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David F. Friedman

Highest Rated: 45% 2,000 Maniacs (1964)

Lowest Rated: 33% Blood Feast (1963)

Birthday: Dec 24, 1923

Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama, USA

A legendary producer of sexploitation films and low-budget gore-fests, David F. Friedman trained at the knee of the legendary promoter Kroger Babb in the 1940s, and worked with the equally notorious director Herschell Gordon Lewis in the 1960s. The son of a newspaper editor father, Friedman was born on Dec. 24, 1923 in Birmingham, AL, the only child of a well-to-do Southern family. Enchanted with show business, he was selling tickets at a local fair by the age of 12 and later landed a job doing publicity and bookings for Paramount Pictures. Following a break for WWII service, he stayed with the studio through 1956, working his way up to head of advertising and PR for the Chicago, IL area.

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Highest-Rated Movies

45% 50% 2,000 Maniacs
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36% 42% Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS
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33% 44% Blood Feast
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The Adventures of Lucky Pierre
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12% Scum of the Earth
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Bell, Bare and Beautiful
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60% Sore Losers
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40% The Acid Eaters
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The Defilers
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40% Bikini Drive-In
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Filmography

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The Thought Exchange 2012 Actor Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat 50% 2002 Executive Producer Southern Discomfort 2002 Director, Producer Sore Losers 60% 1997 The Elder Actor Search for the Beast 0% 1997 Milton St. John Actor Bikini Drive-In 40% 1994 J.B. Winston Actor Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS 36% 42% 1974 Producer That's Sexploitation 50% 1973 Producer Trader Hornee 17% 1970 Barroom Bum Actor Thar She Blows! 1968 Screenwriter, Producer The Acid Eaters 40% 1968 Producer, Cinematographer The Pick-Up 1968 Charlie Rosa Actor She Freak 7% 1967 Producer, Writer, Screenwriter A Smell of Honey, a Swallow of Brine 78% 1966 Screenwriter, Producer The Defilers 1965 Director, Screenwriter, Producer Color Me Blood Red 37% 1965 Producer 2,000 Maniacs 45% 50% 1964 Producer, Production Design Scum of the Earth 12% 1963 Producer Blood Feast 33% 44% 1963 Writer, Producer Bell, Bare and Beautiful 1963 Barney Actor, Producer Daughter of the Sun 1962 Writer, Producer, Sound Nature's Playmates 1962 Screenwriter, Producer The Adventures of Lucky Pierre 1961 Writer, Producer The Manster 31% 1959 Cinematographer
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