Avi Lerner

Avinoam Lerner (born 13 October 1947) is an Israeli-born film producer, primarily of American action movies. Lerner originally worked in movie theaters in Tel Aviv, but soon re-located to South Africa, where he produced several films in that country and also owned a chain of movie theaters there until he re-located once again to Los Angeles in the early 1990s. In 1991, he served as President of the independent production/distribution company, Global Pictures. Lerner founded two production companies, Nu Image and Millennium Films with Trevor Short, Danny Dimbort, and Danny Lerner. The companies have a varied output, though the vast majority are action films. Most of the action films Avi produces are filmed in Bulgaria, where he owns a...