
35 فیلم
2 سریال
1930-01-01, Egypt
2023-04-25
Farouk "Frank" Agrama (January 1, 1930 – April 25, 2023) was an Egyptian-born American film director and producer, writer and businessman. He was the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Harmony Gold USA, Inc. In the 1970s and early 1980s, Agrama made a number of low-budget films which included The Godfather's Friend, Queen Kong and Dawn of the Mummy. He also began selling broadcast rights from Paramount Pictures, which he then sold to his friend, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, to the latter's Mediaset broadcasting and multimedia company. In 1983, he secured a deal with the South African Broadcasting Corporation ("SABC") to distribute the controversial miniseries Shaka Zulu.[3] In the same year, he founded "Harmony Gold USA, Inc.". Despite Shaka Zulu's massive success worldwide, Agrama's skillful negotiations left SABC to actually lose money, while Harmony Gold kept most of the profit. Harmony Gold would eventually be known for producing films such as Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles, other Robotech animated works and the 1993 miniseries Heidi. According to the Los Angeles Times, prosecutors of Milan, on November 21, 2006, charged Agrama, along with former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and ten others, in a trial over tax fraud, embezzlement and false accounting to Mediaset. In fact, on October 26, 2012, Agrama was convicted after this lengthy trial, where Berlusconi, or his group, had allegedly bought USA film rights by him to the Mediaset media company at inflated prices. As his age was over 70 years, he was exempted from direct imprisonment and served no actual jail time. In 2013, Agrama and several others, including Mediaset Vice President Pier Silvio Berlusconi, son of Silvio, and the Hong Kong–based Wiltshire Group of Companies were under trial for tax evasion and embezzlement with the broadcasting rights firm, Mediatrade. In 2014, all parties were acquitted in the first instance due to expiring statute of limitations. A new appeals hearing took place on January 20, 2016. All charges against Agrama and five others were dropped, while Mediaset CEO Pier Silvio Berlusconi and President Fedele Confalonieri were sentenced to 14 months imprisonment. Agrama died on April 25, 2023, at the age of 93.
37 عنوان

6.2
فیلم
2013
Robotech: Love Live Alive

1.0
فیلم
2013
The Big Goofy Secret of H...

3.5
فیلم
2013
Stepping High

0.0
فیلم
2009
The Zen Master

6.0
فیلم
2006
Robotech: The Shadow Chro...

0.0
فیلم
2006
Heart of Fear

5.8
فیلم
1996
American Strays

7.1
سریال
1993
Heidi

5.2
فیلم
1992
The Lost World

4.0
فیلم
1989
The Brave Frog's Greatest...

4.3
فیلم
1988
The Man Who Lived at the ...

7.2
سریال
1986
Shaka Zulu

4.1
فیلم
1981
Dawn of the Mummy

3.5
فیلم
1976
Queen Kong

3.0
فیلم
1972
The Godfather's Friend

9.0
فیلم
1972
You Can Do a Lot with 7 W...

4.0
فیلم
1969
Gang of Women