Michael Findlay
Michael Findlay
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 Directing
Most Rating 1.318
Birthday 1937-08-27
Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As Robert West, Julian Marsh, Francis Ellie, Robert Wuesterwurst,
Take Me Naked
1966

Take Me Naked

Janie
1970

Janie

Mnasidika
1969

Mnasidika

The Ultimate Degenerate
1969

The Ultimate Degenerate

A Thousand Pleasures
1968

A Thousand Pleasures

The Altar of Lust
1971

The Altar of Lust

The Curse of Her Flesh
1968

The Curse of Her Flesh

Lusting Hours
1967

Lusting Hours

The Touch of Her Flesh
1967

The Touch of Her Flesh

The Kiss of Her Flesh
1968

The Kiss of Her Flesh

Body of a Female
1964

Body of a Female

Bacchanale
1970

Bacchanale

Shriek of the Mutilated
1974

Shriek of the Mutilated

The Sin Syndicate
1965

The Sin Syndicate

Take My Head
1970

Take My Head

The Slaughter
1971

The Slaughter

Snuff
1976

Snuff

Virgins in Heat
1976

Virgins in Heat

Party Levitation
2021

Party Levitation