Founder And Chairman Of Harmony Gold, Frank Agrama, Has Passed Away At 93
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Frank Agrama, founder of television and film production company Harmony Gold, died on Tuesday at the age of 93. Born in Egypt, Agrama initially went into medicine, working as a practicing doctor in Cairo. Not content to follow in his father’s footsteps, Agrama moved halfway across the world to earn a bachelor’s degree in the Theatre of Arts from UCLA.
Frank Agrama’s name is synonymous with anime. He was the executive producer on the original Dragon Ball movie (1989 English dub) and created the Westernized Robotech, from the Japanese concept. Robotech was one of the first animes to move into the mainstream in the United States, paving the way for shows like Pokémon, Sailor Moon, and Dragon Ball Z. But Agrama was more than just one genre; his mini-series Heidi starring Jane Seymour was a staple viewing in households in the nineties.
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Agrama also dabbled in screenwriting, and was a fan of the monster movie genre. His most notorious effort The Dawn of The Mummy (starring Gregory Peck) was seized in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act. Eventually, a print of the movie made it past censors with less than two minutes of footage removed.
A pioneer, he was fundamental in establishing the film industry in Lebanon and made massive contributions to Italian motion picture production. Agrama was famously close to former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, but the association led to tax evasion controversies that would follow him throughout his life.
Frank Agrama is survived by his wife, Olfet, his son, Ahmed, and his daughter Jehan.
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