Sandy Frank

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For the television writer with the same name, see Sanford Jay Frank.
Sandy Frank
Born
Sundel Francous

(1929-07-11) July 11, 1929 (age 94)
Mount Kisco, New York
Occupation(s)Television producer, distributor, marketer
Known forFounder of Sandy Frank Entertainment

Sandy Frank (born Sundel Francous; July 11, 1929) is an American television producer, distributor, and marketer of TV shows to US networks.

Early life and career

Frank grew up in

You Asked For It and Lassie, for which he had acquired the rights from the Wrather Corp.[2]

Sandy Frank Entertainment

Among the programs Frank's company produced or distributed were

The New Treasure Hunt (1973–1977), The Bobby Vinton Show (1975–1978), The Bill Cosby Show (1969–1971), The Dating Game (1973–1974), and Lee Mendelson's Superstar Specials. Frank later produced and distributed Name That Tune[3] and Battle of the Planets
. Frank was also the leading distributor of travel adventure shows including America, High and Wild, Across the Seven Seas, The Traveler, and American West.

The company obtained rights and provided English dubbing for the entire line of Daiei Film monster movies. Due to the constraints of airing in the then-new UHF television "movie of the week" format, however, the English versions are substantially shortened from the Japanese originals. Many of these films have now lapsed to the public domain.[4] These versions are best known for their frequent appearances on Mystery Science Theater 3000, where some of the company's dubs of Japanese films were lampooned, including a song titled "The Sandy Frank Song".

In 1972, the cover of Broadcasting read: "Sandy Frank Film Syndication, Inc. sets a new syndication sales record with The Parent Game: 125 markets sold in just 100 days of selling."[5]

Battle of the Planets

In April 1977, Frank attended the MIP-TV conference in Cannes. It was here Frank first encountered the Japanese animation Science Ninja Team Gatchaman from producer Tatsunoko Production run by the Yoshida brothers.[2] Frank committed to release the series in the United States after he saw the success of Star Wars in May 1977.[6] Battle of the Planets is the title of the American adaptation of this series, created by Frank. He authorized new footage and hired writers to add dialog to fit the look of the animation without reference to original scripts.[6] Of the 105 original Science Ninja Team Gatchaman episodes, 85 were used in the Battle of the Planets adaptation produced by Sandy Frank Entertainment in 1978.

Later career

In 2000,

NATPE, the professional organization of television program executives, featured Frank in the video The Legends of Syndication, an overview of the history of syndicated media selling.[7] Frank formed alliances in 2011 with a number of companies such as The Asylum in the United States and Sony in other countries. SFE has marketed Dangerous Minds (hosted by Rudy Giuliani
) for Primetime Network, You Asked for It for Prime Time Network, and Face the Music which is being re-launched in a new prime time version.

Film tax credit suit

In 2011, Frank filed suit against the denial of a

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, and Up In The Air. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sandy Frank Productions claimed "violations of Michigan's film tax credit law, Michigan's administrative procedures act, unjust enrichment, breach of contract, fraud, misrepresentation, and violation of equal protection and due process under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution."[8][9][10][11] A federal district court judge dismissed the complaint on January 4, 2012.[11]

References

  1. ^ "TV producer Sandy Frank and new wife Brenda, a former model, assault each other in 'war of roses'". New York Daily News.
  2. ^
    ISBN 9780230602038
    .
  3. ^ Gregorian, Dereh (11 March 2014). "'Name That Tune' producer Sandy Frank sues to get engagement ring back from ex-fiancée". NYDailyNews.com. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Gamera vs Barugon". Horror View.
  5. ^ "Broadcasting" (PDF). 1972-07-31. p. cover and p.13.
  6. ^
    ISBN 9781452915654
    .
  7. ISBN 9781134436354. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help
    )
  8. ^ Eric Gardner (2011-03-15). "TV Producer Claims Tax Credit Denial Was A Violation of U.S. Constitution". The Hollywood Reporter.
  9. ^ Alexandra Pichette (2011-03-25). "Michigan v. Game Shows: The Price is Wrong!". Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law.
  10. ^ "BREAKING: Schlussel Sues Over Michigan Film Tax Credit". Press release by Frank's lawyer Debbie Schlussel. 2011-03-09.
  11. ^ a b "11-10933 - Sandy Frank Productions LLC v. Michigan Film Office et al". U.S. Government Printing Office.

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