Gary Graver
Biography: Gary Foss Graver (July 20, 1938 – November 16, 2006) was an American film director, editor, screenwriter and cinematographer. He was a prolific filmmaker, working in various roles on over 300 films, but is best known as Orson Welles' final cinematographer, working over a period of six years on Welles' epic film The Other Side of the Wind which was released in 2018, 48 years after it was started. Graver began his career in the late 1960s as a cinematographer and editor of various B-movies, including several films by Roger Corman, before providing additional camerawork on John Cassavetes's A Woman Under the Influence (1974). He continued to serve as the cinematographer of numerous horror films from the late 1970s and through the 1980s, including The Toolbox Murders (1978), Trick or Treats (1982), which he also wrote, edited, and directed; Mortuary (1983), They're Playing with Fire (1984), and Twisted Nightmare (1988). Under the pseudonym of Robert McCallum, Graver was also a prolific director of adult films, working as a cinematographer and director on 135 features. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Graver, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 20, 1938
Deathday: November 16, 2006
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Bad Girls from Mars
1990-12-08
Bad Girls from Mars
Overview: Someone is killing off the female leads of the movie production "Bad Girls from Mars." The producers feel they should try to finish the film, even though they're making a lucrative amount from insurance payoffs, so they fly in European sex bomb Emanuelle as the new lead. Emanuelle immediately begins embarrassing the producers by leading a wild party life around town. Meanwhile the killings continue, and detectives try to stop the fiend responsible.
Genres: Comedy Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-08
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The Mighty Gorga
1969-07-19
The Mighty Gorga
Overview: A circus owner and a lady trapper trek into the African jungle to capture a giant gorilla for his circus.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-07-19
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Girls for Rent
1974-10-01
Girls for Rent
Overview: A team of girls go on a killing spree across the country.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-01
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Horror of the Blood Monsters
1970-02-01
Horror of the Blood Monsters
Overview: Astronauts land on a planet with prehistoric creatures and a war between a human-like tribe and a race of vampires.
Genres: Action Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-01
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Invisible Dad
1998-03-24
Invisible Dad
Overview: Doug Baily's father is weird, but a strange machine in the garage now makes him invisible too. It's a roller coaster ride of fun and hijinks as Doug tries to turn his invisible dad back to normal again.
Genres: Family Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-24
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The Dirty Dolls
1973-04-19
The Dirty Dolls
Overview: Johnny, a psychopath, puts together a gang made up of young teenage girls to commit crimes for him. Everything is going well until one day, during a diamond robbery, the girls are forced to take two hostages and bring them back to the hideout along with the loot. Furious, Johnny wants to kill the hostages so there will be no witnesses, but one of his gang, who happens to be his sister, starts to think that maybe Johnny is going too far.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-19
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Co-Ed Fever
1980-10-29
Co-Ed Fever
Overview: A national news magazine publisher decides to do a front-page story on his daughter's sorority.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-29
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Wild, Free & Hungry
1969-01-01
Wild, Free & Hungry
Overview: A carnival owner gets mixed up with gangsters and a speedboat racer. He soon finds himself in danger of losing his business, his wife and all his money.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns
1971-07-01
Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns
Overview: A Mexican bandit and his gang are offered a pardon and a cash reward if he will cross the border into America and bring back a gang of murderous gold thieves who robbed the local church and killed the priest and the Head Federales' wife and children.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-07-01
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Edge of Outside
2006-06-11
Edge of Outside
Overview: An hour-long documentary designed to celebrate the spirit of the independent filmmaker from D.W. Griffith to Quentin Tarantino. Interview footage and film clips are blended together to form a chronological approach to the subject matter.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-11
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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018-08-31
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Overview: As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-31
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The Embracers
1966-05-27
The Embracers
Overview: A girl and a boy meet, and a sexploitation feature ensues.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-05-27
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Shock Cinema: Volume Two
1991-01-01
Shock Cinema: Volume Two
Overview: Hour long documentary features interviews with filmmakers, actors and others who work low budget movies.
