# Lou Arkoff

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{{short description|American film producer}}
'''Louis S. Arkoff''' is an American film producer; he is the son of [executive producer](/source/executive_producer) [Samuel Z. Arkoff](/source/Samuel_Z._Arkoff) and brother to film producer, [Donna Arkoff Roth](/source/Donna_Arkoff_Roth).

Arkoff studied [cinema](/source/Cinematography) at [University of Southern California](/source/University_of_Southern_California) and [law](/source/law) at Loyola University.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Riding the Waves of 'California Dreaming'|author=Lee, Grant.|date=Dec 11, 1977|work=Los Angeles Times|page=x66}}</ref> In 1973 he joined [AIP](/source/American_International_Pictures) as a legal administrator. He worked his way up to be an executive and vice president of the company.<ref>[http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt5m3nf3rs/entire_text/ Inventory of the Samuel Z. Arkoff Papers] accessed 5 April 2014</ref>

Among his credits are several made-for-cable movies which were remakes of his father's films in the early 1990s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/american-international-pictures-brain-eaters-1200465928/|author=Justin Kroll|title=AIP Remakes Set by Sam Arkoff's Son, Hal Sadoff, Jeff Katz|work=Variety|date=6 May 2013|access-date=5 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=They're Extinct, but They May Rule This Summer: Though Extinct, They May Still Rule|author=BERNARD WEINRAUB|date=May 17, 1993|work=New York Times|page=C11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=On Showtime's 'Rebel Highway,' some great (and not so great) B movies of the 50s live again, with a 90s twist|author=MICHELE WILLENS|date=July 17, 1994|work=New York Times|page=H27}}</ref>

==Select credits==
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=== Film work ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Production company
|-
|1975
|''[Return to Macon County](/source/Return_to_Macon_County)''
|
|
|-
|1976
|''[A Small Town in Texas](/source/A_Small_Town_in_Texas)''
|Executive Producer
|[American International Pictures](/source/American_International_Pictures)
|-
|1978
|''[Our Winning Season](/source/Our_Winning_Season)''
|Executive in charge of production
|
|-
|1979
|[''California Dreaming''](/source/California_Dreaming_(1979_film))
|Executive Producer
|[Orion Pictures](/source/Orion_Pictures)
|-
|1980
|[''Gorp''](/source/Gorp_(film))
|Producer
|American International Pictures
|-
|1982
|''[Lookin' to Get Out](/source/Lookin'_to_Get_Out)''
|
|
|-
|1984
|[''Up The Creek''](/source/Up_the_Creek_(1984_film))
|Executive Producer
|
|-
|1985
|[''Hellhole''](/source/Hellhole_(1985_film))
|Co-producer
|[Columbia Pictures](/source/Columbia_Pictures)
|-
|1997
|[''Gone Fishin'''](/source/Gone_Fishin'_(film))
|Co-producer
|[Buena Vista Pictures](/source/Buena_Vista_Pictures)
|-
|1997
|''[George of the Jungle](/source/George_of_the_Jungle_(film))''
|Co-producer
|Buena Vista Pictures
|-
|1999
|''[The 13th Warrior](/source/The_13th_Warrior)''
|Co-producer
|Buena Vista Pictures
|-
|1999 
|''[Inspector Gadget](/source/Inspector_Gadget_(film))''
|Co-producer
|Buena Vista Pictures
|-
|2003
|''[Darkness Falls](/source/Darkness_Falls_(2003_film))''
|Executive Producer
|
|-
|2005
|''[Cursed](/source/Cursed_(2005_film))''
|Creative consultant
|
|}

=== Television work ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Network
|-
|1994
|''[Confessions of a Sorority Girl](/source/Confessions_of_a_Sorority_Girl)'' (aka Confessions of Sorority Girls)
|Producer
|[Showtime](/source/Showtime_(TV_network))
|-
|1994
|''Roadracers'' (aka ''[Rebel Highway](/source/Rebel_Highway)'')
|Producer
|Showtime
|-
|1994
|''[Motorcycle Gang](/source/Motorcycle_Gang_(1994_film))''
|Producer
|Showtime
|-
|1994
|''[Runaway Daughters](/source/Runaway_Daughters_(1994_film))''
|Producer
|Showtime
|-
|1994
|''[Girls in Prison](/source/Girls_in_Prison_(1994_film))''
|Producer
|Showtime
|-
|1994
|''[Dragstrip Girl](/source/Dragstrip_Girl_(1994_film))''
|Producer
|Showtime
|-
|1994
|''Jailbreakers''
|
|Showtime
|-
|1994
|''[Cool and the Crazy](/source/Cool_and_the_Crazy)''
|
|Showtime
|-
|1994
|''[Shake, Rattle and Rock!](/source/Shake%2C_Rattle_and_Rock!_(1994_film))''
|
|Showtime
|-
|1994
|''[Reform School Girl](/source/Reform_School_Girl_(1994_film))''
|Producer
|Showtime
|-
|2001
|''[Earth Vs. the Spider](/source/Earth_vs._the_Spider_(2001_film))''
|Producer
|[HBO](/source/HBO)
|-
|2001
|''[How to Make a Monster](/source/How_to_Make_a_Monster_(2001_film))''
|Producer
|Creature Feature Productions
|-
|2001
|''[Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature](/source/Mermaid_Chronicles_Part_1%3A_She_Creature)''
|Producer
|HBO
|-
|2001
|''[The Day the World Ended](/source/The_Day_the_World_Ended)''
|Producer
|HBO
|-
|2002
|''[Teenage Caveman](/source/Teenage_Caveman_(2002_film))''
|Producer
|HBO
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0035097}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140410190859/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/79918/Louis-Arkoff Lou Arkoff filmography] at [New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)

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