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Avi Arad (Hebrew: אבי ארד) is an Israeli-American businessman. He became the CEO of the company Toy Biz in the 1990s. When Toy Biz took over Marvel Comics in a complicated deal, he became that company's CEO. He was instrumental in getting Marvel out of bankruptcy and expanding its profile through licensing deals and movies. On May 31 2006, Arad resigned his many Marvel positions including his leadership of Marvel Studios to form his own production company, Avi Arad Productions, where he will continue to work on various Marvel projects.

Arad is credited as executive producer for all of animated cartoons with Marvel characters created in the 1990s, starting with 1992's X-Men (animated series) for Fox Kids.

Arad can be seen in the movie X-Men as a diplomat at a party.

On July 4, 2003, Arad became a naturalized citizen of the United States.

Arad is currently the Executive Producer of Blade: The Series.

Quotes

• "Idiots. Idiots. Did you see 'Red Dragon'? Did you see that? And you saw 'Family Man', which is totally different, a very emotional story. Then, you have two giant comedies. What are they thinking? This is a great filmmaker. Do you know how much experience this guy has? Let alone his new Jessica Simpson video? This guy knows what he's doing." - said against fans who expressed their dissatisfaction about Brett Ratner being the director of the X-Men 3 movie.

Producer Filmography

• Captain America (2009)
• Thor (2009)
• Ant-Man (2008)
• Spider-Man vs.Hulk new animated movie (2008)
• Nick Fury (2008)
• Daredevil 2
• The Incredible Hulk (2008)
• Iron Man (2008)
• Magneto (2007)
• Spider-Man (2007)
• The Incredible Hulk (2007)
• Iron Man(2007)
• Fantastic Four 2 (2007)
• Wolverine (2007)
• Spider-Man 3 (2007)
• Wolverine & the X-Men (2007)
• Ghost Rider (2007)
• Iron Fist (2006)
• Fantastic Four (2006) (TV series)
• Blade (2006) (TV series)
• X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
• Ultimate Avengers (2006) (V)
• Fantastic Four (2005)
• Man-Thing (2005)
• Elektra (2005)
• Blade: Trinity (2004)
• Spider-Man 2 (2004)
• The Punisher (2004)
• Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (2003)
• Hulk (2003)
• X-Men 2 (2003)
• Daredevil (2003)
• Spider-Man (2002)
• Blade II (2002)
• X-Men Evolution (2000-2003) (TV series)
• X-Men (2000)
• Blade (1998)

References

External links

• The Rise of Captain Marvel The Jerusalem Report, August 8, 2005
• AmIannoying.com Profile
• Press Release about Arad's resign

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