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Roberta Findlay

Born December 30, 1943 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA (age 82)

Noted adult and exploitation cinema filmmaker Roberta Findlay was born Roberta Hershkowitz in 1943 in New York City. The youngest in a family of three children, Roberta grew up in a tenement apartment in the Bronx. Findlay's Hungarian immigrant parents wanted her to be a pianist. Roberta met her husband Michael Findlay while a student at the City College of New York after she volunteered to be the…

Known For

Banned

MovieMusicFantasy

A mellow jazz guitarist is possessed by the ghost of a wild punk rocker.

The Ultimate Degenerate

The Ultimate Degenerate · 1969

The Ultimate Degenerate

MovieHorrorThriller

Man drugs, photographs & tortures women he meets by personal ads.

Prime Evil

Prime Evil · 1988

MovieHorrorThriller

Nestled in a Manhattan monastery, evil is lurking. A group of devil worshipping monks are stalking the city, looking for victims to sacrifice to the dark lord in the hope of bringing satanic rule to the world!

Body of a Female

Body of a Female · 1964

Body of a Female

MovieDramaThriller

A stripper is kidnapped by a drifter and taken to the home of a wealthy pervert. The pervert proceeds to strip her and beat her with a whip. She escapes, and he has to track her down and kill her before she can notify the police.

Tenement

Tenement · 1985

MovieActionThriller

A drug-dealing band of violent street thugs terrorize the tenants of a South Bronx apartment building.

Vice Versa!

Vice Versa! · 1971

List film. A soft-core film that explores the subject of bisexuality.

Deep Blood

Deep Blood · 1990

Several young men have to stop an ancient native American evil in the form of a killer shark which is attacking a small beach community.

Invasion of the Blood Farmers

Invasion of the Blood Farmers · 1972

Invasion of the Blood Farmers

Somewhere in upstate New York, a young woman is terrorized by a group of rural farmers primarily interested in a harvest of blood.

Filmography

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Banned

MovieMusicFantasy

A mellow jazz guitarist is possessed by the ghost of a wild punk rocker.

Director

The Ultimate Degenerate

The Ultimate Degenerate · 1969

The Ultimate Degenerate

MovieHorrorThriller

Man drugs, photographs & tortures women he meets by personal ads.

Lighting Technician

Prime Evil

Prime Evil · 1988

MovieHorrorThriller

Nestled in a Manhattan monastery, evil is lurking. A group of devil worshipping monks are stalking the city, looking for victims to sacrifice to the dark lord in the hope of bringing satanic rule to the world!

Director

Body of a Female

Body of a Female · 1964

Body of a Female

MovieDramaThriller

A stripper is kidnapped by a drifter and taken to the home of a wealthy pervert. The pervert proceeds to strip her and beat her with a whip. She escapes, and he has to track her down and kill her before she can notify the police.

Lighting Technician

Tenement

Tenement · 1985

MovieActionThriller

A drug-dealing band of violent street thugs terrorize the tenants of a South Bronx apartment building.

Director

Vice Versa!

Vice Versa! · 1971

List film. A soft-core film that explores the subject of bisexuality.

Director of Photography

Deep Blood

Deep Blood · 1990

Several young men have to stop an ancient native American evil in the form of a killer shark which is attacking a small beach community.

Lighting Technician

Invasion of the Blood Farmers

Invasion of the Blood Farmers · 1972

Invasion of the Blood Farmers

Somewhere in upstate New York, a young woman is terrorized by a group of rural farmers primarily interested in a harvest of blood.

Director of Photography

The Clamdigger's Daughter

The Clamdigger's Daughter · 1974

The Clamdigger's Daughter

The daughter of a poverty-stricken New England clamdigger falls in love with the son of her father's rival. His family, in turn, wants him to marry the daughter of a wealthy and prominent family. Complications ensue.

