Joseph Wolf was a co-creator of one of the largest movie franchises in history, Halloween. The film is touted as the largest grossing picture dollar for dollar.  To date Halloween has grossed over one hundred million dollars in box office sales alone.  Upon the completion of Halloween, Mr. Wolf looked for a distributor.  After being turned down by all of the major distributors and studios, Mr. Wolf and his partners released the film nationwide and owned the film and its ancillary markets out right.

Joseph Wolf was considered the pioneer in home video.  Mr. Wolf had the foresight to license movies for home video use and owned one of the first independent videocassette distribution companies, Media Home Entertainment, Inc. and he served as the Chairman of the Board.  Media was considered the largest independent videocassette distribution company in the world.  Mr. Wolf was considered one of the leading experts in the videocassette and DVD business.

Another successful franchise that Mr. Wolf was responsible for is A Nightmare on Elm Street.  New Line Cinema submitted the screenplay to Media Home Entertainment for a co-production deal.  After reviewing the property Joseph Wolf decided to go ahead and co-produce the movie with New Line. 

Needless to say that co-production deal and Mr. Wolf’s insight helped to make New Line Cinema the company it is today.  Mr. Wolf later sold Media Home Entertainment, Inc. to Heron, Inc.  Mr. Wolf continued producing and distributing motion pictures until his death.  Mr. Wolf produced over 25 feature films for theatrical distribution and home video distribution.

Until the day he died in September of 2005 , Joseph Wolf was sought after on a daily basis from consulting various entertainment companies to public speaking engagements at Universities.  His expertise and knowledge have put Mr. Wolf in the category of a ‘Hollywood Legend’.

Related Sites:

• IMDB : Joseph Wolf