Julius R. Nasso (born October 19, 1952) is an Italian-American film producer, pharmacologist, and businessman. Career Early years While attending college in 1974, Nasso founded Universal Marine Medical Supply, Co. (UMMSC). In 2014 Nasso was reportedly in the process of selling the company. In 1977, Nasso and his college professor Dr. Satish Patel formed Tishcon Corporation, one of the nation's largest private labeling vitamin and health supplement manufacturing plants, headquartered in Westbury, New York. In 1978, along with Xavier Roberts, he capitalized on the worldwide Cabbage Patch craze by opening the Cabbage Patch Babyland General Hospital Store, formerly located on 41st Street and 5th Avenue in Manhattan. At Babyland General Hospital Nasso met Steve Ross, then CEO of Time Warner, who became instrumental in Nasso's acquisition of an overall production deal at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California. Film career In 1980, while continuing his career in pharmaceutical distribution, Nasso accepted a position as a personal assistant to director Sergio Leone. Under Leone, Nasso worked on the New York portion of Once Upon a Time in America (1984), and participated in the development of two films: In God's Name and Saint Peter's Banker. At this time, Nasso began to attend courses and seminars in film production at Cinecittà Studios in Rome, Italy. From 1981 to 1983, while still developing projects with Leone, Nasso went on to produce a television pilot for a Fox TV show entitled "Behind the 8 Ball,” starring Jerry Orbach, John Amos, and Jimmy Baio. Nasso's next venture was as Head of International Promotions for the action film Above the Law (1986). This led to a 17-year producing partnership with Warner Brothers Studios, where Nasso was responsible for producing a series of action blockbusters including: Hard to Kill (1990), Marked for Death (1990), Out for Justice (1991), Under Siege (1992), On Deadly Ground (1994), Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995), The Glimmer Man (1996), Fire Down Below (1997) and The Patriot (1998). After his 17-year tenure at Warner Brothers Studios as a producer, Nasso returned to New York and co-founded Manhattan Pictures. He then produced and distributed Enigma (2001), starring Kate Winslet, Secret Lives of Dentists (2001) and In Praise of Love (2001), a Jean-Luc Godard film. In concurrence with Manhattan Pictures, Nasso founded Julius R. Nasso Productions, which produced award-winning films including: Prince of Central Park (2001), starring Kathleen Turner, Danny Aiello, Cathy Moriarty, Jerry Orbach