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      Herschell Gordon Lewis

      Herschell Gordon Lewis

      Highest Rated: 80% Divine Trash (1998)

      Lowest Rated: 38% Blood Feast (1963)

      Birthday: Jun 15, 1929

      Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

      Legendary pioneer in the arena of "gore" or "splatter" flicks, Herschell Gordon Lewis moved smartly from the strictures of academia (he had been a literature professor at the University of Mississippi) to the shadowy world of 1950s "nudie" films to the wide open spaces of regional exploitation filmmaking in the '60s and early '70s. He was not a naturally talented filmmaker; indeed the direction, scripting, performances and production values of even his "best" films could often be remarkably amateurish. However, Lewis has earned a place in the history of American independent filmmaking for upping the ante on the representation of violence (as well as gratuitous sex) in film while demonstrating that commercial genre fare could be produced on a shoestring totally outside the Hollywood system. Lewis became the guru of movie gorehounds because his films retain their power to shock. Furthermore, if one can deal with the carnage, they can be screamingly funny. Herschell Gordon Lewis died on September 26, 2016 at the age of 87, having returned late in life to directing films aimed at his still-substantial fan base.

      Highest rated movies

      Divine Trash
      American Grindhouse
      Blood Feast

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Herschell Gordon Lewis' BloodMania Director,
      Screenwriter       		- 2017
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Killer Campout Unknown (Voice) - 2017
      40% 50% Blood Feast Professor Lou Hershell (Character) $8.4K 2016
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Terror Toons III Unknown (Character) - 2015
      No Score Yet No Score Yet B-Documentary Self - 2015
      75% 71% American Grindhouse Unknown (Character) $4.6K 2010
      No Score Yet 0% The Uh-oh Show Director,
      Screenwriter       		- 2009
      No Score Yet 20% Smash Cut Fred Sandy / Radio Announcer (Character) - 2009
      No Score Yet 50% Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat Director - 2002
      80% 85% Divine Trash Unknown (Character) $39.8K 1998
      No Score Yet 50% The Gore Gore Girls Director,
      Producer,
      Original Music       		- 1972
      No Score Yet No Score Yet This Stuff'll Kill Ya! Director,
      Writer,
      Producer,
      Original Music,
      Cinematographer       		- 1971
      No Score Yet 44% The Wizard of Gore Director,
      Producer       		- 1970
      No Score Yet No Score Yet How to Make a Doll Director,
      Screenwriter,
      Producer       		- 1968
      50% 42% She-Devils on Wheels Director,
      Producer       		- 1968
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Psychic Screenwriter,
      Cinematographer       		- 1968
      No Score Yet 20% Just for the Hell of It Director,
      Producer       		- 1968
      No Score Yet 43% The Gruesome Twosome Director,
      Producer       		- 1967
      No Score Yet 83% Suburban Roulette Director,
      Original Music       		- 1967
      No Score Yet 40% Blast-Off Girls Director,
      Writer,
      Producer       		- 1967
      No Score Yet 40% A Taste of Blood Director,
      Producer       		- 1967
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Girl, the Body, and the Pill Director,
      Producer       		- 1967
      No Score Yet 43% Something Weird Director,
      Cinematographer       		- 1967
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Magic Land of Mother Goose Director,
      Cinematographer       		- 1967
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Jimmy, the Boy Wonder Director - 1966
      No Score Yet 37% Color Me Blood Red Director,
      Screenwriter,
      Cinematographer       		- 1965
      No Score Yet 5% Monster A-Go-Go Director,
      Producer,
      Production Design       		- 1965
      No Score Yet 20% Moonshine Mountain Director,
      Producer,
      Cinematographer       		- 1964
      45% 50% 2,000 Maniacs Director,
      Writer,
      Original Music,
      Cinematographer       		- 1964
      No Score Yet 13% Scum of the Earth Director,
      Screenwriter       		- 1963
      38% 44% Blood Feast Director,
      Writer,
      Original Music       		- 1963
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Bell, Bare and Beautiful Director,
      Cinematographer       		- 1963
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Boin-n-g Director - 1963
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Daughter of the Sun Director,
      Writer,
      Cinematographer       		- 1962
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Nature's Playmates Director - 1962
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Adventures of Lucky Pierre Director,
      Writer,
      Original Music,
      Cinematographer       		- 1961
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Living Venus Director,
      Producer       		- 1961
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Prime Time Director - 1960

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs Director 2018