Lou Arkoff

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.

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]

Select credits

Source:^[6][7]

Film work

Year	Title	Role	Production 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	Producer	American 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-producer	Buena Vista Pictures
1999	The 13th Warrior	Co-producer	Buena Vista Pictures
1999	Inspector Gadget	Co-producer	Buena Vista Pictures
2003	Darkness Falls	Executive Producer
2005	Cursed	Creative consultant

Television work

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

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.

External links

• Lou Arkoff at IMDb
• Lou Arkoff filmography at New York Times