Michael Findlay
Age: 39 | From: New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1937-08-27 03:38:50
Death: 1977-05-16 03:38:50
Aliases: Robert West , Julian Marsh , Francis Ellie
Gender: Male
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 76
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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
Most Famous Work
Snuff
(1975) Writer
The Ultimate Degenerate
(1969) Screenplay
Satan's Bed
(1965) Editor
Invasion of the Blood Farmers
(1972) Editor
Shriek of the Mutilated
(1974) Editor
Janie
(1970) Director
Body of a Female
(1964) Writer
The Sin Syndicate
(1965) DirectorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Richard Jennings | |
| 1975 | Detective (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1974 | Decapitation Onlooker (uncredited) | |
| 1971 | Dr. Rogers (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Detective (uncredited) | ||
| 1970 | 3rd Mourner / Timothy (voice) | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Homeowner (as Richard Jennings) | ||
| 1969 | Spencer | |
| N/A | ||
| 1968 | Richard Jennings | |
| Richard Jennings / Joe Davidson | ||
| Richard Davis | ||
| 1967 | Richard Jennings (as Robert West) | |
| Partygoer / Call Girl's Client / Voices | ||
| 1966 | The Bum's Friend | |
| 1965 | Bearded Man (uncredited) | |
| 1964 | Bruno (as Robert West) | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
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| 1964 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Cinematography | |
| 1976 | Cinematography | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Writer | |
| 1971 | Screenplay | |
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| 1970 | Writer | |
| 1969 | Screenplay | |
| 1968 | Writer | |
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| 1967 | Writer | |
| 1964 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Editor | |
| 1972 | Editor | |
| 1971 | Editor | |
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| 1969 | Editor | |
| 1968 | Editor | |
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| 1967 | Editor | |
| 1966 | Editor | |
| 1965 | Editor | |
| 1964 | Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Producer | |
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| 1969 | Producer | |
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| 1968 | Producer | |
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| 1967 | Producer | |
| 1966 | Producer | |
| 1964 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Camera
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Director of Photography | |
| 1966 | Director of Photography | |
| 1965 | Director of Photography | |
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| 1964 | Camera Operator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |