Known For
Directing
Born
Aug 27, 1937
Died
May 16, 1977
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
27 titles
Michael Findlay
Biography
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
Known For
Filmography
Party Levitation
(archive footage)
Christopher Street Blues
Director
Point Me Toward Tomorrow
Cinematography
Kiss Today Goodbye
Director
Michael, Angelo and David
Director
Snuff
Detective (archive footage) (uncredited)
Virgins in Heat
Richard Jennings
Wet and Wild
Shriek of the Mutilated
Decapitation Onlooker (uncredited)
Invasion of the Blood Farmers
Editor
The Altar of Lust
Dr. Rogers (voice) (uncredited)
Vice Versa!
Director
The Slaughter
Detective (uncredited)
Bacchanale
3rd Mourner / Timothy (voice)
Take My Head
Narrator (voice)
Janie
Homeowner (as Richard Jennings)
The Ultimate Degenerate
Spencer (as Robert West)
Mnasidika
The Kiss of Her Flesh
Richard Jennings
The Curse of Her Flesh
Richard Jennings / Joe Davidson
A Thousand Pleasures
Richard Davis
The Touch of Her Flesh
Richard Jennings
Lusting Hours
Partygoer / Call Girl's Client / Voices
Take Me Naked
The Bum's Friend
Satan's Bed
Director
The Sin Syndicate
Bearded Man (uncredited)
Body of a Female
Bruno (as Robert West)