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James Harvey Nicholson (September 14, 1916 – December 10, 1972) was an American film producer. He is best known as the co-founder, with Samuel Z. Arkoff, of American International Pictures . Early life. Nicholson was born on September 14, 1916, in Seattle, Washington.
James H. Nicholson. Producer: Panic in Year Zero!. James H. Nicholson was a longtime theater owner and exhibitor and worked as a promo man for Realart Pictures prior to 1954, when he founded American Releasing Corp., Two years later, he decided he wanted to expand globally and, with lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff, formed American International Pictures.
James H. Nicholson was a longtime theater owner and exhibitor and worked as a promo man for Realart Pictures prior to 1954, when he founded American Releasing Corp., Two years later, he decided he wanted to expand globally and, with lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff, formed American International Pictures.
Mar 22, 2022 · Join us as we introduce this marvellous company, as well as its creators and some of its key pictures. When Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson formed AIP in 1954, it wasn’t an easy time for independent film exhibitors.
Dec 11, 1972 · LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10 (AP) —James H. Nicholson, who pro duced dozens of movies for teen‐age audiences, died at the U.C.L.A. Medical Center today, in the aftermath of surgery for a brain tumor in...
Sep 18, 2001 · The co-founder of American-International Pictures and the godfather of the beach party and teenage werewolf movies was 83. When Arkoff and partner James H. Nicholson founded AIP in 1954, the major Hollywood studios were little interested in movies aimed at teenagers, or in the summer releasing season.
It was formed on April 2, 1954, as American Releasing Corporation (ARC) by former Realart Pictures Inc. sales manager James H. Nicholson and entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff and their first release was the 1953 UK documentary film Operation Malaya.
