Roberta Findlay
Directing
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
Known for
Directing40
movieBanned
1989
Director
moviePrime Evil
1988
Director
movieLurkers
1988
Director
movieBlood Sisters
1987
Director
movieTenement
1985
Director
movieThe Oracle
1985
Director
movieClimax!
1985
Director
movieMascara
1983
Director
movieThe Playgirl
1983
Director
moviePrivate Schoolgirls
1983
Director
movieGlitter
1983
Director
movieLiquid A$$ets
1982
Director
movieThe Tiffany Minx
1981
Director
movieMystique
1979
Director
movieHoneysuckle Rose
1979
Director
movieBeach House
1978
Director
movieFrom Holly with Love
1978
Director
movieRaw Footage
1977
Director
movieThe New York City Woman
1977
Director
movieA Woman's Torment
1977
Director
movieDear Pam
1976
Director
movieFantasex
1976
Director
movieSweet, Sweet Freedom
1976
Director
movieLove in Strange Places
1976
Director
movieAnyone But My Husband
1975
Director
movieSlip Up
1975
Director
movieAngel Number 9
1974
Director
movieFringe Benefits
1974
Director
movieTeenage Milkmaid
1973
Director
movieRosebud
1972
Director
movieThe Altar of Lust
1971
Director
movieTake My Head
1970
Director
movieJanie
1970
Director
movieMnasidika
1969
Director
movieTake Me Naked
1966
Director
Camera50
movieBanned
1989
Director of Photography
moviePrime Evil
1988
Director of Photography
movieLurkers
1988
Director of Photography
movieBlood Sisters
1987
Director of Photography
Babes in Joyland
1987
Director of Photography
movieTenement
1985
Director of Photography
movieThe Oracle
1985
Director of Photography
movieMascara
1983
Director of Photography
movieThe Widespread Scandals of Lydia Lace
1983
Director of Photography
movieGlitter
1983
Director of Photography
movieLiquid A$$ets
1982
Director of Photography
moviePlatinum Paradise
1981
Director of Photography
movieBlonde Ambition
1981
Director of Photography
movieHoney Throat
1980
Director of Photography
movieJustine: A Matter of Innocence
1980
Director of Photography
movieCandi Girl
1979
Director of Photography
movieBabylon Pink
1979
Director of Photography
movieHot Child in the City
1979
Camera Operator
movieSummertime Blue
1979
Camera Operator
movieBeach House
1978
Director of Photography
movieActing Out
1978
Director of Photography, Camera Operator
movieVisions
1977
Director of Photography
movieFrench Classmates
1977
Director of Photography
movieThe New York City Woman
1977
Camera Operator
movieA Woman's Torment
1977
Director of Photography
Dr. Love and His Strange House of Perversion
1977
Director of Photography
movieSaturday Night Special
1976
Director of Photography
movieThe Honeymooners
1976
Director of Photography, Camera Operator
movieDear Pam
1976
Director of Photography
movieFantasex
1976
Director of Photography
movie'Sweet Punkin' I Love You...
1976
Director of Photography
movieSweet, Sweet Freedom
1976
Camera Operator
movieSnuff
1976
Director of Photography
movieLove in Strange Places
1976
Director of Photography
movieAngel Number 9
1974
Director of Photography
movieShriek of the Mutilated
1974
Director of Photography
movieCheckmate
1973
Director of Photography
movieAll in the Sex Family
1973
Director of Photography
movieInvasion of the Blood Farmers
1972
Director of Photography
movieRosebud
1972
Director of Photography
movieThe Altar of Lust
1971
Director of Photography
movieVice Versa!
