Avi Lerner

Avi Lerner ( born October 13, 1947 in Haifa, in present-day Israel) is an Israeli film producer. To this day, Avi Lerner was involved in more than 200 film productions. The active also as a film producer Danny Lerner is his younger brother.

Life

Prior to his career in the film business, he studied economics and social sciences at the University of Tel Aviv. Thereafter, he served in the Israeli army.

In 1969 he moved to South Africa, where he was eventually manager of a movie theater. In 1972 he made ​​further experiences with the film business as a manager of the first drive-in movie theaters of Israel. Lerner operation after its own cinema chain founded in 1986 in South Africa and his production company, Nu Metro Entertainment Group. Ten years later he founded Millennium Films after 1991 he sold his company in 1992 and had founded Nu Image.

1984 Lerner was the first time working as executive producer and there was The Last Winter. Two years later he was in the same function on the film Quatermain II - involved In search of the mysterious city. As a producer or executive producer, he is responsible for such diverse movies like American Ninja 2 - The responsible job and The Black Dahlia. Among the actors, whose films he produced regularly, including Steven Seagal, Jean -Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren.

Filmography (selection)