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 ... (Director)
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)
- Y2K ... (Producer)
- Running Red ... (Executive Producer)
- Escape from Alaska ... (Producer)
- No Tomorrow ... (Producer)
1998
- Recoil ... (Producer)
- The Sender ... (Producer)
- Land of the Free ... (Executive Producer)
- Extramarital ... (Producer)
1997
- Busted ... (Producer)
- The Big Fall ... (Producer)
- Dark Breed ... (Producer)
- Little Bigfoot ... (Producer)
- Executive Target ... (Director)
- The Underground ... (Producer)
- Hollywood Safari ... (Executive Producer)
- Dumb Luck in Vegas ... (Producer)
1996
- Skyscraper ... (Producer)
- The Sweeper ... (Director)
- Riot ... (Director)
- The Silencers ... (Producer)
- Tiger Heart ... (Producer)
- Pure Danger ... (Producer)
1995
- To the Limit ... (Producer)
- Rage ... (Director)
- Last Man Standing ... (Director)
- Hologram Man ... (Producer)
- Ring of Fire III: Lion Strike ... (Producer)
- CyberTracker 2 ... (Producer)
- Steel Frontier ... (Producer)
- Cell Block Sisters: Banished Behind Bars ... (Executive Producer)
- The Power Within ... (Producer)
1994
- Guardian Angel ... (Producer)
- Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter ... (Producer)
- Storybook ... (Executive Producer)
- Direct Hit ... (Director)
- Zero Tolerance ... (Director)
- CyberTracker ... (Producer)
- Ice ... (Producer)
- Deadly Target ... (Producer)
- T-Force ... (Producer)
1993
- Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel ... (Producer)
- C.I.A. II: Target Alexa ... (Producer)
- Firepower ... (Producer)
- To Be the Best ... (Director)
- Alien Intruder ... (Producer)
- Magic Kid ... (Director)
- No Escape, No Return ... (Producer)
- Fist of Honor ... (Producer)
- Private Wars ... (Producer)
1992
- Out for Blood ... (Producer)
- Maximum Force ... (Director)
- Intent to Kill ... (Screenplay)
- Deadly Bet ... (Writer)
- Street Crimes ... (Producer)
- Final Impact ... (Director)
- C.I.A. Code Name: Alexa ... (Director)
- The Last Riders ... (Producer)
1991
- A Time to Die ... (Producer)
- The Killing Zone ... (Producer)
- Ring of Fire ... (Producer)
- The Art of Dying as Marlo
- Blood Money ... (Writer)
- Quiet Fire ... (Producer)
1990
- Night of the Wilding ... (Director)
- Repo Jake ... (Director)
- Chance ... (Producer)
- American Born ... (Producer)
- Living To Die ... (Producer)
- Sinners ... (Producer)
- Coldfire ... (Producer)
- Emperor of the Bronx ... (Director)
- Contra Conspiracy ... (Producer)
1989
- L.A. Heat ... (Director)
- East L.A. Warriors ... (Producer)
- L.A. Vice ... (Director)
- Shotgun ... (Producer)
- Angels of the City ... (Writer)
- Midnight Warrior ... (Director)
- Deadly Breed ... (Producer)
1988
- Death by Dialogue ... (Producer)
- Epitaph ... (Director)
- Hollow Gate ... (Producer)
- Payback ... (Producer)
- Fresh Kill ... (Director)
- The Newlydeads ... (Director)
- L.A. Crackdown II ... (Director)
- The Glass Jungle ... (Producer)
- Heat Street ... (Producer)
- The Killing Game ... (Director)
1987
- Dance or Die ... (Producer)
- L.A. Crackdown as Speed
1986
- Mayhem ... (Director)
- Hollywood In Trouble ... (Director)