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
- The Anna Nicole Smith Story ... (Executive Producer)
- Game of Life ... (Writer)
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
- Land of the Free ... (Executive Producer)
- Recoil ... (Producer)
- The Sender ... (Producer)
- Extramarital ... (Producer)
1997
- Dark Breed ... (Producer)
- Executive Target ... (Producer)
- The Underground ... (Producer)
- Dumb Luck in Vegas ... (Producer)
- Hollywood Safari ... (Executive Producer)
- Little Bigfoot ... (Producer)
- The Big Fall ... (Producer)
1996
- Skyscraper ... (Producer)
- The Sweeper ... (Director)
- Riot ... (Director)
- The Silencers ... (Producer)
- Tiger Heart ... (Producer)
- Pure Danger ... (Producer)
1995
- Ring of Fire III: Lion Strike ... (Producer)
- To the Limit ... (Producer)
- Last Man Standing ... (Writer)
- Steel Frontier ... (Producer)
- Hologram Man ... (Producer)
- Rage ... (Director)
- The Power Within ... (Producer)
- CyberTracker 2 ... (Producer)
- Cell Block Sisters: Banished Behind Bars ... (Executive Producer)
1994
- Guardian Angel ... (Producer)
- Storybook ... (Executive Producer)
- Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter ... (Producer)
- Direct Hit ... (Director)
- Zero Tolerance ... (Producer)
- T-Force ... (Producer)
- Deadly Target ... (Producer)
- Ice ... (Producer)
- CyberTracker ... (Producer)
1993
- C.I.A. II: Target Alexa ... (Producer)
- Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel ... (Producer)
- To Be the Best ... (Director)
- No Escape, No Return ... (Producer)
- Firepower ... (Producer)
- Alien Intruder ... (Producer)
- Fist of Honor ... (Producer)
- Private Wars ... (Producer)
- Magic Kid ... (Director)
1992
- Final Impact ... (Director)
- C.I.A. Code Name: Alexa ... (Director)
- Maximum Force ... (Director)
- Out for Blood ... (Producer)
- Intent to Kill ... (Story)
- The Last Riders ... (Producer)
- Deadly Bet ... (Writer)
- Street Crimes ... (Producer)
1991
- Quiet Fire ... (Producer)
- Ring of Fire ... (Producer)
- The Art of Dying as Marlo
- A Time to Die ... (Producer)
- Blood Money ... (Producer)
- The Killing Zone ... (Producer)
1990
- Living To Die ... (Producer)
- Emperor of the Bronx ... (Director)
- Night of the Wilding ... (Producer)
- Coldfire ... (Producer)
- Sinners ... (Producer)
- Repo Jake ... (Producer)
- Contra Conspiracy ... (Producer)
- American Born ... (Producer)
- Chance ... (Producer)
1989
- Angels of the City ... (Writer)
- East L.A. Warriors ... (Producer)
- L.A. Heat ... (Director)
- L.A. Vice ... (Director)
- Midnight Warrior ... (Director)
- Shotgun ... (Producer)
- Deadly Breed ... (Producer)
1988
- Heat Street ... (Producer)
- L.A. Crackdown II ... (Director)
- Epitaph ... (Producer)
- Hollow Gate ... (Producer)
- The Glass Jungle ... (Producer)
- Death by Dialogue ... (Producer)
- The Newlydeads ... (Director)
- The Killing Game ... (Director)
- Fresh Kill ... (Writer)
- Payback ... (Producer)
1987
- Dance or Die ... (Producer)
- L.A. Crackdown as Speed
1986
- Hollywood In Trouble ... (Writer)
- Mayhem ... (Producer)