American International Pictures

American International Pictures (short: AIP, founded in 1954 ) was an American film production company of James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff, an independent low-budget films brought forth, often aimed at a young audience and 1950s in the, 60s and 70s were particularly shown in drive-ins. Throughout its existence, the company was the most important and influential independent studio in America.

Producers, directors and writers

Nicholson and Arkoff served as executive producer, while Roger Corman and Alex Gordon always occasionally worked as a film producer and as directors. Charles B. Griffith wrote many of the early films, some with Arkoffs brother Lou Rusoff. Later writers were Ray Russell, Richard Matheson and Charles Beaumont.