Irwin Yablans

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Irwin Yablans (born July 25, 1934) is an American independent film producer and distributor known for his work in the horror film industry. His brother, Frank Yablans, is also a producer.

Life and career

Yablans was born in Brooklyn, New York.^[1] In 1976, he formed Compass International Pictures with Joseph Wolf, and served as its President.

Movie career

He produced films which included Halloween (1978), Tourist Trap (1979), Roller Boogie (1979), Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula (1979), Halloween II (1981), Hell Night (1981), Blood Beach (1981), Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), and Tank (1984). 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.

Halloween began as an idea suggested by 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 them into a story.

References

↑ http://blogs.commercialappeal.com/the_shelf_life/2012/10/adsasd.html

External links

Irwin Yablans at the Internet Movie Database

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Films	Halloween (1978 film) Halloween II (1981 film) Halloween III: Season of the Witch Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers Halloween H20: 20 Years Later Halloween: Resurrection Halloween (2007 film) Halloween II (2009 film)

Related articles	List of Halloween characters Michael Myers Laurie Strode Samuel Loomis Jamie Lloyd

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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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