Directing · b. 1922 · Oakland, California, USA

Russ Meyer

Biography

Russell Albion 'Russ' Meyer was an American director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, actor and photographer, known primarily for writing and directing a series of successful low-budget sexploitation films that featured campy humor, sly satire and large breasted women.

Directed
Pandora Peaks 2004 Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens 1979 Up! 1976 Supervixens 1975 Black Snake 1973 The Seven Minutes 1971 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls 1970 Cherry, Harry & Raquel! 1969 Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers! 1968 Vixen! 1968 Common Law Cabin 1967 Good Morning... and Goodbye! 1967 Mondo Topless 1966 Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 1965 Mudhoney! 1965 Motorpsycho! 1965 Lorna 1964 Fanny Hill 1964 Skyscrapers and Brassieres 1963 Heavenly Bodies 1963 Europe in the Raw 1963 Wild Gals of the Naked West 1962 Eve and the Handyman 1961 Erotica 1961 The Naked Camera 1961 This Is My Body 1960 The Immoral Mr. Teas 1959 The French Peep Show 1954 Afro Mood Burlesque 1947
Cinematography
Pandora Peaks 2004 Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens 1979 Up! 1976 Supervixens 1975 Cherry, Harry & Raquel! 1969 Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers! 1968 Vixen! 1968 Good Morning... and Goodbye! 1967 Mondo Topless 1966 Motorpsycho! 1965 Lorna 1964 Skyscrapers and Brassieres 1963 Heavenly Bodies 1963 Wild Gals of the Naked West 1962 Eve and the Handyman 1961 Erotica 1961 The Naked Camera 1961 The Immoral Mr. Teas 1959 The Desperate Women 1955 The French Peep Show 1954
Acting
TURA! Self (archive footage) 2025 Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness Self 2020 Bra Wars – Hollywood’s Affair With The Bra Self 2014 That's Sexploitation! Self (archive footage) 2013 Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition Self (archive footage) 2006 Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation Self 2004 Shooting War himself 2000 Playboy: The Story of X Self - Producer and Director 1998 Playboy's Voluptuous Vixens II Himself 1998 Hollywood Rated 'R' Self (archive footage) 1997 Playboy's Voluptuous Vixens 1997 Liebe ist Geschmackssache Thanks 1997 Cult People Himself 1989 The Tip of the Iceberg 1989 Amazon Women on the Moon Video Salesman (segment "Video Date") 1987 All the Way In! Wondering flyer 1984
Other Credits
Faster Pussycat Fuck! Fuck! Idea 2005 Patton Additional Photography 1970
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