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Russell Albion "Russ" Meyer (March 21, 1922 (Oakland, California) – September 18, 2004) was an American motion picture director.
He processed a total of amateur films at the age of Fifteen, & worked in the period of World War II as a newsreel cameraman. Upon giving to civilian life, he became the glamor lensman, & discovered himself working for Hugh Hefner's newly launched Playboy magazine.
From either on text, he became the director of nudie films. His films come additional ribaldry than pornography, and seem outstandingly focussed in women by owning big breasts. His late films come most totally devoted to this vision; his discoveries include Kitten Natividad and Uschi Digard. He co-wrote Beyond the Valley of the Dolls with film critic Roger Ebert. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! is usually considered to be his greatest, or at least his most idiosyncratic, picture. Below a Vale of the Ultravixens, his final film proper (1979), is considered his funniest.
Meyer was known for his quickly wit. When participating using Roger Ebert in a panel discussion at Yale University, he was confronted by an angry woman who accused him of existence "nothing but a breast man." His immediate reply: "That's only the half of it."
Meyer died at his range in the Hollywood Hills, of complications of pneumonia and dementia, on September 18, 2004.
Meyer was married to:
Bety Valdovinos (?-?)
Eve Meyer (April 2, 1952-1969)(divorced)
Edy Williams (June 27, 1970 - November 7, 1977)(divorced)
Contrary to a bit of accounts, Meyer was never married to his frequent star, Kitten Natividad.
Selected filmography
1950 - The French Peep Show
1959 - The Immoral Mr. Teas
1959 - This Is My Body
1960 - Eve and the Handyman
1960 - Naked Camera
1961 - Erotica
1962 - Wild Gals of the Naked West
1963 - Europe in the Raw
1963 - Heavenly Bodies!
1963 - Skyscrapers and Brassieres
1964 - Lorna
1964 - Fanny Hill
1965 - Mudhoney
1965 - Motorpsycho
1966 - Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
1966 - Mondo Topless
1967 - Common Law Cabin
1967 - Good_Morning_and..._Goodbye!
1968 - Finders Keepers, Lovers weepers!
1968 - Vixen
1969 - Cherry, Harry & Raquel!
1970 - Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1971 - The Seven Minutes
1972 - Blacksnake
1975 - Supervixens
1976 - Up!
1978 - Who Killed Bambi? (unfinished)
1979 - Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens
2001 - Pandora Peaks Meyer´s last movie
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