Michael Findlay

Michael Findlay

1937-08-27

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

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Snuff

Snuff

3.2

The Slaughter

The Slaughter

5.0

The Ultimate Degenerate

The Ultimate Degenerate

4.7

Janie

Janie

5.6

Mnasidika

Mnasidika

2.8

Shriek of the Mutilated

Shriek of the Mutilated

4.5

A Thousand Pleasures

A Thousand Pleasures

4.6

The Touch of Her Flesh

The Touch of Her Flesh

4.9

The Curse of Her Flesh

The Curse of Her Flesh

6.0

Body of a Female

Body of a Female

3.5

The Kiss of Her Flesh

The Kiss of Her Flesh

5.7

Take Me Naked

Take Me Naked

4.2

Lusting Hours

Lusting Hours

4.0

The Sin Syndicate

The Sin Syndicate

4.0

Party Levitation

Party Levitation

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Take My Head

Take My Head

2.0