Biography
Starting off as a toy designer, his successful track record - a line of X-Men action figures were massive bestsellers - allowed Arad to branch out into television animation, producing cartoon series such as "Spider-Man" (Fox, 1994-98). He put himself on the map as executive producer on successful feature film adaptations of "Blade" (1998), "X-Men" (2000), "Spider-Man" (2002) and "The Hulk" (2003). Aside from his filmmaking duties, the …
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Career Milestones
2003 | Produced "Hulk," based on the TV series, starring Eric bana | |
2003 | Produced "X2," directed by Bryan Singer | |
2003 | Produced "Daredevil," starring Ben Affleck | |
2002 | Produced the summer Blockbuster "Spider-man," starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst; directed by Sam Raimi | |
2002 | Produced the sequal to the suprise hit "Blade II," once again starring Wesley Snipes | |
2000 | Produced the blockbuster hit "X-Men" | |
1999 | Produced TV series "Spider-Man Unlimited", "Avengers" and "The Silver Surfer" | |
1998 | Executive produced the surprise Wesley Snipes hit "Blade" | |
1998 | Took over Marvel Entertainment after its bankruptcy settlement | |
1993 | Became head of Marvel Studios division devoted to film and TV projects, when Marvel acquired a chunk of Toy Biz | |
1988 | Joined with fellow Israeli immigrant Ike Perlmutter at Toy Biz; created a series of X-Men action figures | |
| Designed toys for Mattel, Hasbro and Tyco | ||
1970 | Moved to America; worked as a truck driver and taught Hebrew to put himself through school | |
1965 | Was in the Israel Defense Forces; wounded in the Six-Day War and spent 15 months in a hospital | |