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Michael Findlay

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


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Born:
Aug 27, 1937 In New York City, New York, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
17
First Appeared:
In the movie Body of a Female 1964-11-03
Latest Project:
Movie Snuff 1976-01-16
Known For
Poster of Snuff
Poster of The Altar of Lust
Poster of The Slaughter
Poster of The Sin Syndicate
Filmography
Movie Snuff Detective (archive footage) (uncredited) 1976-01-16
Movie Shriek of the Mutilated Decapitation Onlooker (uncredited) 1974-08-02
Movie The Slaughter Detective (uncredited) 1971-01-01
Movie The Altar of Lust Dr. Rogers (voice) (uncredited) 1971-12-10
Movie Janie Homeowner (as Richard Jennings) 1970-01-01
Movie Bacchanale 3rd Mourner / Timothy (voice) 1970-06-03
Movie Take My Head Narrator (voice) 1970-05-01
Movie Mnasidika 1969-01-01
Movie The Ultimate Degenerate Spencer (as Robert West) 1969-04-25
Movie A Thousand Pleasures Richard Davis 1968-01-01
Movie The Curse of Her Flesh Richard Jennings / Joe Davidson 1968-12-19
Movie The Kiss of Her Flesh Richard Jennings 1968-12-27
Movie Lusting Hours Partygoer / Call Girl's Client / Voices 1967-01-01
Movie The Touch of Her Flesh Richard Jennings 1967-04-19
Movie Take Me Naked The Bum's Friend 1966-10-21
Movie The Sin Syndicate Bearded Man (uncredited) 1965-01-01
Movie Body of a Female Bruno (as Robert West) 1964-11-03