Martin Ransohoff

Known for ProductionBorn 1927-07-07 (age 98)New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Action on the Beach

All Eyes on Sharon Tate

The Big Sur

10 Rillington Place

Our Mother's House

The Wanderers

American Pop

The Cincinnati Kid

Sharon Tate: Murdered Innocence

Welcome Home

Silver Streak

Catch-22

The White Dawn

Save the Tiger

The Americanization of Emily

See No Evil

Jagged Edge

The Sandpiper

Ice Station Zebra

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Switching Channels

The Wheeler Dealers

The Loved One

Co-Ed Fever

Eye of the Devil

Class

Guilty as Sin

Boys' Night Out

Hamlet

The Moonshine War

Castle Keep

A Change of Seasons

The Big Town

Turbulence

Fuzz

Hanky Panky

Physical Evidence

Don't Make Waves

Nightwing