Doris Wishman (1912 -- 2002) was an American exploitation director most well-known for making trashy low-budget productions starring well-endowed women. She began her career making modest nudist films in the early 1960s, but soon became a prolific director of sexy thrillers, comedies and horror movies, all in a field that was predominately male. After her career faded out in the late '70s, she eventually returned to directing late in life after her work developed a serious cult following.
Doris Wishman
Filmography
Each Time I Kill (2007)
Satan Was a Lady (2001)
Let Me Die a Woman (1977)
The Immoral Three (1975)
Deadly Weapons (1974)
Keyholes Are for Peeping (1972)
Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965)
Behind the Nudist Curtain (1964)
Nude on the Moon (1961)
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The 10th Lausanne Underground Film Festival is an epic event with films by Craig Baldwin, Usama Alshaibi, Calvin Lee Reeder, Stephen Dwoskin and more!
I’m seeing two dates listed online for Doris Wishman’s birthday. Both are in 1912, but some sources — e.g. IMDB and Wikipedia — give today, June 1, as her birthday, while others — e.g. Senses of Cinema — give it as July 23.
Here’s a list of films from the 2000-02 New York and Chicago Underground Film Festivals that were released on DVD, like Plaster Caster and Horns and Halos.
Notable underground film events of 1975 were the formation of Berks Filmmakers, the debut of the Rocky Horror Picture Show and Amos Poe making Night Lunch.
Notable underground film events of 1973 were P. Adams Sitney publishing Visionary Film, John Waters made Female Trouble and David Lynch directed The Amputee.
Notable underground films in 1972 were John Waters’ Pink Flamingos, Robert Downey Sr.’s Greaser’s Palace; plus Kenneth Anger published his own obituary.
Some notable underground film events in 1971 were Jonas Mekas ending his Movie Journal column, Willard Maas passing away and the first festival was held.
The 14th annual Chicago Underground Film Festival will be screening film Random Lunacy, plus films by Usama Alshaibi, Andrew Semans, James Fotopoulos and more.
The New York Underground Film Festival is the granddaddy of all the underground fests and they’re 14th year has films by Usama Alshaibi, Jim Finn and Mr. Young.
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