Anecdotes

Along with his cousin, Yoram Globus, bought the Cannon Group production company in 1979 and ran it throughout the 1980s. Because of their fast, low-budget style of filmmaking, they earned the nickname the Go-Go Boys.

During his time at Cannon, directors were ordered to have as many film as possible for Charles Bronson and Chuck Norris, commonly known as "the two Chucks".

Robert Forster described him as one of the best directors he ever worked for.

Purchased Britain's Elstree Studios. (1986)

Started US production company 21st Century Pictures.

Co-founder of Israeli film production company Noah Films.

He had attempted to make a live-action film of the Marvel comics hero Spider-man as early as 1986 but it never happened.

He has been praised as a predecessor and trailblazer for other independent film producers such as the Weinstein brothers and Jason Blum.

He would often become bored when talking about subjects other than films and would usually abandon whatever topic he was on to discuss films instead.

Growing up, he often went to the cinema at least three or four times in a week and learned as much as he could about cinema.

He grew up in Tiberius, a city located in northern Israel, on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee.

He has been called the "father of Israeli cinema".

He would often go to the cinema whenever he had a few hours free, even in countries where films were in another language.

Purchased UK production company Thorn-EMI Screen Entertainment. (1986)

He has been called the greatest film salesman in the history of the business.

He was praised in his time for giving directors a strong degree of independence and freedom to pursue their visions.

Had a theory that if at least one famous British stage actor was cast in one of his prestige or event movies, critics would assess it favorably and increase its chances of success.