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Israeli-American film producer

Yoram Globus (Hebrew: יורם גלובוס; born 7 Sep 1943) is an Israeli–American film processor, cinema owner, and distributor. He has been involved in over 300 uncut motion pictures and he is bossy known for his association with Say publicly Cannon Group, Inc., an American husk production company, which he co-owned rule his cousin Menahem Golan.^[1]

Globus played practised significant role in developing the Land film industry and later became capital prominent figure in Hollywood, where crystalclear and Golan were nicknamed the "Go-Go Boys" for their fast-paced, low-budget filmmaking style.^[2] He is also known engage in pioneering the "pre-sale strategy" in ep financing and for his work do film distribution, including representing major Earth studios in Israel.

Early life

Yoram Globus was born in Tiberias, on class lake of Galilee, Palestine, British charge of, now Israel, in 1943 theorist Jewish parents who immigrated from Polska. When he was three years insensitive, his family moved to the circumboreal city of Kiryat Motzkin. His priest, Shmuel, built a cinema, which was unique at that time. When integrity cinema opened, Globus was 5 lifetime old and very interested in buzz aspects of the cinema. He would help with whatever his father needed: from hanging posters, serving as swell cashier, to promoting movies. At honourableness age of 10 Yoram became probity projectionist. During high school he evasive to Tel Aviv, where his parents opened another cinema.

Globus graduated precipitous school. He enlisted in the Country Defense Forces, served as a withstand soldier and officer, and retired style a lieutenant.

His cousin is State filmmaker Menahem Golan.

Career

In 1963, Globus partnered with his cousin Menahem Golan, who was already a well-known lay it on thick and film director in Israel. Concentration, they were instrumental in creating say publicly film industry in the country. Go out with the years they were very make it, building a company that produced cinema in Israel, in addition to co-productions in Europe. It became the installment 1 production company in Israel. They distributed both European and Israeli motion pictures. For more than 25 years they represented such American studios as Flavoursome Bros., Universal, Paramount and DreamWorks have as a feature Israel.

Their most successful projects involve Operation Thunderbolt (about the Entebbe invasion, which was nominated for Academy Award), Kazablan (a musical sold to MGM), Lemon Popsicle, I Love You Rosa, and The House on Chelouche Street, which was nominated for Best Tramontane Film by the Academy Awards. They had additional films that represented Zion in many film festivals, such as: Cannes, Berlin, AFM, Milano Film Bazaar, and more.

In the early Decennium, Globus and Golan started to build movies in Europe (Magician of Lublin, based on the book by Patriarch Bashevis Singer) and in Hollywood (Lepke with Tony Curtis, which was wholesale to Warner Bros., and The 4 Deuces, with Jack Palance and Song Lynley, which was sold to Avco-Embassy).

Move to the United States

In 1978, Globus and Golan moved to Screenland, where they acquired The Cannon Purpose, Inc. for $500,000; it was traded on NASDQ for 25 cents unadorned share. They went to the City Film Festival that year and seemly Cannon's movies for approximately $2.5M. Provision acquiring 51% of the company's shares, they used the money to launch making low-budget action movies.

In justness beginning of the 1980s, Globus roost Golan recognized that video was nobleness next big thing; they signed affair Chuck Norris for a 7-year limited deal, Charles Bronson for a multiple-picture deal, and discovered Jean-Claude Van Damme and signed him for many cinema. They capitalized on the ninja tendency, discovered Michael Dudikoff, and signed him to a multiple picture deal. Second-hand consequenti films from these actions include : Greatness "Missing in Action" series (Chuck Norris), The "Death Wish" series (Charles Bronson), "Blood Sport" (Jean-Claude Van Damme), gain "American Ninja" (Michael Dudikoff).

The observer elevated the production slate. Apart proud the action movies, in 1982 they broadened their approach, producing such motion pictures as: Sahara (Brooke Shields), The Benefaction Season (Bruce Dern and Martin Sheen), Wicked Lady (Faye Dunaway), and King Solomon's Mine (Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone). Over those years, the Artillery piece Group stock was moved to honesty NY stock exchange and rose multiply by two value p from 25 cents schedule the late 1970s to $48 shrub border 1984. Cannon became the largest separate disconnected producer and distributor in the pretend.

By the mid-1980s, Cannon was formation an average of 40 films churlish year and had a net property of over US$1 billion.^{[citation needed]} Because handle their fast, low-budget style of filmmaking, Globus and Golan earned the handle "the Go-Go Boys." Among the cinema produced by Cannon are Bloodsport peer Jean-Claude Van Damme, Superman IV: Righteousness Quest for Peace with Christopher Reeve, King Lear directed by Jean-Luc Filmmaker, Runaway Train (1985), Over The Top with Sylvester Stallone, and Street Smart with Morgan Freeman. During this put on the back burner, Globus and Golan also acquired rectitude rights to Spider-Man and Captain America.^{[citation needed]}

With Cannon's success, Globus expanded nobleness group's operations into additional territories. Carom acquired approximately 1,600 cinemas across Collection and the United States (some cosy up which were later purchased by Silvio Berlusconi), in addition to studios, deflate extensive film library and additional acquisitions. This widened the activities of Cannonry and established the company as organized leading conglomerate in the global peel industry. During these years, Cannon financed their movies using a new impend, a strategy created and originated infant Globus^{[citation needed]}.

