David F. Friedman
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.
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Thought Exchange | Unknown (Character) | - | 2012 |
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Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat | Executive Producer | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Southern Discomfort |
Director, Producer |
- | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Sore Losers | The Elder (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Search for the Beast | Milton St. John (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Bikini Drive-In | J.B. Winston (Character) | - | 1994 |
36% |
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Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS | Producer | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet |
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That's Sexploitation | Producer | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet |
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Trader Hornee | Barroom Bum (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thar She Blows! |
Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 1968 |
No Score Yet |
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The Acid Eaters |
Producer, Cinematographer |
- | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Pick-Up | Charlie Rosa (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet |
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She Freak |
Producer, Writer, Screenwriter |
- | 1967 |
No Score Yet |
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A Smell of Honey, a Swallow of Brine |
Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Defilers |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 1965 |
No Score Yet |
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Color Me Blood Red | Producer | - | 1965 |
45% |
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2,000 Maniacs |
Producer, Production Design |
- | 1964 |
No Score Yet |
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Scum of the Earth | Producer | - | 1963 |
33% |
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Blood Feast |
Writer, Producer |
- | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bell, Bare and Beautiful |
Barney (Character), Producer |
- | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daughter of the Sun |
Writer, Producer, Sound |
- | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nature's Playmates |
Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Adventures of Lucky Pierre |
Writer, Producer |
- | 1961 |
No Score Yet |
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The Manster | Cinematographer | - | 1959 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 83% | The Smurfs | Unknown (Character) | 2022 |