1971
Director of Photography
movieThe Slaughter
1971
Director of Photography
movieJanie
1970
Director of Photography, Camera Operator
movieThe Ultimate Degenerate
1969
Director of Photography
movieMnasidika
1969
Director of Photography
movieThe Kiss of Her Flesh
1968
Director of Photography
movieThe Curse of Her Flesh
1968
Director of Photography
movieA Thousand Pleasures
1968
Director of Photography
movieThe Touch of Her Flesh
1967
Director of Photography
Acting24
movieLiquid A$$ets
1982
Woman Who Gets Flashed by Quim (uncredited)
movieRaw Footage
1977
Cleaning Woman
movieThe New York City Woman
1977
Woman in Kitchen
movieDear Pam
1976
Miss Klug
movieSweet, Sweet Freedom
1976
Hospital Dietician
movieSnuff
1976
Carmela (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieLove in Strange Places
1976
Passerby on Street (uncredited)
movieAnyone But My Husband
1975
Bonnie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
movieAngel Number 9
1974
Stephanie (voice) (uncredited)
movieThe Altar of Lust
1971
Viveca Hansen (voice) (uncredited)
movieThe Slaughter
1971
Carmela (voice)
movieBacchanale
1970
1st Mourner
movieJanie
1970
Roberta
movieThe Ultimate Degenerate
1969
Girl on Ferris Wheel / Voices (uncredited)
movieThe Kiss of Her Flesh
1968
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
movieThe Curse of Her Flesh
1968
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
movieA Thousand Pleasures
1968
Mrs. Davis / Voices
movieThe Touch of Her Flesh
1967
Claudia Jennings (voice) / Credits Girl / Dream Girl (uncredited)
movieLusting Hours
1967
Prostitute / Street Girl / Call Girl / Voices (as Anna Riva)
movieTake Me Naked
1966
Elaine
movieSatan's Bed
1965
Woman Tied to Pool Table
movieBody of a Female
1964
Cindy (as Anna Riva)
Production22
movieWet Dreams
1985
Producer
movieClimax!
1985
Producer
movieMascara
1983
Producer
movieLiquid A$$ets
1982
Producer
movieThe Tiffany Minx
1981
Producer
movieHoneysuckle Rose
1979
Producer
movieBeach House
1978
Producer
movieKinky Tricks
1977
Producer
movieA Woman's Torment
1977
Producer
movieLove in Strange Places
1976
Producer
movieAngel Number 9
1974
Producer
movieRosebud
1972
Producer
movieThe Altar of Lust
1971
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
Writing21
movieBlood Sisters
1987
Writer
movieLiquid A$$ets
1982
Writer
movieBeach House
1978
Writer
movieDear Pam
1976
Screenplay
movieFantasex
1976
Writer
movieAngel Number 9
1974
Writer
movieThe Clamdigger's Daughter
1974
Screenplay
movieRosebud
1972
Writer
movieThe Altar of Lust
1971
Screenplay
movieVice Versa!
1971
Screenplay
Editing17
movieLurkers
1988
Editor
movieBlood Sisters
1987
Editor
movieThe Oracle
1985
Editor
movieLiquid A$$ets
1982
Editor
movieBabylon Pink
1979
Editor
movieThe Final Sin
1977
Editor
movieDear Pam
1976
Editor
movieFantasex
1976
Editor
movieAngel Number 9
1974
Editor
Lighting12
movieDeep Blood
1990
Lighting Technician
movieRosebud
1972
Lighting Technician
movieThe Altar of Lust
1971
Lighting Director, Lighting Technician
movieThe Ultimate Degenerate
1969
Lighting Technician
movieThe Kiss of Her Flesh
1968
Lighting Technician
movieThe Curse of Her Flesh
1968
Lighting Technician
movieA Thousand Pleasures
1968
Lighting Technician
movieThe Touch of Her Flesh
1967
Lighting Technician
movieTake Me Naked
1966
Lighting Technician
movieSatan's Bed
1965
Lighting Technician
movieBody of a Female
1964
Lighting Technician
Sound10
movieRosebud
1972
Music
movieThe Altar of Lust
1971
Original Music Composer
movieThe Kiss of Her Flesh
1968
Original Music Composer
movieThe Curse of Her Flesh
1968
Original Music Composer
movieA Thousand Pleasures
1968
Original Music Composer
movieTake Me Naked
1966
Music, Sound