Joseph Merhi
Born: 1953-10-23 in Syria
Known For: Production
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joseph Toufik Merhi (born October 23, 1953) in Syria, is an indie film director and producer. In 1984, along with fellow director Richard Pepin, Merhi founded the production company City Lights, which changed name a few years after to PM Entertainment. The company was sold in 2000 and closed soon after. Before entering the movie industry, Merhi was the owner of several pizzerias located in the Las Vegas, Nevada area. So far, he has directed a total of 32 movies, and produced more than 100. He has produced many movies. He is well known for his action scenes involving car chases and big explosions. His last directed movie was Executive Target (1997). After that, he decided to leave the director chair and slowly moved on as a producer/executive producer of straight-to-DVD movies, until he returned to direct Oranges (2008) ten years after his last effort. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph Merhi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2008
- Impulse ... (Executive Producer)
2007
- Game of Life ... (Writer)
- The Anna Nicole Smith Story ... (Executive Producer)
2005
- Back By Midnight ... (Producer)
2004
- The Whole Ten Yards ... (Co-Producer)
- Spartan ... (Co-Producer)
2003
- Alex & Emma ... (Co-Producer)
1999
- L.A. Heat ... (Executive Producer)
- Inferno ... (Executive Producer)
- Running Red ... (Executive Producer)
- Y2K ... (Producer)
- No Tomorrow ... (Producer)
- Escape from Alaska ... (Producer)
1998
- The Sender ... (Producer)
- Land of the Free ... (Executive Producer)
- Extramarital ... (Producer)
- Recoil ... (Producer)
1997
- Dark Breed ... (Producer)
- The Big Fall ... (Producer)
- Executive Target ... (Producer)
- Little Bigfoot ... (Producer)
- Busted ... (Producer)
- The Underground ... (Producer)
- Hollywood Safari ... (Executive Producer)
- Dumb Luck in Vegas ... (Producer)
1996
- Skyscraper ... (Producer)
- The Sweeper ... (Director)
- Tiger Heart ... (Producer)
- Riot ... (Director)
- The Silencers ... (Producer)
- Pure Danger ... (Producer)
1995
- To the Limit ... (Producer)
- Hologram Man ... (Producer)
- CyberTracker 2 ... (Producer)
- Steel Frontier ... (Producer)
- Last Man Standing ... (Writer)
- Ring of Fire III: Lion Strike ... (Producer)
- The Power Within ... (Producer)
- Rage ... (Director)
- Cell Block Sisters: Banished Behind Bars ... (Executive Producer)
1994
- Storybook ... (Executive Producer)
- Guardian Angel ... (Producer)
- Zero Tolerance ... (Producer)
- Deadly Target ... (Producer)
- CyberTracker ... (Producer)
- T-Force ... (Producer)
- Direct Hit ... (Director)
- Ice ... (Producer)
- Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter ... (Producer)
1993
- Alien Intruder ... (Producer)
- To Be the Best ... (Director)
- Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel ... (Producer)
- Fist of Honor ... (Producer)
- Private Wars ... (Producer)
- No Escape, No Return ... (Producer)
- C.I.A. II: Target Alexa ... (Producer)
- Firepower ... (Producer)
- Magic Kid ... (Director)
1992
- Maximum Force ... (Director)
- Final Impact ... (Director)
- Out for Blood ... (Producer)
- Intent to Kill ... (Story)
- C.I.A. Code Name: Alexa ... (Director)
- Deadly Bet ... (Writer)
- The Last Riders ... (Producer)
- Street Crimes ... (Producer)
1991
- Quiet Fire ... (Producer)
- Ring of Fire ... (Producer)
- Blood Money ... (Producer)
- A Time to Die ... (Producer)
- The Art of Dying as Marlo
- The Killing Zone ... (Producer)
1990
- Repo Jake ... (Producer)
- Living To Die ... (Producer)
- American Born ... (Producer)
- Night of the Wilding ... (Producer)
- Sinners ... (Producer)
- Chance ... (Producer)
- Emperor of the Bronx ... (Director)
- Coldfire ... (Producer)
- Contra Conspiracy ... (Producer)
1989
- Angels of the City ... (Writer)
- L.A. Vice ... (Director)
- Deadly Breed ... (Producer)
- East L.A. Warriors ... (Producer)
- L.A. Heat ... (Director)
- Shotgun ... (Producer)
- Midnight Warrior ... (Director)
1988
- Heat Street ... (Producer)
- Epitaph ... (Producer)
- The Newlydeads ... (Director)
- Fresh Kill ... (Writer)
- The Glass Jungle ... (Producer)
- Hollow Gate ... (Producer)
- Payback ... (Producer)
- L.A. Crackdown II ... (Director)
- Death by Dialogue ... (Producer)
- The Killing Game ... (Director)
1987
- Dance or Die ... (Producer)
- L.A. Crackdown as Speed
1986
- Hollywood In Trouble ... (Writer)
- Mayhem ... (Producer)