Related but not exactly what you are looking for:

“Not Just a Day Job: Experimental Filmmakers and the Special Effects Industry 
in the 1970s and 1980s” by Julie Turnock, in Alternative Projections: 
Experimental Film in Los Angeles, 1945-1980, edited by David E. James and Adam 
Hyman (John Libbey, 2015; distributed by Univ. of Indiana Press)

 

On 11/9/21, 9:30 AM, "Frameworks on behalf of jared ashburn" 
<[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> 
wrote:

 

OK, wow, this is great! Thank you for your replies--this is quite a list. Does 
anyone know if this history has been written about? I thought of David E. James 
and Paul Arthur and I looked at the chapter, "Narrating Los Angeles: Art Films 
and Independent Features," in James' book on minor cinemas in LA. He accounts, 
indirectly, for the point that David Sherman has made here by discussing 
exploitation films that exploited the counterculture and appropriated some 
styles, concepts, and techniques found in the New American Cinema and European 
art cinema. The chapter is useful for my research but I am looking for other 
articles that might address the history of this overlap more explicitly. If you 
think of something, I am all ears. Thank you, again, I am most appreciative. -JA

 

List of American Avant-Garde filmmakers who also worked on low-budget, B and 
exploitation feature films in the 1960s and 70s:

Pat O'Neil 

Curtis Harrington

Nathaniel Dorsky

Morgan Fisher 

Jerry Abrams 

Peggy Ahwesh 

Jerome Hiler

Betzy Bromberg

Hy Hirsh

 

On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 10:23 PM Marc Couroux <[email protected]> wrote:

Yes! Fisher mentions Messiah of Evil, and shows a frame of it in Standard Gauge.

M

 

On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 5:01 PM Steve Polta <[email protected]> wrote:

Off the top of my head:

1) Nathaniel Dorsky: Revenge of the Cheerleaders (1976)—he was either director, 
co-writer, cinematographer or some combination, depending on whom you ask.

2) I've heard that Morgan Fisher was editor on Messiah of Evil (1973) although 
he is not credited (he appears as an actor as well).

3) Bay Area '60s filmmaker (who also did light shows) Jerry Abrams directed an 
exploitation doc on Bay Area porn culture of the '70s; I can't recall the title.

4) Peggy Ahwesh worked on-set on some George Romero films but I don't know the 
titles. 

 

There are surely lots more…

 

On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 1:19 PM jared ashburn <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi,

 

Does anyone know of any American avant-garde filmmakers who also worked on 
low-budget features, B or exploitation films in the late 60s and 70s? This 
could be in any area of production or post-production... 

 

Thank you,

Jared

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