Joseph Merhi

Joseph Merhi

Born: October 23, 1953
in Syria
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Joseph Toufik Merhi (born October 23, 1953) in Syria, is an indie film director and producer.

In 1984, along with fellow director Richard Pepin, Merhi founded the production company City Lights, which changed name a few years after to PM Entertainment. The company was sold in 2000 and closed soon after.

Before entering the movie industry, Merhi was the owner of several pizzerias located in the Las Vegas, Nevada area.

So far, he has directed a total of 32 movies, and produced more than 100.

He has produced many movies.

He is well known for his action scenes involving car chases and big explosions.

His last directed movie was Executive Target (1997). After that, he decided to leave the director chair and slowly moved on as a producer/executive producer of straight-to-DVD movies, until he returned to direct Oranges (2008) ten years after his last effort.

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Movies for Joseph Merhi...

The Art of Dying
Title: The Art of Dying
Character: Marlo
Released: August 8, 1991
Type: Movie
A cinematographer and his assistant are attracting aspiring young actors and actresses by getting them to try out for their movie. Once filming, the evil cameraman actually kills them. The detective on the case has his hands full trying to help out runaways with stars in their eyes. When some of the people he knows turn up dead, he takes it personally, and as he gets closer to the truth his girlfriend is endangered.
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L.A. Crackdown
Title: L.A. Crackdown
Character: Speed
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
A policewoman tries to help two teenage crack addicts. When she doesn't succeed, and the girls die, she goes after the crack dealers.