JTB Ovidio G. Assonitis - 6 Classic Movies (Horror/Thriller/Drama/Comedy)
Ovidio Gabriel Assonitis was born January 18, 1943 and is an Egyptian-born Greco-Italian entertainment executive, film producer, screenwriter, and director best known for his numerous B-horror films directed under the pseudonym Oliver Hellman. Many of his film are considered mockbusters, lower-budgeted genre film intended to capitalize on higher-profile releases of a similar theme or title.
Catering to the South East Asia market, Assonitis began an extensive distribution network company in the mid-1960s and in the 10-year period distributed more than 900 films from offices in Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines, and Indonesia. His former partners and associates include HRH Prince Anusom Yukol (brother of the King of Thailand), John Litton (President of Mever Films, theater owner and former President of the Philippines Film Festival), the Shaw Brothers, Alexander Tedja, and Kong Cho Yee (of Edko Films).
From the 1970s to 2000s Assonitis has financed and produced some 53 films. Many of these were joint ventures with American International Pictures (USA), Kadokawa Pictures and Toho Co., Ltd. (Japan), with worldwide releases through Columbia Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros. and United Artists. The 1974 horror film Beyond the Door, produced as a cash-in on the success of Satanic panic films like Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist, distributed by Film Ventures International grossed worldwide in excess of USD $40 million. Assonitis became the second major stockholder chairman and CEO of Cannon Pictures Inc. (USA).
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Catering to the South East Asia market, Assonitis began an extensive distribution network company in the mid-1960s and in the 10-year period distributed more than 900 films from offices in Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines, and Indonesia. His former partners and associates include HRH Prince Anusom Yukol (brother of the King of Thailand), John Litton (President of Mever Films, theater owner and former President of the Philippines Film Festival), the Shaw Brothers, Alexander Tedja, and Kong Cho Yee (of Edko Films).
From the 1970s to 2000s Assonitis has financed and produced some 53 films. Many of these were joint ventures with American International Pictures (USA), Kadokawa Pictures and Toho Co., Ltd. (Japan), with worldwide releases through Columbia Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros. and United Artists. The 1974 horror film Beyond the Door, produced as a cash-in on the success of Satanic panic films like Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist, distributed by Film Ventures International grossed worldwide in excess of USD $40 million. Assonitis became the second major stockholder chairman and CEO of Cannon Pictures Inc. (USA).
Taken from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovidio_G._Assonitis
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