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name: "Arthur M. Sarkissian"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/arthur-m-sarkissian"
fi1m_id: "arthur-m-sarkissian"
imdb_id: "nm0765306"
tmdb_id: 21636
wikidata_id: "Q56277038"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "11 May 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T02:16:35.124998+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Arthur M. Sarkissian

## Identity

Arthur M. Sarkissian

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/arthur-m-sarkissian
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** arthur-m-sarkissian
- **IMDb ID:** nm0765306
- **TMDB ID:** 21636
- **Wikidata ID:** Q56277038
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_M._Sarkissian, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56277038, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0765306/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21636

Producer. Born 11 May 1960 in Leninakan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Gyumri, Armenia].

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 11 May 1960, Leninakan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Gyumri, Armenia]
- **Active:** 1995–2001
- **Also known as:** Arthur Sarkissian, Artur Sarkissian
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 72 (2), 2000s 61 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 63 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Action 2, Crime 2, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $774m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_M._Sarkissian, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56277038, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0765306/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21636

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Rush Hour*](https://film.one/film/rush-hour.md) (70)

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## Biography

Arthur M. Sarkissian is an Armenian-American film producer. Born on 11 May 1960 in Leninakan (now Gyumri), Armenian SSR, USSR, he began his career as a fashion designer in England before moving into film production and founding Sarkissian Productions.

He is best known as a producer on the Rush Hour films (1998, 2001 and 2007). His other credits include executive producer on While You Were Sleeping (1995), producer on Last Man Standing (1996), The Foreigner (2017), The Protégé (2021) and Memory (2022), and executive producer on Kill the Irishman (2011). In 2026 he formed the production company Limitless Films with Jas Mathur.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, deadline.com, oak3.the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Rush Hour 2* (2001), Fi1m 61, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-2.md)
- *Rush Hour* (1998), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour.md)
- *While You Were Sleeping* (1995), Fi1m 74, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/while-you-were-sleeping.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Memory of a Killer* (2026), series, Executive Producer
- *The Man You Don't Know* (2024), Producer
- *Memory* (2022), Producer
- *The Protégé* (2021), Co-Producer, Producer
- *Odious* (2017), Producer
- *The Foreigner* (2017), Producer
- *Silver Skies* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Vegas* (2012), series, Executive Producer
- *Kill the Irishman* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Rush Hour 3* (2007), Producer
- *Rush Hour 2* (2001), Producer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-2.md)
- *Rush Hour* (1998), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour.md)
- *Last Man Standing* (1996), Producer
- *While You Were Sleeping* (1995), Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/while-you-were-sleeping.md)
- *Spontaneous Combustion* (1989), Executive Producer
- *Chopper Chicks in Zombietown* (1989), Producer, Presenter
- *Wanted: Dead or Alive* (1987), Producer
- *Quiet Cool* (1986), Executive Producer, Delegated Producer
- *Beyond Reason* (1982), Executive Producer
- *The Mother*, Producer
- *Tenor By Night*, Producer
- *Rush Hour 4*, Producer
- *Tink*, Producer

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