David F. Friedman
David Frank Friedman (born December 24, 1923 in Birmingham , Alabama , † February 14, 2011 in Anniston , Alabama) was an American film producer . Friedman was a pioneer of exploitation cinema. He produced, among other things, Blood Feast (1963), probably the first splatter film, and Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS, a women's prison film set in a concentration camp , which is still notorious today.
Life
Friedman began his film career as an employee of Paramount Pictures . He quit there in the 1950s to work as an independent film producer. The first films he made were Nudie Cuties , films that showed naked people, especially women, in seemingly harmless settings like nudist camps in the 1960s, and were the toughest thing about pornography allowed by law at the time. Together with Herschell Gordon Lewis , he then switched to horror films and shot, among other things, Blood Feast (1963), the first splatter film in film history. As the cuties got more daring over time, he returned to this field of activity, but was pushed out of business when hardcore pornography began its triumphant advance.
Friedman starred in numerous of his films, in some he also directed. He is in the Hall of Fame of the X Rated Critics Association for the Filmmaker category .
Friedman died of heart failure on February 14, 2011, at the age of 87, on his Anniston, Alabama, estate.
Web links
- David F. Friedman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Interview with Friedman. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007 ; Retrieved January 23, 2006 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bruce Weber: David F. Friedman, Horror Film Pioneer, Dies at 87 , (February 14, 2011, NY Times )
- ↑ JR Taylor - Horror! Sex! Big Box Office! - The erotic adventures of exploitation film producer and Alabama native Dave ( Memento of the original from July 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Black & White, Birmingham's City Paper, February 15, 2010)
- ^ Rest in Peace David F. Friedman (February 14, 2011)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friedman, David F. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Friedman, David Frank (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Birmingham , Alabama |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 2011 |
| Place of death | Anniston , Alabama, United States |