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