13 Facts About Martin Poll

Martin Poll was an American film and television producer.

Martin Poll was born on November 24,1922, in New York City.

Martin Poll launched his production career in 1954, when he produced thirty-nine episodes of the televisions series, Flash Gordon, for distribution in West Germany and France.

Martin Poll purchased and restored the Biograph Studios, a studio facility and film laboratory complex in the Bronx, during the 1950s.

Martin Poll reopened the studios in 1956 under a new name, Gold Medal Studios.

Martin Poll helped create numerous films at Gold Medal Studios, including A Face in the Crowd in 1957, The Goddess in 1958, The Fugitive Kind in 1959, Middle of the Night in 1959, and BUtterfield 8 in 1960.

Martin Poll was appointed the Commissioner of Motion Picture Arts of New York City in 1959 for his work with Gold Medal Studios.

Martin Poll sold Gold Medal Studios during the early 1960s to focus on film production.

Martin Poll's credits included The Dain Curse, a 1978 CBS television miniseries; The Fantastic Seven, a 1979 CBS television movie; and Diana: Her True Story, a TV film which aired on NBC in 1993 based on a book by Andrew Morton.

Martin Poll earned an Emmy nomination for executive producing a remake of The Lion in Winter, starring Glenn Close as Eleanor of Aquitaine, which aired on Showtime in 2003.

Martin Poll died in New York City on April 14,2012, at the age of 89.

In 2003, Cohen, together with production partner Martin Poll was at the center of a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, claiming the company had intentionally plagiarized a script of theirs titled Cast of Characters in order to create the Sean Connery-starring League of Extraordinary Gentlemen film in 2003.

Martin Poll's credits included two films loosely based on Russian and Japanese novels: Love and Death, which was based on a Russian novel and directed by Woody Allen in 1975, and The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea in 1976, which was based on a Yukio Mishima novel.