From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Menahem Golan born 31 October 1929 died 8 August 2014 was an Israeli director and producer He has produced movies for such stars as Sean Connery Sylvester Stallone Chuck Norris JeanClaude Van Damme and Charles Bronson and was known for a period as a producer of comic bookstyle movies like Masters of the Universe Superman IV The Quest for Peace Captain America and his aborted attempt to bring SpiderMan to the silver screen Using the pen name of Joseph Goldman Golan also wrote and polished film scripts He was coowner of GolanGlobus with his cousin Yoram Globus Description above from the Wikipedia article Menahem Golan licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia