Martin Poll

Martin Poll (November 24, 1922 – April 14, 2012) was an American film and television producer. Poll produced eleven feature films during his career, including The Lion in Winter, for which he received a 1968 Academy Award nomination for Academy Award for Best Picture. The Lion in Winter, which starred Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole, received nine nominations and won three Academy Awards. It also won a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. Poll launched his production career in 1954, when he produced thirty-nine episodes of the televisions series, Flash Gordon, for distribution in West Germany and France. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was an adaptation of the 1999 published comic book series by Alan Moore and artist Kevin O'Neill.

Film production credits Poll produced eleven studio films. His credits included two films loosely based on Russian and Japanese novels: Love and Death (as executive producer), which was based on a Russian novel and directed by Woody Allen in 1975, and The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea in 1976, which was based on a Yukio Mishima novel.

Film Year Title Credit Notes 1957 The Big Fun Carnival Executive producer 1963 Love Is a Ball 1965 Sylvia 1968 The Lion in Winter 1969 The Appointment 1970 The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart 1972 The Possession of Joel Delaney 1973 The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing Night Watch 1975 Love and Death Executive producer 1976 The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea 1978 Somebody Killed Her Husband 1981 Nighthawks 1984 Gimme an 'F' Executive producer 1988 Haunted Summer 1991 My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys Final film as a producer

Television Year Title Credit Notes 1959 New York Confidential 1960 The Comedy Spot 1978 The Dain Curse 1979 The Fantastic Seven Television film 1983 Merlin and the Sword Television film 1993 Diana: Her True Story Executive producer Television film 2003 The Lion in Winter Executive producer Television film