Andrew G. Vajna

Andrew G. Vajna
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Born	(1944-08-01) August 1, 1944 Budapest, Hungary

Andrew George Vajna (born Vajna András György; August 1, 1944) is an Hungarian-American film producer.

Vajna was born in Budapest, Hungary and emigrated to the US in 1956. His original profession was a hairdresser and wigmaker in Hong Kong. His first involvement in the film industry was the operation of movie theaters in the Far East. He founded a company with Mario Kassar called Carolco which went on to produce many blockbuster movies. He has done numerous films (frequently in association with Mario Kassar), including the Rambo movies, Die Hard with a Vengeance, and multiple Terminator movies and series.

On January 15, 2011, the Hungarian government appointed him government commissioner in charge of the Hungarian film industry. He is responsible for the strategy of the Hungarian Film preservation and development.

Filmography

• Hei lu (1972)
• The Amateur (1981)
• Victory (1981)
• First Blood (1982)
• Superstition (1982)
• Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
• Extreme Prejudice (1987)
• Angel Heart (1987)
• Red Heat (1988)
• Rambo III (1988)
• Johnny Handsome (1989)
• DeepStar Six (1989)
• Jacob's Ladder (1990)
• Narrow Margin (1990)
• Air America (1990)
• Total Recall (1990)
• Mountains of the Moon (1990)
• Medicine Man (1992)
• Basic Instinct (1992)
• Tombstone (1993)
• Color of Night (1994)
• Renaissance Man (1994)
• Nixon (1995)
• The Scarlet Letter (1995)
• Judge Dredd (1995)
• Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
• Evita (1996)
• Amanda (1996)
• A Miniszter félrelép (1997)
• Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
• An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1998)
• The 13th Warrior (1999)
• A Holocaust szemei (2000)
• An American Rhapsody (2001)
• I Spy (2002)
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
• Children of Glory (2006)
• Freedom's Fury (2006)
• Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008)
• Terminator Salvation (2009)

External links

• Andrew G. Vajna at IMDb