Ovidio G. Assonitis Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Ovidio Assonitis, an independent film producer and businessman with over 35 years experience in the industry, was born to Greek citizens living in Alexandria, Egypt. Assonitis began an extensive distribution network company catering to the Southeast Asia market in the mid-'60s and in a ten-year period distributed more than 900 films from offices ...
All in all, I am sadly aware that my contributions to the horror genre are not of such historical relevance as, say, The Exorcist (1973) or Psycho (1960). We're not talking masterpieces here, but I have put all my love and enthusiasm into my films and I think it shows. What's most important, I have gained the respect of true horror fans, who are always loyal and extremely perceptive--they know a good film when they see one!
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Fact
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Major stockholder and CEO of Cannon Pictures (1990).
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He was often called "The Rip-Off King" for making rip-offs of popular--and much more expensive--movies, i.e., Beyond the Door (1974) and Tentacles (1977).
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Red Riding Hood
2003
executive producer: KOA Films Entertainment
Sabrina Goes to Rome
1998
TV Movie producer
American Ninja 5
1993
producer
Over the Line
1992
producer
No Place to Hide
1992
producer
Lambada
1991
producer
American Ninja 4: The Annihilation
1990
producer
Midnight Ride
1990
producer
Beyond the Door III
1989
executive producer
Curse II: The Bite
1989
executive producer
Sonny Boy
1989
producer
The Curse
1987
executive producer / producer
Iron Warrior
1987
producer - uncredited
Lone Runner
1986
producer
Choke Canyon
1986
producer
Steigler and Steigler
1981
producer
Piranha Part Two: The Spawning
1981
executive producer
And When She Was Bad
1981
producer - as Oliver Hellman
The Visitor
1979
producer - as Ovidio Assonitis
Questo si che è amore
1978
executive producer - as Ovidio Assonitis
Tentacles
1977
executive producer
Take All of Me
1976
producer
Bertolucci secondo il cinema
1976
TV Movie documentary producer
Laure
1976
producer - as Oliver Hellman
Abicinema
1975
Documentary producer
Beyond the Door
1974
producer
Super Stooges vs the Wonder Women
1974
producer - as Ovidio Assonitis
Un amore così fragile, così violento
1973
producer
L'ultima neve di primavera
1973
producer
Sacrifice!
1972
producer
Chi l'ha vista morire?
1972
associate producer
Nel labirinto del sesso (Psichidion)
1969
producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Red Riding Hood
2003
written by - as Oliver Hellman
Choke Canyon
1986
written by
Piranha Part Two: The Spawning
1981
screenplay - as H.A Milton
And When She Was Bad
1981
as Oliver Hellman
The Visitor
1979
story - as Ovidio Assonitis
Laure
1976
uncredited
Beyond the Door
1974
screenplay - as O. Hellman / story - as O. Hellman