Martin Ransohoff
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- July 7, 1927
- Died
- December 13, 2017 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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
Filmography
Turbulence
Movie · Producer
Guilty as Sin
Movie · Producer
Welcome Home
Movie · Producer
Physical Evidence
Movie · Producer
Switching Channels
Movie · Producer
The Big Town
Movie · Producer
Jagged Edge
Movie · Producer
Class
Movie · Producer
Hanky Panky
Movie · Producer
American Pop
Movie · Producer
A Change of Seasons
Movie · Producer
The Wanderers
Movie · Producer
Nightwing
Movie · Producer
Co-Ed Fever
TV · Producer · 6 eps
Silver Streak
Movie · Executive Producer
The White Dawn
Movie · Producer
Save the Tiger
Movie · Producer
Fuzz
Movie · Producer
See No Evil
Movie · Producer
10 Rillington Place
Movie · Producer
Catch-22
Movie · Producer
The Moonshine War
Movie · Producer
Castle Keep
Movie · Producer
Hamlet
Movie · Producer
Ice Station Zebra
Movie · Producer
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie · Executive Producer
Don't Make Waves
Movie · Producer
Our Mother's House
Movie · Executive Producer
Eye of the Devil
Movie · Producer
The Cincinnati Kid
Movie · Producer
The Loved One
Movie · Executive Producer
The Sandpiper
Movie · Producer
The Americanization of Emily
Movie · Producer
The Wheeler Dealers
Movie · Producer
Boys' Night Out
Movie · Producer