Michael Findlay
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 27, 1937
- Died
- May 16, 1977
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
Party Levitation 2021
as (archive footage)
Christopher Street Blues 1977
Director
Point Me Toward Tomorrow 1977
Director, Cinematography
Kiss Today Goodbye 1976
Director
Michael, Angelo and David 1976
Director, Cinematography
Snuff 1976
as Detective (archive footage) (uncredited), Director, Writer
Wet and Wild 1976
Actor, Director, Writer
Virgins in Heat 1976
as Richard Jennings, Director
Shriek of the Mutilated 1974
as Decapitation Onlooker (uncredited), Director, Editor
Invasion of the Blood Farmers 1972
Editor
The Altar of Lust 1971
as Dr. Rogers (voice) (uncredited)
Vice Versa! 1971
Director, Producer, Editor, Screenplay
The Slaughter 1971
as Detective (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
Bacchanale 1970
as 3rd Mourner / Timothy (voice)
Take My Head 1970
as Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
Janie 1970
as Homeowner (as Richard Jennings), Director
The Ultimate Degenerate 1969
as Spencer (as Robert West), Director, Editor, Screenplay, Producer
Mnasidika 1969
Actor, Producer, Director
The Kiss of Her Flesh 1968
as Richard Jennings, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
The Curse of Her Flesh 1968
as Richard Jennings / Joe Davidson, Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
A Thousand Pleasures 1968
as Richard Davis, Director, Producer, Editor
The Touch of Her Flesh 1967
as Richard Jennings, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Lusting Hours 1967
as Partygoer / Call Girl's Client / Voices
Take Me Naked 1966
as The Bum's Friend, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
Satan's Bed 1965
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
The Sin Syndicate 1965
as Bearded Man (uncredited), Director, Director of Photography
Body of a Female 1964
as Bruno (as Robert West), Director, Editor, Writer, Producer, Camera Operator
Credits from TMDB.