Director

Blood Sisters

Blood Sisters · 1987

MovieHorrorThriller

Seven girls must spend the night in an old house, which once was a brothel, as part of an initiation.

Director

Snuff

The followers of a charismatic cult leader set out to murder a pregnant actress.

Director of Photography

Janie

A sadistic teenager searching for "Daddy" murders and dismembers anybody who picks her up hitch-hiking.

Director of Photography

The Curse of Her Flesh

The Curse of Her Flesh · 1968

The Curse of Her Flesh

MovieHorrorThriller

Continuing his quest to rid the world of sex-crazed females, Richard ups the ante - and bodycount, devising an array of increasingly gruesome methods of dispatching his victims all while planning the ultimate revenge against his wife's lover, Steve.

Lighting Technician

Shriek of the Mutilated

Shriek of the Mutilated · 1974

Shriek of the Mutilated

An anthropology professor has invited his class to a remote cabin in the mountains to research the mythical Abominable Snowman. Soon after they arrive, strange events begin to befall the students, including sightings of a huge, white, furry creature.

Director of Photography

A Thousand Pleasures

A Thousand Pleasures · 1968

A Thousand Pleasures

Henpecked misogynist Richard Davis murders his shrewish wife and goes out to dispose of her corpse. However, things go awry for Richard after he's abducted by a pair of insane lesbians who take him to their house where they keep a grown woman called Baby in a crib.

Lighting Technician

The Touch of Her Flesh

The Touch of Her Flesh · 1967

The Touch of Her Flesh

MovieHorrorThriller

Richard Jennings returns from a business trip to discover his wife in bed with a lover. Panic stricken, he staggers to the street and is hit by a car, losing an eye. Scorned and vengeful, he adopts a new identity and begins a murderous rampage against all women he deems "immoral."

Producer

Take My Head

Take My Head · 1970

Shot without sound, this is little more than a series of soft-core vignettes strung together via narration. Not a highlight in the careers of NYC sexploitation filmmakers Michael and Roberta Findlay.

Director

The Kiss of Her Flesh

The Kiss of Her Flesh · 1968

The Kiss of Her Flesh

MovieThrillerHorror

Richard has lost what little sanity he had left, instead putting all emphasis on seeking out and brutally slaying any and every woman who crosses his path. However, this time he might have met his match as his deceased wife's sister, Maria, is hellbent on putting an end to his orgiastic rampage.

Writer

The Oracle

The Oracle · 1985

MovieHorrorCrime

A murder victim reaches out from beyond the grave in an attempt to possess the body of a young woman who has moved into his old apartment.

Director

Lurkers

Lurkers · 1988

MovieHorrorThriller

When Cathy was a girl, she saw her deranged mother murder her father and only narrowly escaped with her life. Haunted by memories of her macabre childhood, her nightmares turn into a terrifying reality when she's lured back to her childhood home.

Director of Photography

Acting Out

Acting Out · 1978

MovieDocumentaryDrama

This unusual documentary-style feature starts with ordinary people discussing their private erotic desires; what sets it apart from other documentaries, which often feature a lot of talk, is that in this experimental film, 10 of the subjects then act out their most intimate fantasies. Carl Gurevich and Ralph Rosenblum (the acclaimed editor of Woody Allen's comedies Annie Hall and Sleeper) co-direct this daring peek into the human sexual psyche.

Director of Photography

Take Me Naked

Take Me Naked · 1966

MovieHorrorCrime

A man's sexual obsession with a neighbor ends in bloodshed.

Director

Checkmate

Checkmate · 1973

MovieActionThriller

The Federation's Boss must call their best agent out of a bedroom romp with a gentleman because the USA, Russia, Britain and France, are under the menace of an atomic weapon carried by their very own super secret joint satellite.

Director of Photography

Satan's Bed

Satan's Bed · 1965

MovieCrimeDrama

A young Japanese girl arriving in New York City gets mixed up with mobsters and dope dealers.

Lighting Technician