Foundation of Motion Picture Pioneers Award "Pioneers of the Year" 1971
Commendatore of the Order of Merit by the President of the Republic of Italy 1970
Theatre Owners of America Master Showmen of the Decade Award 1964
Allied States Association of Motion Picture Theatre Owners Producers of the Year Award 1963
2000 Signed deal with HBO allowing remakes of five AIP films
1993 Received star Number 1973 on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on January 14
1981 Formed Arkoff International Pictures (president)
1980 AIP released "Mad Max", featuring Mel Gibson (although dialogue was re-dubbed to eradicate Australian accents)
1980 Formed Samuel Z Arkoff Company (president and chairman)
1973 First association between John Milius and AIP, "Dillinger"
1972 AIP released "Boxcar Bertha", helmed by Martin Scorsese, and "Sisters", directed by Brian De Palma
1966 AIP released the English-language dubbed version of "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" with dialogue by Woody Allen
1966 Moved into highbrow fare releasing Fellini's "La Dolce Vita"
1963 Enjoyed success with the teen "beach" movie "Beach Party", starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello
1960 With "House of Usher" starring Vincent Price, AIP began series of adaptations based in part on the writings of Edgar Allen Poe
1957 AIP released "I Was a Teenage Werewolf", starring Michael Landon
1955 Company name changed to American International Pictures (AIP)
1954 Co-founded American Releasing Corp. with James H Nicholson; first released film "The Fast and the Furious", directed by Roger Corman
1952 Suffered a cerebral hemorrhage; recovered after spending a week in a coma
1950 Began producing career with TV's "The Hank McCune Show" (NBC)
Raised in Fort Dodge, Iowa
During WWII, served in the US Air Force as a cryptographer
