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Mario Kassar

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At 18 years old, Mario Kassar made his first film which led him to team with Hungarian Andrew G. Vajna shortly thereafter. The two moved to Los Angeles in the mid 1970s to begin their career as filmmakers, and Kassar quickly became known as a creative producer in the L.A. motion pictures industry; also noted as one of the inventors of the foreign market and co-pro financing... See full bio »

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Hide HideProducer (38 titles)
2009 Terminator Salvation (executive producer - as Mario F. Kassar)
 
2008-2009 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (TV series) (executive producer - 31 episodes)
– Born to Run (2009) (executive producer - as Mario F. Kassar)
– Adam Raised a Cain (2009) (executive producer - producer / producer / as Mario F. Kassar)
– To the Lighthouse (2009) (executive producer - as Mario F. Kassar)
– Today Is the Day: Part 2 (2009) (executive producer - as Mario F. Kassar)
– Today Is the Day: Part 1 (2009) (executive producer - as Mario F. Kassar)
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2006 Basic Instinct 2 (producer - as Mario F. Kassar)
 
2003 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (producer - as Mario F. Kassar)
 
2002 I Spy (producer)
 
1997 Lolita (producer)
 
1995 Cutthroat Island (executive producer)
 
1995 Showgirls (executive producer)
 
1995 Last of the Dogmen (executive producer)
 
1994 Stargate (executive producer)
 
1993 Heaven & Earth (executive producer)
 
1993 Cliffhanger (executive producer)
 
1992 Chaplin (producer)
 
1992 Universal Soldier (executive producer)
 
1992 Basic Instinct (executive producer)
 
1992 Light Sleeper (executive producer)
 
1991 Rambling Rose (executive producer)
 
1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (executive producer)
 
1991 The Doors (executive producer)
 
1991 L.A. Story (executive producer)
 
1990/I Jacob's Ladder (executive producer)
 
1990 Narrow Margin (executive producer)
 
1990 Repossessed (executive producer)
 
1990 Air America (executive producer)
 
1990 Total Recall (executive producer)
 
1990 Mountains of the Moon (executive producer)
 
1989 Johnny Handsome (executive producer)
 
1989 DeepStar Six (executive producer)
 
1988 Red Heat (executive producer)
 
1988 Rambo III (executive producer)
 
1987 Extreme Prejudice (executive producer)
 
1987 Angel Heart (executive producer)
 
1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II (executive producer)
 
1982 First Blood (executive producer)
 
1982 Superstition (executive producer)
 
1981 The Amateur (executive producer)
 
1981 Victory (a co-production of The Victory Company and Tom Stern in association with Andy Vajna and Mario Kassar)
 
1980 The Changeling (executive producer)
 
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1997 Lolita (presenter)
 
1995 Cutthroat Island (presenter)
 
1995 Last of the Dogmen (presenter)
 
1993 Cliffhanger (presenter)
 
1992 Chaplin (presenter)
 
1992 Universal Soldier (presenter)
 
1992 Basic Instinct (presenter)
 
1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (presents)
 
1991 The Doors (presenter)
 
1991 L.A. Story (presenter)
 
1990 Narrow Margin (presenter)
 
1990 Air America (presenter)
 
1990 Total Recall (presenter)
 
1989 Johnny Handsome (presenter)
 
1989 DeepStar Six (presenter)
 
1988 Red Heat (presenter)
 
1987 Extreme Prejudice (presenter)
 
1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II (presenter)
 
1982 First Blood (presenter)
 
1982 Superstition (presenter)
 
1980 The Changeling (presenter)
 
1978 The Silent Partner (presenter)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
Show ShowThanks (9 titles)
2011 Showgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven (very special thanks)
 
2006 Between the Sheets: A Look Inside 'Basic Instinct 2' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2002 We Get to Win This Time (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2002 Drawing First Blood (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2002 Afghanistan: Land in Crisis (video documentary short) (thanks)
 
2001 Imagining 'Total Recall' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2001 Blonde Poison: The Making of 'Basic Instinct' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
1999 The Directors (TV series documentary) (acknowledgment: stills and clips provided by - 2 episodes)
– The Films of David Cronenberg (1999) (acknowledgment: stills and clips provided by)
– The Films of Adrian Lyne (acknowledgment: stills and clips provided by)
 
1990 Hamlet (grateful acknowledgments)
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
2006 Between the Sheets: A Look Inside 'Basic Instinct 2' (video documentary short)
Himself - Producer
 
2004 East Meets West: 'Red Heat' and the Kings of Carolco (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Inside 'Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines' (TV documentary short)
Himself (as Mario F. Kassar)
 
2003 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 July 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Inside 'Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines' (2003) … Himself
 
2002 We Get to Win This Time (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Drawing First Blood (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Guts and Glory (video short)
Himself
 

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Basic Instinct 2 -- After re-locating from San Francisco to London, best-selling crime novelist Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) once again finds herself on the wrong side of the law. Chaplin -- A film about the troubled and controversial life of the master comedy filmmaker. I Spy -- Based on the 1960's television series I Spy. A professional athlete (boxer - Eddie Murphy) has to help a U.S. government agent recover a missing jet.
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Personal Quote:

Independent film is difficult to produce. No matter what you do for financing, there's always a piece missing. See more »

Trivia:

At the height of his success, had an armed-guard at his estate providing security. The only other film personality of that era to go to such lengths was Mogul Lew Wasserman. See more »

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