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Irwin Yablans
Date of Birth: 25 July 1934 Mini Biography: Irwin Yablans has gained a reputation for distributing horror films, cult films and exploitation pictures. Becoming an independent producer in the mid 70s, he started distributing films that didn’t become large hits and released them overseas. Among the films was John Carpenter’s 1976 film “Assault on Precinct [...]
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Frank Yablans
Date of Birth: 27 August 1935 Mini Biography: Former President of Paramount Pictures. During his tenure at Paramount, Frank Yablans was instrumental in forming the partnership with Universal CIC, now known as “UPI,” creating the most successful distributor of films in international distribution.His five years as head of Paramount are often referred to as “Paramounts [...]
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