Acting
Fred Baker
Born July 26, 1932 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Died June 5, 2011 · aged 78
Fred Baker was an American filmmaker , director , screenwriter , film producer, actor and jazz musician .
Known For
Dawn of the Dead · 1978Dawn of the Dead
★ 7.51978
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Eraserhead · 1977Eraserhead
★ 7.31977
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
The Battle of Algiers · 1966The Battle of Algiers
★ 7.91966
MovieDramaWar
Former petty criminal Ali la Pointe becomes a commander of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directing a guerilla insurgency against the colonial French occupation. Paratrooper commander Colonel Phillippe Mathieu, a veteran of World War II and the First Indochina War, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings.
Affair in Trinidad · 1952Affair in Trinidad
★ 6.41952
MovieRomanceThriller
A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband's killer.
Working Girls · 1987Working Girls
★ 6.21987
MovieDrama
A lesbian college graduate, trying to bankroll her own photography business, works as a high-priced New York City escort.
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears · 1972Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
★ 5.01972
MovieComedyDocumentary
The outrageous, groundbreaking comic Lenny Bruce, whose iconoclastic material in a conservative era got him into tragic trouble, is profiled by a close friend, Fred Baker, who prefers to remember the laughs Lenny Bruce's memory evokes instead of the tears. By presenting Bruce's landmark skits on the Steve Allen Show, his failed TV pilot episode and a candid interview with Nat Hentoff, Bruce's genius and anguish show through the dramatic and tragic trajectory of his career from aspiring artist to hunted "lawbreaker".
Assata aka Joanne Chesimard · 2008Assata aka Joanne Chesimard
2008
MovieDrama
Through dramatic re-creation, archival newsreel footage and revealing interviews, director Fred Baker's docudrama explores the controversial murder case centered on Black Panther activist and political exile Assata Shakur. In 1977, Shakur was dubiously convicted for the shooting death of a New Jersey state trooper and was sentenced to life in prison, only to escape two years later and seek refuge in Cuba.
White Trash · 1992White Trash
★ 8.01992
MovieDrama
About the day after a young hustler named CC has died of AIDS. Like him, his pals Casino, Rio and girlfriend Rita, pregnant with his child, are all street prostitutes caught up in high-risk sex and drug-taking in West Hollywood.





