Answer the following question: What key details about joseph merhi can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: joseph toufik merhi -lrb- born 23 october 1953 -rrb- , is an independent film director and producer . in 1986 , mehri founded the production company '' city lights '' with producer ronald l. gilchrist for his first movie '' hollywood in trouble '' . around 1989 after splitting from producer ronald gilchrist 's '' city lights '' mehri started pm entertainment along with fellow director richard pepin -lrb- the pm entertainment name comes from surnames pepin-mehri -rrb- . soon george shamieh joined as the third partner . the company was sold to the harvey entertainment group in 2000 and closed soon after . in 2003 the movie library was sold to echo bridge home entertainment . pm entertainment 's library consisted of over 150 films and 2 tv series . before entering the movie industry , merhi was the owner of several pizzerias located in the las vegas , nevada area . so far , he has directed a total of 32 movies , and produced more than 100 . his last directed movie was '' executive target '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- . 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 '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- ten years after his last effort .
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- birth name is joseph toufik merhi- birth date is 23 october 1953- name is joseph merhi- occupation is film producer , director , writer