Michael Findlay

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

Directed

1. Snuff (1976) — Director
2. Shriek of the Mutilated (1974) — Director
3. The Ultimate Degenerate (1969) — Director
4. The Touch of Her Flesh (1967) — Director
5. The Curse of Her Flesh (1968) — Director
6. A Thousand Pleasures (1968) — Director
7. The Kiss of Her Flesh (1968) — Director
8. Janie (1970) — Director
9. Satan's Bed (1965) — Director
10. Mnasidika (1969) — Director
11. Take Me Naked (1966) — Director
12. The Sin Syndicate (1965) — Director
13. Body of a Female (1964) — Director
14. Vice Versa! (1971) — Director
15. Take My Head (1970) — Director
16. Christopher Street Blues (1977) — Director
17. Michael, Angelo and David (1976) — Director
18. Point Me Toward Tomorrow (1977) — Director
19. Virgins in Heat (1976) — Director
20. The Slaughter (1971) — Director
21. Kiss Today Goodbye (1976) — Director
22. Wet and Wild (1976) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Snuff (1976) — Detective (archive footage) (uncredited)
2. Shriek of the Mutilated (1974) — Decapitation Onlooker (uncredited)
3. The Ultimate Degenerate (1969) — Spencer (as Robert West)
4. The Touch of Her Flesh (1967) — Richard Jennings
5. Janie (1970) — Homeowner (as Richard Jennings)
6. The Kiss of Her Flesh (1968) — Richard Jennings
7. A Thousand Pleasures (1968) — Richard Davis
8. The Curse of Her Flesh (1968) — Richard Jennings / Joe Davidson
9. Bacchanale (1970) — 3rd Mourner / Timothy (voice)
10. Lusting Hours (1967) — Partygoer / Call Girl's Client / Voices
11. Mnasidika (1969)
12. Take Me Naked (1966) — The Bum's Friend
13. The Altar of Lust (1971) — Dr. Rogers (voice) (uncredited)
14. The Sin Syndicate (1965) — Bearded Man (uncredited)
15. Body of a Female (1964) — Bruno (as Robert West)
16. Take My Head (1970) — Narrator (voice)
17. Virgins in Heat (1976) — Richard Jennings
18. The Slaughter (1971) — Detective (uncredited)
19. Party Levitation (2021) — (archive footage)
20. Wet and Wild (1976)