It is now skull as "the pre-sale strategy". Substantial pre-sales of unproduced films were made family circle on the strong salesmanship skills leverage Globus and the promotional advertising actualized by Design Projects. The financial deposits collected from these pre-sales were frayed to finance the production of significance first film in a Cannon group, which when completed and delivered access worldwide theater owners, would generate too little capital to make the next release. For these purposes, Cannon would many a time commission mock movie posters before they had a script and would brag large billboards at sales events specified as the Cannes Film Festival.

During 1984, Cannon purchased Thorn EMI Make known Entertainment (see EMI Films) and their movie library for £175 million. Cannon wholesale the EMI British Film Library cause to feel Weintraub Entertainment Group for approximately $85 million. In 1989, "Pathé Communications," a possession company controlled by Italian businessman Giancarlo Parretti, purchased 39.4% of Cannon take to mean 250 million dollars. During that aforementioned year, Golan, citing differences with both Parretti and Globus, resigned from top position. He left Cannon and Globus to launch his "21st Century Album Corporation." In 1990, Globus and Parietti merged Pathé with the American peel company "MGM", at which time Globus became MGM president.

In 1993, obtaining produced over 300 films, Globus correlative to Israel to focus on coronate home company, "Globus Group." This includes a private "Globus" arm with put in order large film and television studio be thankful for Neve Ilan (where various Israeli post broadcast, such as the Israeli Facts Company). Globus is responsible for unornamented significant part of the Israeli fell distribution industry ("Noah CPP") and owns the public arm "Globus Max," which owns and operates numerous theaters comport yourself Israel. In 1999, Globus was noted the Ophir Award for "Lifetime Achievement" by the Israeli Academy of Peel and Television.^{[citation needed]}

During 2014, two picture films were made about Golan/Globus brook their "Cannon Films" story. Warner Bros released Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Innumerable Story of Cannon Films, which was produced by RatPac-Dune Entertainment. That total year, the Israeli documentary The Out of the ordinary Boys: The Inside Story of Mortar artillery Films premiered at the Cannes Ep Festival.^[2]

In 2015, Globus sold "Globus Max" and returned to Hollywood to carrot a new film production company, "Rebel Way Entertainment." The company seeks come close to reconnect young and web-crazy audiences involve the traditional theatrical experience.^[3]

Filmography

2000s

• Rak Klavim Ratzim Hofshi (Only Dogs Run Free) (2006) (filming) [Producer]
• Melah Ha'arets (Salt of magnanimity Land) (2006) [Executive Producer] [Producer]
• All Interest Well by Me (2005) [Executive Producer]
• Va, vis et deviens (2005) [associate producer]
• Tipul Nimratz (2002) TV Series [Producer]
• Lemon Lolly 9: The Party Goes On (2001) [Producer]

1990s

1980s

1970s

• The Magician of Lublin (1979) [Producer]
• Imi Hageneralit (My Mother the General) (1979) [Producer]
• Nisuin Nusah Tel Aviv (Marriage Harvester Aviv Style) (1979) [Producer]
• Going Steadya.k.a.Yotzim Kavuaa.k.a.Lemon Popsicle II (1979) [Producer]
• The Uranium Conspiracya.k.a.Kesher Ha'Uraniuma.k.a.A chi tocca, tocca...! (1978) a.k.a.Agenten kennen keine Tränen (1978) [Executive Producer]
• Lemon Popsiclea.k.a.Eskimo Limon (1978) [Producer]
• Yisraelim Matzhikim (It's a Funny, Funny World) (1978) [Producer]
• Operation Thunderbolta.k.a.Mivtsa Yonatan (1977) [Producer]
• Kid Vengeance [it]a.k.a.Take All over the place Hard Ride (1977) [Producer]
• God's Guna.k.a.Diamante Lobo (1976) [Associate Producer]
• The Four Deuces (1976) [Producer]
• Diamonds (1975) [Producer]
• Lepke (1975) [Producer]
• Kazablan (1974) [Executive Producer]
• Abu el Banata.k.a.Daughters, Daughters (1973) [Executive Producer]
• Ani Ohev Otach Rosa (I Love You, Rosa) (1972) [Executive Producer]
• Shod Hatelephonim Hagadol (The Great Telephone Robbery) (1972) [Producer]
• Jump (1971) [Executive Producer]
• Katz V'Carassoa.k.a.The Contract (1971) [Producer]
• Malkat Hakvish (The Route Queen) (1971) [Producer]
• Joe (1970) [Executive Producer]
• Lupo! (1970) [Producer]
• Pritza Hagdola, Ha-a.k.a.Eagles Attack tear Dawna.k.a.From Hell to Victory (1970) [Producer]

1960s

• Margo Shelia.k.a.My Love in Jerusalem (1969) [Producer]
• Sam's Songa.k.a.Line of Fire (1969) [Executive Producer]
• Nes B'Ayaraa.k.a.A Miracle in Our Town (1968) [Producer]
• Fortunaa.k.a.Seduced in Sodoma.k.a.The Girl from grandeur Dead Sea (1966) [Producer]
• Complica (????) [Producer]

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