Michael Findlay

Also Known As: Robert West, Julian Marsh, Francis Ellie, Robert Wuesterwurst

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

Department: Directing

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Adult: No

Birthday: August 27, 1937

Age: 87 years old

Gender: Male

Deathday: May 16, 1977

Popularity:

1.32%

Known For:

Virgins in Heat
The Ultimate Degenerate
Lusting Hours
Take Me Naked
Janie
The Kiss of Her Flesh
The Touch of Her Flesh
Party Levitation
Mnasidika
A Thousand Pleasures
The Altar of Lust
Body of a Female
The Curse of Her Flesh
Shriek of the Mutilated
Bacchanale
The Sin Syndicate
Take My Head
The Slaughter
Snuff