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| Name | | Menahem Golan | |
| General info : | | Menahem Golan (May 31, 1929, Tiberias, Mandate Palestine – August 8, 2014, Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel) was an Israeli director and producer. He produced movies for such stars as Sean Connery, Sylvester Stallone, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Charles Bronson, and was known for a period as a producer of comic book-style movies like Masters of the Universe, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Captain America, and his aborted attempt to bring Spider-Man to the silver screen. Using the pen name of Joseph Goldman, Golan also wrote and "polished" film scripts. He was co-owner of Golan-Globus with his cousin Yoram Globus. Golan produced about 200 films, directed 44, won 8 Violin David Awards and also The Israel Prize in Cinema.
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