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Louis S. Arkoff is an American film producer; he is the son of executive producer Samuel Z. Arkoff and brother to film producer, Donna Arkoff Roth.

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Arkoff studied cinema at University of Southern California and law at Loyola University. [1] In 1973 he joined AIP as a legal administrator. He worked his way up to be an executive and vice president of the company. [2]

Among his credits are several made-for-cable movies which were remakes of his father's films in the early 1990s. [3] [4] [5]

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Film work

YearTitleRoleProduction Company
1975 Return to Macon County
1976 A Small Town in Texas Executive Producer American International Pictures
1978 Our Winning Season Executive in charge of production
1979 California Dreaming Executive Producer Orion Pictures
1980 Gorp ProducerAmerican International Pictures
1982 Lookin' to Get Out
1984 Up The Creek Executive Producer
1985 Hellhole Co-producer Columbia Pictures
1997 Gone Fishin' Co-producer Buena Vista Pictures
1997 George of the Jungle Co-producerBuena Vista Pictures
1999 The 13th Warrior Co-producerBuena Vista Pictures
1999 Inspector Gadget Co-producerBuena Vista Pictures
2003 Darkness Falls Executive Producer
2005 Cursed Creative consultant

Television work

YearTitleRoleNetwork
1994 Confessions of a Sorority Girl (aka Confessions of Sorority Girls)Producer Showtime
1994Roadracers (aka Rebel Highway )ProducerShowtime
1994 Motorcycle Gang ProducerShowtime
1994 Runaway Daughters ProducerShowtime
1994 Girls in Prison ProducerShowtime
1994 Dragstrip Girl ProducerShowtime
1994JailbreakersShowtime
1994 Cool and the Crazy Showtime
1994 Shake, Rattle and Rock! Showtime
1994 Reform School Girl ProducerShowtime
2001 Earth Vs. the Spider Producer HBO
2001 How to Make a Monster ProducerCreature Feature Productions
2001 Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature ProducerHBO
2001 The Day the World Ended ProducerHBO
2002 Teenage Caveman ProducerHBO

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References

  1. Lee, Grant. (Dec 11, 1977). "Riding the Waves of 'California Dreaming'". Los Angeles Times. p. x66.
  2. Inventory of the Samuel Z. Arkoff Papers accessed 5 April 2014
  3. Justin Kroll (6 May 2013). "AIP Remakes Set by Sam Arkoff's Son, Hal Sadoff, Jeff Katz". Variety. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  4. BERNARD WEINRAUB (May 17, 1993). "They're Extinct, but They May Rule This Summer: Though Extinct, They May Still Rule". New York Times. p. C11.
  5. MICHELE WILLENS (July 17, 1994). "On Showtime's 'Rebel Highway,' some great (and not so great) B movies of the 50s live again, with a 90s twist". New York Times. p. H27.
  6. "Lou Arkoff". www.tcm.com. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  7. "Lou Arkoff". www.blu-ray.com. Retrieved 2022-04-27.