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name: "Mario Kassar"
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roles: ["Producer"]
born: "10 October 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-09-19T17:09:29.938204+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."
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# Mario Kassar

Producer. Born 10 October 1951 in Beirut, Lebanon.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 10 October 1951, Beirut, Lebanon
- **Active:** 1990–2009
- **Also known as:** Mario F. Kassar, ماريو قصار
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as producer, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 73 (6), 2000s 49 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 60 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Thriller 6, Action 5, Science Fiction 4, Mystery 3, Adventure 2, Drama 2
- **Screen time:** 18 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,279m across 9 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Kassar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1385214, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0440830/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3986

## Biography

Mario Kassar is a Lebanese-American film producer and industry executive. Born on 10 October 1951 in Beirut, Lebanon, he founded the production company Carolco Pictures with Andrew G. Vajna in the 1970s.

Kassar produced or executive produced numerous films, including the first three entries in the Rambo series (1982–1988), *Terminator 2: Judgment Day* (1991), *Total Recall* (1990), *Basic Instinct* (1992), *Stargate* (1994) and *Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines* (2003). Carolco collapsed in the mid-1990s.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, mariokassar.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *Terminator Salvation* (2009), Fi1m 49, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-salvation.md)
- *Basic Instinct 2* (2006), Fi1m 36, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/basic-instinct-2.md)
- *Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines* (2003), Fi1m 61, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-3-rise-of-the-machines.md)
- *Showgirls* (1995), Fi1m 42, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/showgirls.md)
- *Cliffhanger* (1993), Fi1m 74, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/cliffhanger.md)
- *Basic Instinct* (1992), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/basic-instinct.md)
- *Terminator 2: Judgment Day* (1991), Fi1m 88, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-2-judgment-day.md)
- *Jacob's Ladder* (1990), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/jacobs-ladder.md)
- *Total Recall* (1990), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/total-recall.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

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

- *Foxtrot Six* (2019), Executive Producer, Producer
- *Terminator Salvation* (2009), Executive Producer — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-salvation.md)
- *Basic Instinct 2* (2006), Producer — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/basic-instinct-2.md)
- *Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines* (2003), Producer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-3-rise-of-the-machines.md)
- *I Spy* (2002), Producer
- *Lolita* (1997), Producer
- *Cutthroat Island* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Showgirls* (1995), Executive Producer — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/showgirls.md)
- *Last of the Dogmen* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Stargate* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Heaven & Earth* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Cliffhanger* (1993), Executive Producer, Presenter — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/cliffhanger.md)
- *Chaplin* (1992), Producer
- *Light Sleeper* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Universal Soldier* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Basic Instinct* (1992), Executive Producer, Presenter — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/basic-instinct.md)
- *Iron Eagle III* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Rambling Rose* (1991), Executive Producer
- *Terminator 2: Judgment Day* (1991), Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-2-judgment-day.md)
- *The Doors* (1991), Executive Producer
- *L.A. Story* (1991), Executive Producer
- *Jacob's Ladder* (1990), Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/jacobs-ladder.md)
- *Narrow Margin* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Repossessed* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Air America* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Total Recall* (1990), Executive Producer, Presenter — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/total-recall.md)
- *Mountains of the Moon* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Johnny Handsome* (1989), Executive Producer
- *DeepStar Six* (1989), Executive Producer, Presenter
- *Red Heat* (1988), Executive Producer
- *Rambo III* (1988), Executive Producer
- *Extreme Prejudice* (1987), Executive Producer
- *Angel Heart* (1987), Executive Producer
- *Rambo: First Blood Part II* (1985), Executive Producer
- *First Blood* (1982), Executive Producer, Presenter
- *Superstition* (1982), Executive Producer
- *The Amateur* (1981), Executive Producer
- *Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid* (1981), Actor
- *Escape to Victory* (1981), Co-Producer
- *The Changeling* (1980), Executive Producer
- *The Silent Partner* (1978), Presenter
- *Audition*, Producer
- *The Gunfighter*, Executive Producer

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