Melvin Simon(1926-2009)
- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Writer
Melvin Simon started his career as one of the head executives at
Columbia Pictures. In 1967 he founded a joint venture and independent
motion picture and television company, AVCO Embassy Pictures, as a
sister company to Columbia. Simon was the head executive producer and
president for AVCO Embassy and produced a number of films through the
1970s and 1980s. Upon the collapse of AVCO Embassy in 1982, Simon sold
it to television producer Norman Lear and Lear changed the name to Embassy
Entertainment. Simon now works as one of the head associates for
Columbia Pictures.