Known For
Production
Born
Jul 07, 1927
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Credits
39 titles
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
Filmography
Biography: Sharon Tate – Murdered Innocence
Self
Turbulence
Producer
Guilty as Sin
Producer
Welcome Home
Producer
Physical Evidence
Producer
Switching Channels
Producer
The Big Town
Producer
Jagged Edge
Producer
Class
Producer
Hanky Panky
Producer
American Pop
Producer
A Change of Seasons
Story
The Wanderers
Producer
Nightwing
Producer
Co-Ed Fever
Producer
Silver Streak
Executive Producer
The White Dawn
Producer
Save the Tiger
Producer
Fuzz
Producer
See No Evil
Producer
10 Rillington Place
Producer
The Moonshine War
Producer
Catch-22
Producer
Hamlet
Producer
Castle Keep
Producer
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Executive Producer
Ice Station Zebra
Producer
Our Mother's House
Executive Producer
Don't Make Waves
Producer
Eye of the Devil
Producer
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
Self
The Cincinnati Kid
Producer
The Loved One
Executive Producer
The Sandpiper
Producer
The Big Sur
Self
The Americanization of Emily
Producer
Action on the Beach
Self
The Wheeler Dealers
Producer
Boys' Night Out
Producer