Michael Findlay
Directing
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
Directing22
movieKiss Today Goodbye
1976
Director
movieSnuff
1976
Director
movieVirgins in Heat
1976
Director
movieWet and Wild
1976
Director
movieShriek of the Mutilated
1974
Director
movieThe Slaughter
1971
Director
movieVice Versa!
1971
Director
movieTake My Head
1970
Director
movieJanie
1970
Director
movieThe Ultimate Degenerate
1969
Director
movieMnasidika
1969
Director
movieThe Kiss of Her Flesh
1968
Director
movieThe Curse of Her Flesh
1968
Director
movieA Thousand Pleasures
1968
Director
movieThe Touch of Her Flesh
1967
Director
movieTake Me Naked
1966
Director
movieSatan's Bed
1965
Director
movieThe Sin Syndicate
1965
Director
movieBody of a Female
1964
Director
Acting20
movieParty Levitation
2021
(archive footage)
movieSnuff
1976
Detective (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieVirgins in Heat
1976
Richard Jennings
movieShriek of the Mutilated
1974
Decapitation Onlooker (uncredited)
movieThe Altar of Lust
1971
Dr. Rogers (voice) (uncredited)
movieThe Slaughter
1971
Detective (uncredited)
movieBacchanale
1970
3rd Mourner / Timothy (voice)
movieTake My Head
1970
Narrator (voice)
movieJanie
1970
Homeowner (as Richard Jennings)
movieThe Ultimate Degenerate
1969
Spencer (as Robert West)
movieThe Kiss of Her Flesh
1968
Richard Jennings
movieThe Curse of Her Flesh
1968
Richard Jennings / Joe Davidson
movieA Thousand Pleasures
1968
Richard Davis
movieThe Touch of Her Flesh
1967
Richard Jennings
movieLusting Hours
1967
Partygoer / Call Girl's Client / Voices
movieTake Me Naked
1966
The Bum's Friend
movieThe Sin Syndicate
1965
Bearded Man (uncredited)
movieBody of a Female
1964
Bruno (as Robert West)
Editing12
movieVice Versa!
1971
Editor
movieTake My Head
1970
Editor
movieTake Me Naked
1966
Editor
movieSatan's Bed
1965
Editor
Production10
movieVice Versa!
1971
Producer
movieTake My Head
1970
Producer
movieThe Ultimate Degenerate
1969
Producer
movieMnasidika
1969
Producer
movieThe Kiss of Her Flesh
1968
Producer
movieThe Curse of Her Flesh
1968
Producer
movieA Thousand Pleasures
1968
Producer
movieThe Touch of Her Flesh
1967
Producer
movieTake Me Naked
1966
Producer
movieBody of a Female
1964
Producer
Writing10
movieSnuff
1976
Writer
movieWet and Wild
1976
Writer
movieThe Slaughter
1971
Screenplay
movieVice Versa!
1971
Screenplay
movieTake My Head
1970
Writer
movieThe Ultimate Degenerate
1969
Screenplay
Camera5
movieTake My Head
1970
Director of Photography
movieTake Me Naked
1966
Director of Photography
movieSatan's Bed
1965
Director of Photography
movieThe Sin Syndicate
1965
Director of Photography
movieBody of a Female
1964
Camera Operator
Crew2
moviePoint Me Toward Tomorrow
1977
Cinematography
movieMichael, Angelo and David
1976
Cinematography