Michael Findlay

Directing·Aug 27, 1937·New York City, New York, USA

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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

Film	Credit
Christopher Street Blues1977 · Director	Director
Point Me Toward Tomorrow1977 · Director	Director
Kiss Today Goodbye1976 · Director	Director
Michael, Angelo and David1976 · Director	Director
Snuff1976 · Detective (archive footage) (uncredited), Director, Writer	Detective (archive footage) (uncredited), Director, Writer
Virgins in Heat1976 · Richard Jennings, Director	Richard Jennings, Director
Wet and Wild1976 · Actor, Director, Writer	Actor, Director, Writer
Shriek of the Mutilated1974 · Decapitation Onlooker (uncredited), Director	Decapitation Onlooker (uncredited), Director
The Slaughter1971 · Detective (uncredited), Director, Screenplay	Detective (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
Vice Versa!1971 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Take My Head1970 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer	Narrator (voice), Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
Janie1970 · Homeowner (as Richard Jennings), Director	Homeowner (as Richard Jennings), Director
The Ultimate Degenerate1969 · Spencer (as Robert West), Director, Producer, Screenplay	Spencer (as Robert West), Director, Producer, Screenplay
Mnasidika1969 · Actor, Producer, Director	Actor, Producer, Director
The Kiss of Her Flesh1968 · Richard Jennings, Director, Writer, Producer	Richard Jennings, Director, Writer, Producer
The Curse of Her Flesh1968 · Richard Jennings / Joe Davidson, Director, Producer, Writer	Richard Jennings / Joe Davidson, Director, Producer, Writer
A Thousand Pleasures1968 · Richard Davis, Director, Producer	Richard Davis, Director, Producer
The Touch of Her Flesh1967 · Richard Jennings, Director, Producer, Writer	Richard Jennings, Director, Producer, Writer
Take Me Naked1966 · The Bum's Friend, Director, Director of Photography, Producer	The Bum's Friend, Director, Director of Photography, Producer
Satan's Bed1965 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
The Sin Syndicate1965 · Bearded Man (uncredited), Director, Director of Photography	Bearded Man (uncredited), Director, Director of Photography
Body of a Female1964 · Bruno (as Robert West), Director, Writer, Producer	Bruno (as Robert West), Director, Writer, Producer