Irwin Yablans

Irwin Yablans (born July 25, 1934 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American independent film producer and distributor known for his work in the horror film industry.

Biography

In 1976, he formed Compass International Pictures with Joseph Wolf, and served as its President.

Movie career

He produced films which included Halloween (1978), Roller Boogie (1979), Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula (1979), Halloween II (1981), Hell Night (1981), Blood Beach (1981), and Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982). Since his resignation from Compass International, Yablans produced films with Charles Band such as Prison (1988).

When Yablans was younger he realized he wanted to work in the movie industry by looking in one of the drive in movie theater trash and found pieces of cut out scenes.

Originally an idea suggested by producer Irwin Yablans (entitled The Babysitter Murders), who envisioned a film about babysitters being menaced by a stalker, Carpenter took the idea and another suggestion from Yablans that it take place during Halloween and developed a story.

External links

Irwin Yablans at the Internet Movie Database

Halloween series

Films	Halloween (1978) Halloween II (1981) Season of the Witch The Return of Michael Myers The Revenge of Michael Myers The Curse of Michael Myers Halloween H20 Halloween: Resurrection Halloween (2007) Halloween II (2009)

Characters	Michael Myers Samuel Loomis Laurie Strode Jamie Lloyd Other characters

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Name	Yablans, Irwin
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Short description	American film producer
Date of birth	July 25, 1934
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