Elliot Geisinger
Production
Biography
Elliot Geisinger was born on February 8, 1927. He was a producer and director, known for Child's Play (1988), The Amityville Horror (1979) and The Last of Sheila (1973). He was previously married to Elaine Geisinger. He died on June 19, 2022 in Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
Known For

After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her 6-year old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.
Child's Play

George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Victorian mansion nestled in the sleepy coastal town of Amityville, Long Island. However, their dream home is concealing a horrific past and soon each member of the Lutz family is plagued with increasingly strange and violent visions and impulses.
The Amityville Horror

A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt-style mystery game—but the game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.
The Last of Sheila

An aspiring country singer and his feisty younger sister/manager struggle to reach their dreams of Nashville stardom-as long as she can keep her brother out of trouble with the ladies and the law-in this drama "inspired by," but not really connected to, the hit '70s ballad.
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

A promotional short which details the making of 'The Enforcer'.
Harry Callahan/Clint Eastwood: Something Special in Films
An investigation into the reports of houses in Hollywood that are supposedly haunted by the ghosts of dead movie stars.
Hollywood Ghost Stories

Behind the scenes documentary of the filming of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana.
On the Trail of the Iguana

During the American Gold Rush era, an orphaned boy and his wild dog who must battle against the Yukon wilderness and human greed to help save a frontier town.
The Great Adventure

A young woman's dreams become real-life nightmares after a mysterious stranger comes into her life.
The Stranger

This documentary has interviews with actors and the director as they arrive for the 1968 New York world premiere of "Finian's Rainbow."
The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'

A short promotional film on the making of “The Wiz” (1978). Includes a brief history of Oz portrayals in film and behind the scenes interviews.
Wiz on Down the Road

Promotional behind-the-scenes look at 'The Drowning Pool' (1975).
Harper Days are Here Again

A documentary about the making of Peter Bogdanovich's screwball comedy "What's Up Doc?" starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal.
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?

Behind the scenes look at 'Magnum Force'.
The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today

A closer look at the making of "Klute" (1971). The project follows the complex shooting on multiple locations in New York with major stars Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland, under the direction of Alan J. Pakula. The two actors and the director share a little about their perspectives on the film and the experience of being part of it.
'Klute' in New York

A promotional short for Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973).
The Moviemakers
Promotional film depicting the production and Cannes premiere of the Sidney Lumet film "The Hill."
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill

Martin Scorsese, discusses the locations and personalities that inspired the film, in a promotional short for the film "Mean Streets."
Martin Scorsese: Back on the Block
Promotional short film on the making of Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973).
The Man Behind the Star

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Young Cassidy (1965), a film about Irish author Sean O'Casey.