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  "description": "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.\n\nJoseph Toufik Merhi (born October 23, 1953) in Syria, is an indie film director and producer.\n\nIn 1984, along with fellow director Richard Pepin, Merhi founded the production company City Lights, which changed name a few years after to PM Entertainment. The company was sold in 2000 and closed soon after.\n\nBefore entering the movie industry, Merhi was the owner of several pizzerias located in the Las Vegas, Nevada area.\n\nSo far, he has directed a total of 32 movies, and produced more than 100.\n\nHe has produced many movies.\n\nHe is well known for his action scenes involving car chases and big explosions.\n\nHis last directed movie was Executive Target (1997). After that, he decided to leave the director chair and slowly moved on as a producer/executive producer of straight-to-DVD movies, until he returned to direct Oranges (2008) ten years after his last effort.\n\nDescription above from the Wikipedia article Joseph Merhi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.",
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