David F. Friedman
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| '''David F. Friedman''' (born [[December 24]], [[1923]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[filmmaker]] and producer from [[Birmingham, Alabama]]. | '''David F. Friedman''' (born [[December 24]], [[1923]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[filmmaker]] and producer from [[Birmingham, Alabama]]. | ||
| - | Friedman first got interested in entertainment after spending parts of his childhood at traveling carnival sites. He met [[exploitation film]] pioneer [[Kroger Babb]] during his stay in the Army. This encounter got him interested in films. Working as a regional marketing man for [[Paramount]] he sensed the money in independent distributing and started his own company in the 1950s. His company mainly produced so-called [[Nudie Cuties]], films such as "Goldilocks And The Three Bares" shot in [[nudist colonies]] being the closest thing to pornography legally available back then. This trend was followed by the Roughie genre, depicting simulated sex with a more violent edge, often horror- or crime-related. An example for Friedman's roughies is "The Adult Version Of Jekyll and Hide". Helming one of those movies Friedman started his working relationship with Chicago based teacher and film maker [[Herschell Gordon Lewis]]. | ||
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| - | Friedman went on to produce the latter's 1963 film ''[[Blood Feast]]'', an American [[exploitation film]] often considered the first "gore" or [[splatter film]]. He was also the producer of the [[1974 in film|1974]] ''[[Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS]]'', credited as '''Herman Traeger'''. | ||
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| - | With the advent of hard core porn as a commercial factor in the mid 70s Friedman began to slow down his output. His work ethic "Sell the sizzle not the steak" would not comply with actual intercourse shown on screen. Still he was president of an organization of Adult Film Makers. A contradiction paralleled in his outspokenness towards censorship whilst openly supporting the Republicans. | ||
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| - | In the early 1990s Seattle's [[Something Weird Video]], owned by Mike Vraney, started to re-issue the work of David Friedman, getting him the attention of a new generation exploiation and [[b-movie]] collectors. He can be heard on the the audio commentary track of some of the company's releases. | ||
| == Films == | == Films == | ||
| *''[[Scum of the Earth]]'' (1963) - [[David Friedman]] and [[H.G. Lewis]] | *''[[Scum of the Earth]]'' (1963) - [[David Friedman]] and [[H.G. Lewis]] | ||
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David F. Friedman (1923-), an American filmmaker (exploitation films)
David F. Friedman (born December 24, 1923) is an American filmmaker and producer from Birmingham, Alabama.
Films
- Scum of the Earth (1963) - David Friedman and H.G. Lewis
