Martin Ransohoff

Personal Info

Known For Producer

Gender Male

Birthday 1927-07-07 (97 years old)

Place of Birth New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Also Known As Martin Nelson Ransohoff

Martin Ransohoff

Biography

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.

Known For

Producer

1997
Turbulence

as Producer

1993
Guilty as Sin

as Producer

1989
Welcome Home

as Producer

1989
Physical Evidence

as Producer

1988
Switching Channels

as Producer

1987
The Big Town

as Producer

1985
Jagged Edge

as Producer

1983
Class

as Producer

1982
Hanky Panky

as Producer

1981
American Pop

as Producer

1980
1979
The Wanderers

as Producer

1979
Nightwing

as Producer

1979
Co-Ed Fever

as Producer

1976
Silver Streak

as Executive Producer

1974
The White Dawn

as Producer

1973
Save the Tiger

as Producer

1972
Fuzz

as Producer

1971
See No Evil

as Producer

1971
1970
Catch-22

as Producer

1970
The Moonshine War

as Producer

1969
Castle Keep

as Producer

1969
Hamlet

as Producer

1968
Ice Station Zebra

as Producer

1968
A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Executive Producer

1967
Don't Make Waves

as Producer

1967
Our Mother's House

as Executive Producer

1966
Eye of the Devil

as Producer

1965
The Cincinnati Kid

as Producer

1965
The Loved One

as Executive Producer

1965
The Sandpiper

as Producer

1963
1962
Boys' Night Out

as Producer

Writer

1980
1974
The White Dawn

as Adaptation

1965
The Sandpiper

as Story

Creator

1979
Co-Ed Fever

as Creator