A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Julian Marsh
Francis Ellie
Robert West
Robert Wuesterwurst
Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA
Born:
August 27, 1937
Died:
May 16, 1977
Michael Findlay, along with his wife Roberta Findlay, directed and produced numerous sexploitation movies. They have been described as "the most notorious filmmakers in the annals of sexploitation". In the mid-to-late 1960s, Findlay was prominent among a small group of underground New York filmmakers (including Joseph W. Sarno, Joseph P. Mawra, and Lou Campa) that produced exploitation "roughies" (a mix of sex and sadism) for the grindhouse theater market. Sometimes he would direct under the alias Julian Marsh and act in his own films billed as Robert West. His wife Roberta (aka Anna Riva) was the cinematographer, co-writer, and supporting actress for many of their films together. They also employed the same actors repeatedly, most notably Uta Erickson, and Marie Brent, aka Janet Banzet. The Findlays were friends with George Weiss, producer of Ed Wood's Glen or Glenda and a series of fetishistic Olga films (Olga's House of Shame, Olga's Girls, et al.). In 1964 Weiss encouraged them to make films in this new subgenre of violent sexploitation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Findlay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Camera Operator:
1964 Body of a Female
Director:
1964 Body of a Female
1965 Satan's Bed
1965 The Sin Syndicate
1966 Take Me Naked
1967 The Touch of Her Flesh
1968 A Thousand Pleasures
1968 The Curse of Her Flesh
1968 The Kiss of Her Flesh
1969 Mnasidika
1969 The Ultimate Degenerate
1970 Janie
1970 Take My Head
1971 The Slaughter
1971 Vice or Versa
1974 Shriek of the Mutilated
1976 Snuff
Director of Photography:
1964 Body of a Female
1965 Satan's Bed
1965 The Sin Syndicate
1966 Take Me Naked
1967 The Touch of Her Flesh
1968 A Thousand Pleasures
1968 The Curse of Her Flesh
1968 The Kiss of Her Flesh
1969 Mnasidika
1969 The Ultimate Degenerate
1970 Janie
1970 Take My Head
1971 The Slaughter
1971 Vice or Versa
1974 Shriek of the Mutilated
1976 Snuff
Editor:
1964 Body of a Female
1965 Satan's Bed
1965 The Sin Syndicate
1966 Take Me Naked
1967 The Touch of Her Flesh
1968 A Thousand Pleasures
1968 The Curse of Her Flesh
1968 The Kiss of Her Flesh
1969 Mnasidika
1969 The Ultimate Degenerate
1970 Janie
1970 Take My Head
1971 The Slaughter
1971 Vice or Versa
1972 Invasion of the Blood Farmers
1974 Shriek of the Mutilated
1976 Snuff
Producer:
1964 Body of a Female
1965 Satan's Bed
1965 The Sin Syndicate
1966 Take Me Naked
1967 The Touch of Her Flesh
1968 A Thousand Pleasures
1968 The Curse of Her Flesh
1968 The Kiss of Her Flesh
1969 Mnasidika
1969 The Ultimate Degenerate
1970 Janie
1970 Take My Head
1971 The Slaughter
1971 Vice or Versa
1972 Invasion of the Blood Farmers
1974 Shriek of the Mutilated
1976 Snuff
Screenplay:
1964 Body of a Female
1965 Satan's Bed
1965 The Sin Syndicate
1966 Take Me Naked
1967 The Touch of Her Flesh
1968 A Thousand Pleasures
1968 The Curse of Her Flesh
1968 The Kiss of Her Flesh
1969 Mnasidika
1969 The Ultimate Degenerate
1970 Janie
1970 Take My Head
1971 The Slaughter
1971 Vice or Versa
1972 Invasion of the Blood Farmers
1974 Shriek of the Mutilated
1976 Snuff
Writer:
1964 Body of a Female
1965 Satan's Bed
1965 The Sin Syndicate
1966 Take Me Naked
1967 The Touch of Her Flesh
1968 A Thousand Pleasures
1968 The Curse of Her Flesh
1968 The Kiss of Her Flesh
1969 Mnasidika
1969 The Ultimate Degenerate
1970 Janie
1970 Take My Head
1971 The Slaughter
1971 Vice or Versa
1972 Invasion of the Blood Farmers
1974 Shriek of the Mutilated
1976 Snuff
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