James Harvey Nicholson (September 14, 1916 – December 10, 1972) was an American film producer. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. He is best known as the co-founder, with Samuel Z. Arkoff, of American International Pictures. Samuel Zachary Arkoff ( June 12 1918 &ndash September 16 2001) was an American producer of B-movies. American International Pictures was a Film production company formed in April 1956 from American Releasing
Biography
As a child, Nicholson developed a love of movies, especially fantasy and science fiction films. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting While in high school, he joined a science fiction fan club, where he met Forrest J Ackerman. Forrest J Ackerman (born November 24, 1916) is an American collector of Science fiction books and movie memorabilia and a science fiction The two produced a fantasy fanzine together. A fanzine (see also Zine) is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre for the pleasure Years later, Ackerman’s magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland would heavily promote AIP’s movies. Famous Monsters of Filmland was a genre -specific film magazine started in 1958 by publisher James Warren (see Warren Publishing)
Nicholson’s first work in the film industry was as the manager of two theaters in Omaha, Nebraska. Note on spelling While most Americans use "er" (as per American spelling conventions the majority of venues performers and trade groups for live theatre use "re The chain that owned the theaters soon went out business and Nicholson found himself unemployed. He drifted through a series of short-lived jobs, including running four revival movie theaters in Los Angeles. Nicholson was eventually hired by Realart Pictures in their advertising department; his job was to devise new campaigns for the old movies that Realart re-released, which often included retitling the films. Realart Pictures was a motion picture re-releasing organization started in 1948 by Jack Broder and Joseph Harris A threat of a lawsuit from Alex Gordon, regarding a title similarity between one of Realart’s reissues and a screenplay Gordon had written with Ed Wood with the exact same title, led to Nicholson meeting Samuel Z. Ed Wood redirects here For the film see Ed Wood (film, and for the former British Foreign Secretary see E Arkoff, who was at that time Gordon’s lawyer. Nicholson and Arkoff became friends and eventually decided to form a film distribution company together. The name of the company was American Releasing Corporation, which would change its name to American International Pictures a few years later.
Nicholson was known as the creative member of the partnership. His movie sense, combined with Arkoff’s business savvy, led to AIP’s long string of successful films aimed squarely at teenaged audiences. From 1954 to 1980, AIP released over 125 films, most of them released directly to drive-ins and grindhouses. A drive-in theater is a form of cinema structure consisting of a large outdoor screen a projection booth a Concession stand and a large parking area for automobiles Exploitation film is a type of film that eschews the expense of quality productions in favor of making films inexpensively attracting viewers by exciting their more prurient interests Nicholson would often think up an exploitable title, and devise an entire advertising campaign complete with poster art, even before a script had been drafted. The films were mostly completed on low budgets, with shooting completed in two or three weeks (and sometimes only a few days), and nearly all of them turned profits. A low-budget Film is a motion picture shot on limited budget Young or unknown directors often make low-budget films due to a lack of funding from studios who
Nicholson died abruptly in 1972 of a brain tumor. A brain tumor is any intracranial Tumor created by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division, normally either in the Brain itself ( Neurons AIP continued for several more years before Arkoff, having lost interest in the movie business, allowed himself to be bought out by Filmways for $4. Filmways Inc was a Television and Film production company founded by American film executive Martin Ransohoff in 1960 3 million.
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