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Arkoff International Pictures was a film production company set up by Samuel Z. Arkoff, co-founder of American International Pictures (AIP). Arkoff sold AIP to Filmways in 1979, which he later described as "a giant mistake ...
It was formed on April 2, 1954, as American Releasing Corporation ( ARC) by former Realart Pictures Inc. sales manager James H. Nicholson and entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff [2] and their first release was the 1953 UK documentary film Operation Malaya.
In 1954, James H. Nicholson founded the American Releasing Corporation, which later became known as American International Pictures, and made Arkoff the vice-president. AIP films were mostly low-budget, with production completed in a few days, though nearly all of them became profitable.
This entry covers the period 1954-1979 when American International Pictures was an independent American motion picture company that produced and distributed low-budget films. Formed by James H Nicholson and Samuel Z Arkoff in 1954 and initially called the American Releasing Corporation (ARC), it was renamed American International Pictures (AIP ...
Mar 22, 2022 · Join us as we introduce this marvellous company, as well as its creators and some of its key pictures. When Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson formed AIP in 1954, it wasn’t an easy time for independent film exhibitors.
Oct 7, 2020 · Co-founded in the 1950s by Samuel Z. Arkoff, American International Pictures used a simple acronym, the ARKOFF formula, to help guarantee the success of the independent production company’s...
Sep 16, 2001 · Arkoff is the co-founder (with James H. Nicholson) of American International Pictures and has served as producer or executive on over 200 of the low-budget exploitation films--monster movies, motorcycle films and beach-party pictures geared to the teenage audience--that made the studio famous.
