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Benjamin Melniker (May 25, 1913 – February 26, 2018) was an American film producer and centenarian. He was an executive producer with Michael E. Uslan on the Batman film series and other DC Comics films.
Feb 27, 2018 · Benjamin Melniker, best known as a producer on Warner Bros.’ many Batman projects, has died. He was 104. Melniker died Monday in Roslyn Harbor, New York. His fellow Batman producer Michael E....
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Benjamin Melniker was an American film producer and financier. Melniker was co-rights holder to the Batman brand in film and direct-to-video releases, credited as Executive Producer of all Batman movies made between 1989 and 2018, along with Michael E. Uslan.
In 1979, Melniker was approached by Michael E. Uslan at United Artists. Uslan proposed to him a more serious and dark movie project about Batman, and convinced him that the character could really work in a film, thus reinventing the whole genre of superhero movies. Melniker was impressed by Uslan’s ideas, and decided to proceed immediately to make a deal with DC Comics and get an option on the film rights, including animation (but excluding television), for Batman and all the characters attached to him.
On October 3, 1979, Melniker and Uslan concluded the agreement with DC, and founded Batfilm Productions, Inc.
Feb 27, 2018 · Benjamin Melniker, a prolific producer who held the distinction of earning a credit on every Batman feature film since 1989, has died. He was 104.
Feb 28, 2018 · Benjamin Melniker, one of the producers responsible for bringing Batman to the big screen, has died, aged 104. Fellow producer Michael Uslan — with whom Melniker had executively produced...
Mar 3, 2018 · Born in 1913 in Bayonne, NJ, died on February 26, 2018, at age 104. After graduating from Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn at age 15, he attended Brooklyn College and then entered Fordham Law...
Feb 27, 2018 · Benjamin Melniker, who produced several “Batman” projects, was an executive producer on “Justice League,” and was an executive at MGM, has died. He was 104.
