Michael Findlay

Michael Findlay

Known For: Directing

Date Of Birth:1937-08-27

Place Of Birth:New York City, New York, USA

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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The Ultimate Degenerate
Satan's Bed
Snuff
Christopher Street Blues
Invasion of the Blood Farmers
Shriek of the Mutilated
The Curse of Her Flesh
The Touch of Her Flesh
Take Me Naked
A Thousand Pleasures
Michael, Angelo and David
Michael, Angelo and David
Point Me Toward Tomorrow
Point Me Toward Tomorrow
Take Me Naked
Take Me Naked
Take Me Naked
The Kiss of Her Flesh
The Kiss of Her Flesh
The Sin Syndicate
The Kiss of Her Flesh
The Sin Syndicate
Virgins in Heat
The Touch of Her Flesh
The Touch of Her Flesh
The Touch of Her Flesh
Snuff
Satan's Bed
Satan's Bed
Body of a Female
The Ultimate Degenerate
A Thousand Pleasures
The Ultimate Degenerate
The Ultimate Degenerate
A Thousand Pleasures
Body of a Female
Body of a Female
The Kiss of Her Flesh
Body of a Female
Body of a Female
The Curse of Her Flesh
The Curse of Her Flesh
The Curse of Her Flesh
The Slaughter
The Slaughter
Mnasidika
Mnasidika
Shriek of the Mutilated
Vice Versa!
Vice Versa!
Vice Versa!
Vice Versa!
Take My Head
Take My Head
Take My Head
Take My Head
Take My Head
Janie
Kiss Today Goodbye