Andrew G. Vajna (born András György Vajna; 1 August 1944 – 20 January 2019) was a Hungarian film producer. He produced films including the first three entries in the Rambo series, Total Recall, Tombstone, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Evita, and Terminator 3. Vajna founded the now-defunct production companies Carolco Pictures, Cinergi Pictures, and C2 Pictures, frequently in collaboration with Mario Kassar.
Andrew G. Vajna (born András György Vajna; 1 August 1944 – 20 January 2019) was a Hungarian film producer. He produced films including the first three entries in the Rambo series, Total Recall, Tombstone, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Evita, and Terminator 3. Vajna founded the now-defunct production companies Carolco Pictures, Cinergi Pictures, and C2 Pictures, frequently in collaboration with Mario Kassar.
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Early life and first business successes Andrew G. Vajna was born in Budapest to merchant György Vajna (born Weidmann) and his wife Klára. His family was Jewish. In 1956, at the age of 12, he fled Hungary and with the support of Red Cross made his way alone to Canada. He arrived having no friends and speaking no English. He would reunite with his parents in Los Angeles after they fled Hungary separately. He studied cinematography at University of California, Los Angeles, then joined the university's Educational Motion Picture Department, where he worked on various projects. Preferring independence, Vajna left UCLA to establish a photo studio, but that venture soon came to end when he broke his leg in a ski accident and the business could not operate for nine months. After his recovery, he became a hairdresser and teamed up with a boyhood friend, Gábor Koltai, a wig stylist in Hollywood, to produce high-quality wigs. Vajna moved to Hong Kong, where he established a wig-manufacturing company, Gilda Fashion. When Vajna sold the firm in 1973, it employed more than 3,000 people. Entering the film industry – The Carolco times Vajna launched his career in the entertainment industry by buying…
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Personal life and death
Vajna had a son named Justin, who committed suicide on March 2, 2007 at the age of 26. Justin was suffering from schizophrenia. Vajna died of a heart attack at his home in Budapest on 20 January 2019 at age 74.
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