Israel
- Place of birth
- Tiberias
- Place of death
- Jaffa
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- New York University Tisch School of the Arts
- Languages spoken
- Hebrew
- Religion
- Judaism
- Image
- Menahem Golan 034 edited.jpg
- Work location
- Israel
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- date of death
- 2014-08-08
- date of birth
- 1929-05-31
- Commons category
- Menahem Golan
- name in native language
- מנחם גולן
- cause of death
- disease
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Menahem Golan
- nominated for
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture
- pseudonym
- Joseph Goldman
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- end of work period
- 2014-00-00
- relative
- Yoram Globus
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Menahem Golan (Hebrew: מנחם גולן; 31 May 1929 – 8 August 2014, originally Menachem Globus) was an Israeli film producer, screenwriter, and director. He co-owned The Cannon Group with his cousin Yoram Globus. Cannon specialized in producing low-to-mid-budget American films, primarily genre films, during the 1980s after Golan and Globus had achieved significant filmmaking success in Israel during the 1970s.
Golan produced films featuring actors such as Sean Connery, Sylvester Stallone, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Charles Bronson, and for a period, was known as a producer of comic book-style films like Masters of the Universe, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Captain America, and his aborted attempt to bring Spider-Man to the silver screen. Golan also wrote and polished numerous film scripts under the pen name Joseph Goldman. At the time of his death, Golan had produced over 200 films, directed 44, and won 8 "Kinor David" awards as well as "Israel Prize" in Cinema. He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign-Language Film for Franco Zeffirelli's Otello.
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