Genres: Horror Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Operation Cobra
1997-12-05
Operation Cobra
Overview: When Interpol officer Kyle Connors, Don "The Dragon" Wilson, watches his partner die in an explosion, he swears he'll hunt down the killer. Yanked of the case by Internal Affairs, Connors defied his orders and follows the only lead he has... to India. Now, he is in a strange land where nothing is what it seems. Who can he trust? A beautiful counter-operative? An earnest young cop? A reclusive arms dealer? In a country where assassins come cheap, Connors finds himself in a cobra's nest of danger and betrayal.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-05
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Masseuse
1996-02-02
Masseuse
Overview: Jack is a real scum-bag who is going to marry Kristy. He has a bad habit of sleeping with other women and stealing all of their money. Two weeks before their marriage, Kristy sees Jack having sex with their maid, Rosa. It turns out that he was threatening Rosa into having sex as well as his secretary, Diane. When he goes away on business, Kristy, Rosa, and Diane devise a way to get him back for all of the things he has put them through. They also decide to turn his house into a special massage parlor for a few nights so Kristy can try to make some of the money back that Jack stole from her.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-02
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Invisible Mom
1996-02-29
Invisible Mom
Overview: A family's life is thrown into comical chaos after mom accidentally drinks her inventor husband's latest concoction, an invisibility potion.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-29
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Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story
2007-02-20
Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story
Overview: The true to life story of one of Hollywood's top stuntmen, as well as some of the most spectacular stunts ever filmed. "Fall Guy" follows the life and times of legendary stunt man and director, John Stewart.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-20
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The Hard Road
1970-01-01
The Hard Road
Overview: A cautionary tale. At 17, Sherman Oaks high schooler Pam Banner has a baby out of wedlock. The baby is adopted, but Pam's too embarrassed to go back to school, so her dad gets her a job as the receptionist for a talent agent. A rock star takes her to a party, seduces and abandons her; that starts a spiral of partying, free love, and drug use. Pam becomes friends with Jeannie, a hooker who supports Jimmy, a useless druggie. Soon the three of them are living together, and Jimmy seems appealing to Pam. She's missing work more and more often, Jeannie wants out of the life, Jimmy is going through withdrawal, and Pam is in the middle of a maelstrom. Is there any exit for Pam?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Garage Girls
1980-04-17
Garage Girls
Overview: The misadventures of sexy female mechanics who attempt to open their own business.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-04-17
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And When She Was Bad...
1973-01-01
And When She Was Bad...
Overview: Ten years after his divorce, a man is surprised by a visit from his now-teenage stepdaughter from that marriage. Although he has a new woman in his life, he lets the young girl stay with them. What he doesn't know is that his new "housemate" is a deranged, homicidal nymphomaniac who tries to seduce both him and his girlfriend and takes her frustrations out on an unlucky Bible salesman.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Roots of Evil
1992-09-02
Roots of Evil
Overview: A serial killer is after hookers and strippers. A male detective and his female partner are assigned to stop him.
Genres: Horror Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-02
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Society Affairs
1982-10-01
Society Affairs
Overview: A penniless thief gets involved in a scheme to obtain money and sex by using his resemblance to a wealthy family scion.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-01
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The Ecstasy Girls
1979-11-08
The Ecstasy Girls
Overview: Struggling actor Jerry makes more money as an escort for the rich and famous than he does acting. Wealthy investor J. C. Church hires Jerry to seduce his sister and nieces, in order to have an excuse to disown them.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-11-08
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F for Fake
1973-09-01
F for Fake
Overview: Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-09-01
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The Other Side of the Wind
2018-11-02
The Other Side of the Wind
Overview: Surrounded by fans and skeptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. This film was started in 1970 but never completed during Welles lifetime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-02
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Working with Orson Welles
1993-01-01
Working with Orson Welles
Overview: "Working with Orson Welles" is a low-budget production put together by Gary Graver, who worked as a cameraman for Welles in the last 15 years of his life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson
2019-08-23
Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson
Overview: Brought to life through archival material and the reflections of over 40 colleagues, friends and fans, BLOOD & FLESH is much more than the story of a moviemaking life most unusual. It beautifully captures the worlds of outsider filmmaker communities that existed in California in the ’70s, and the weird ways they intersected with Hollywood mainstream and union indies. On Adamson shoots, regular Orson Welles crew and cinematographers like Gary Graver, Vilmos Szigmond and Lazlo Kovaks worked alongside Bud Cardos — and at one point, Charles Manson! Director David Gregory (founder of Severin Films, director of LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY’S ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU) spent years making this film, speaking to everyone down to the cops who investigated Adamson’s murder, vividly encapsulating both a bold life and tragic demise, with alien conspiracies, go-go dancers and Colonel Sanders coming in along the way. If you’ve got even a passing interest in cinema, you want to see this
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-23
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Zandor and Friends
2020-05-19
Zandor and Friends
Overview: Feature-length documentary taking a look at the making of Al Adamson's Dracula vs Frankenstein.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-19
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Rosabella - La storia italiana di Orson Welles
1993-09-08
Rosabella - La storia italiana di Orson Welles
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1993-09-08
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Orson Welles' Magic Show
1985-01-24
Orson Welles' Magic Show
Overview: Welles had a lifelong interest in magic, having been taught his first magic tricks by Harry Houdini in the 1920s, when Welles was still a boy. In this unfinished television special, filmed between 1976 and 1985, Welles performs various magic tricks for the camera, promising that no trick photography is used.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-24
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