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Michael Findlay (1938–1977), along with his wife Roberta Findlay, directed and produced numerous sexploitation movies.〔. Expanded ed.〕 They have been described as "the most notorious filmmakers in the annals of sexploitation".〔qtd. Williams , p. 328〕 In the mid-to-late 1960s, Findlay was prominent among a small group of underground New York filmmakers (including Joseph W. Sarno, Joseph P. Mawra, and Lou Campa) that produced exploitation "roughies" (early slasher films which combined conventional horror or thriller stories with sadomasochistic sex scenes) for the grindhouse market. Sometimes he would direct under the alias Julian Marsh and act in his own films billed as Robert West. His wife Roberta (aka Anna Riva) was the cinematographer, co-writer, and supporting actress for many of their films together. They also employed the same actors repeatedly, most notably Uta Erickson, and Marie Brent, aka Janet Banzet. The Findlays were friends with George Weiss, producer of Ed Wood's ''Glen or Glenda'' and a series of fetishistic ''Olga'' films (''Olga's House of Shame'', ''Olga's Girls'', et al.). In 1964 Weiss encouraged them to make films in this new subgenre of violent sexploitation. ==Early films: 1964–1966== Findlay co-directed his first film, 1964's ''Body of a Female'', with his close friend, John Amero.〔(The Rialto Report: John Amero and 'Body of a Female' ) – Interview with Ashley West, March 4, 2013〕 It tells the story of a sadistic brute who keeps women as prisoners in his home. This film predated both David F. Friedman and Doris Wishman's sexploitation entries by at least a year. In 1965 he directed ''The Sin Syndicate'', a false documentary about prostitutes turning State's evidence against the Mob, and the infamous ''Satan's Bed'' starring a then-unknown Yoko Ono (three years before she met The Beatles' John Lennon). This is actually two films edited together. In the unfinished ''Judas City'', Ono plays the fiancee of a drug pusher who is eventually robbed and raped. Findlay added a secondary story about three addicts on a crime spree who terrorize several women. Roberta Findlay plays one of their victims. This was followed by ''Take Me Naked'' (1966), a lurid story written by Roberta Findlay about a depraved Peeping Tom, whose fantasies involve his neighbor (played by Roberta Findlay). Michael Findlay also appears as the "Angel of Hell." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Findlay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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