Roberta Findlay
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 30, 1943
- Birthplace
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Noted adult and exploitation cinema filmmaker Roberta Findlay was born Roberta Hershkowitz in 1943 in New York City. The youngest in a family of three children, Roberta grew up in a tenement apartment in the Bronx. Findlay's Hungarian immigrant parents wanted her to be a pianist. Roberta met her husband Michael Findlay while a student at the City College of New York after she volunteered to be the accompanying pianist for a silent movie program that Michael was running on campus. Roberta married Michael at age eighteen. The couple collaborated on several sleazy and sadistic exploitation features together in the 1960's which include the notoriously nasty "Flesh" trilogy. After parting ways with Michael in the early 1970's, Roberta went on to direct a handful of explicit hardcore movies for producer and distributor Allan Shackleton. Moreover, Findlay also worked on various films as an editor, composer, producer, and cinematographer. Roberta ended her directing career toiling away on low-budget horror and grindhouse fare throughout the mid to late 1980's. In addition, Findlay and her late partner Walter E. Sear founded the recording studio Sear Sound in New York City. - IMDb mini biography by: woodyanders
Filmography
Deep Blood 1990
Lighting Technician
Banned 1989
Director, Director of Photography
Prime Evil 1988
Director of Photography, Director
Lurkers 1988
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Lifestyles of the Blonde & Dirty 1987
Director
Blood Sisters 1987
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
- Babes in Joyland
Babes in Joyland 1987
Director of Photography
Wet Dreams 1985
Producer
Tenement 1985
Director, Director of Photography
The Oracle 1985
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Climax! 1985
Producer, Director
Shauna: Every Man's Fantasy 1985
Director
Mascara 1983
Producer, Director, Director of Photography
The Playgirl 1983
Director
The Widespread Scandals of Lydia Lace 1983
Actor, Director of Photography
Private Schoolgirls 1983
Director
Glitter 1983
Director of Photography, Director
Liquid A$$ets 1982
as Woman Who Gets Flashed by Quim (uncredited), Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Director, Editor
The Tiffany Minx 1981
Director, Editor, Producer
Platinum Paradise 1981
Editor, Director of Photography
Blonde Ambition 1981
Director of Photography
Honey Throat 1980
Director of Photography
Justine: A Matter of Innocence 1980
Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
Mystique 1979
Director
Honeysuckle Rose 1979
Music, Producer, Director, Writer, Editor
Candi Girl 1979
Director of Photography
Babylon Pink 1979
Director of Photography, Editor
Hot Child in the City 1979
Camera Operator
Summertime Blue 1979
Camera Operator
Beach House 1978
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
From Holly with Love 1978
Director, Writer
Acting Out 1978
Camera Operator, Director of Photography
Kinky Tricks 1977
Producer
The Final Sin 1977
Editor
Raw Footage 1977
as Cleaning Woman, Director
Visions 1977
Director of Photography
French Classmates 1977
Director of Photography
The New York City Woman 1977
as Woman in Kitchen, Music, Director, Editor, Camera Operator, Writer
- Dr. Love and His Strange House of Perversion
Dr. Love and His Strange House of Perversion 1977
Director of Photography
A Woman's Torment 1977
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Saturday Night Special 1976
Director of Photography
The Honeymooners 1976
Director of Photography, Camera Operator
Dear Pam 1976
as Miss Klug, Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Screenplay
Fantasex 1976
Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Editor
"Sweet Punkin" I Love You.... 1976
Editor, Writer, Director of Photography, Director
Sweet, Sweet Freedom 1976
as Hospital Dietician, Editor, Camera Operator, Writer, Director
Snuff 1976
as Carmela (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited), Director of Photography
Love in Strange Places 1976
as Passerby on Street (uncredited), Producer, Director of Photography, Music, Editor, Writer, Director
Anyone But My Husband 1975
as Bonnie's Mother (voice) (uncredited), Writer, Director
- The Wetter the Better
The Wetter the Better 1975
Writer
Slip Up 1975
Director
Angel Number 9 1974
as Stephanie (voice) (uncredited), Director of Photography, Director, Editor, Writer, Producer
Shriek of the Mutilated 1974
Director of Photography
The Clamdigger's Daughter 1974
Screenplay, Director, Producer, Gaffer
Fringe Benefits 1974
Director
Checkmate 1973
Director of Photography
All in the Sex Family 1973
Director of Photography
Teenage Milkmaid 1973
Director, Writer, Producer, Music, Editor, Lighting Director
Invasion of the Blood Farmers 1972
Director of Photography
- Rosebud
Rosebud 1972
Producer, Director of Photography, Music, Lighting Technician, Writer, Director
The Altar of Lust 1971
as Viveca Hansen (voice) (uncredited), Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Lighting Director, Original Music Composer, Producer, Lighting Technician
Vice Versa! 1971
Director of Photography, Screenplay
The Slaughter 1971
as Carmela (voice), Director of Photography
Bacchanale 1970
as 1st Mourner
Take My Head 1970
Director
Janie 1970
as Roberta, Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Director
The Ultimate Degenerate 1969
as Girl on Ferris Wheel / Voices (uncredited), Director of Photography, Lighting Technician, Producer
Mnasidika 1969
Producer, Director of Photography, Director
The Kiss of Her Flesh 1968
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director of Photography, Writer, Original Music Composer, Producer, Lighting Technician
The Curse of Her Flesh 1968
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited), Writer, Producer, Original Music Composer, Director of Photography, Lighting Technician
A Thousand Pleasures 1968
as Mrs. Davis / Voices, Producer, Lighting Technician, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer
The Touch of Her Flesh 1967
as Claudia Jennings (voice) / Credits Girl / Dream Girl (uncredited), Music, Director of Photography, Producer, Lighting Technician
Lusting Hours 1967
as Prostitute / Street Girl / Call Girl / Voices (as Anna Riva)
Take Me Naked 1966
as Elaine, Director, Sound, Lighting Technician, Music, Producer
Satan's Bed 1965
as Woman Tied to Pool Table, Lighting Technician
Body of a Female 1964
as Cindy (as Anna Riva), Lighting Technician
Credits from TMDB.