Mario F. Kassar (Arabic: ماريو كسار‎; born October 10, 1951) is a film producer and industry executive whose projects are frequently in association with Andrew G. Vajna.

Kassar was born in Beirut, Lebanon. Working for Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures, he was executive producer of several movies starting with Victory in 1981. In 1976, together with Vajna, he founded Carolco Pictures where he was executive producer of a large number of movies starting with the Rambo movies, and including many science fiction movies such as Total Recall, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Universal Soldier and Stargate.

[edit] Filmography

• Terminator Salvation (2009)
• Negative Space (2009)
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008)
• Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
• I Spy (2002)
• Lolita (1997)
• Cutthroat Island (1995)
• Showgirls (1995)
• Last of the Dogmen (1995)
• Stargate (1994)
• Heaven & Earth (1993)
• Cliffhanger (1993)
• Chaplin (1992)
• Universal Soldier (1992)
• Basic Instinct (1992)
• Light Sleeper (1992)
• Rambling Rose (1991)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
• The Doors (1991)
• L.A. Story (1991)
• Jacob's Ladder (1990)
• Narrow Margin (1990)
• Air America (1990)
• Total Recall (1990)
• Mountains of the Moon (1990)
• Johnny Handsome (1989)
• DeepStar Six (1989)
• Red Heat (1988)
• Rambo III (1988)
• Extreme Prejudice (1987)
• Angel Heart (1987)
• Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
• First Blood (1982)
• Superstition (1982)
• The Amateur (1981)
• Victory (1981)

[edit] External links

• Mario Kassar at the Internet Movie Database