Andrew G. Vajna

Andrew G. Vajna
Born	Vajna András György August 1, 1944 Budapest, Hungary

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

Biography

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.^[1][2]

In 1989, he founded Intercom Ltd., Hungary's biggest movie and DVD distributor. He was also the CEO of the company.^[3]

In August 2013, he married Timea Palacsik , a Hungarian model 33 years his junior.

Filmography

Year	Title	Notes
1973	Deadly China Doll	producer
1980	The Changeling	executive producer
1981	Victory	executive producer
	The Amateur	executive producer
1982	First Blood	executive producer
	Superstition	executive producer
1985	Rambo: First Blood Part II	executive producer
1987	Angel Heart	executive producer
	Extreme Prejudice	executive producer
1988	Rambo III	executive producer
	Red Heat	executive producer
1989	DeepStar Six	executive producer
	Johnny Handsome	executive producer
	Music Box	executive producer
1990	Mountains of the Moon	executive producer
	Total Recall	executive producer
	Air America	executive producer
	Narrow Margin	executive producer
	Jacob's Ladder	executive producer
1992	Medicine Man	producer
1993	Tombstone	executive producer
1994	Renaissance Man	producer
	Color of Night
1995	Die Hard with a Vengeance	executive producer
	Judge Dredd	executive producer
	The Scarlet Letter	producer
	Nixon	producer
1996	Amanda	producer
1997	Evita	producer
	Shadow Conspiracy	executive producer
	A Miniszter félrelép	producer
1998	An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn	executive producer
1999	The 13th Warrior	executive producer
2000	A Holocaust szemei	executive producer
2001	An American Rhapsody	executive producer
2002	I Spy	producer
2003	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	producer
2006	Children of Glory	producer
	Freedom's Fury	executive producer
	Basic Instinct 2	producer
2008-2009	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	executive producer
2009	Terminator Salvation	executive producer

References

1. Govt appoints Andy Vajna film industry commissioner, Magyar Tavirati Iroda
2. , index.hu
3. "Intercom Ltd.".

External links

• Andrew G. Vajna at the Internet Movie Database