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Roberta Findlay (née Hershkowitz; born 1943) [citation needed] is an American film director, cinematographer, producer and actress. She is best known for her work in the exploitation field. Her work has received increasing critical appreciation in recent years.
Noted adult and exploitation cinema filmmaker Roberta Findlay was born Roberta Hershkowitz in 1943 in New York City. The youngest in a family of three children, Roberta grew up in a tenement apartment in the Bronx. Findlay's Hungarian immigrant parents wanted her to be a pianist.
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Sep 14, 2016 · As Briggs noted, Roberta Findlay was hardly the first woman filmmaker behind the sexploitation camera – Doris Wishman predated her comfortably – but with her husband Michael, Roberta Findlay’s association with the 1964 film The Body of a Female launched what he identifies as “some of the weirdest, sleaziest, most perverted ...
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Oct 31, 2022 · Nowadays Roberta Findlay is getting more and more recognition and is considered a pioneer in the field of sexploitation. Her works are considered cutting edge narratives from a female perspective, deconstructing heterosexual power structures within a sexual framework.
Noted adult and exploitation cinema filmmaker Roberta Findlay was born Roberta Hershkowitz in 1948 in New York City. The youngest in a family of three children, Roberta grew up in a tenement apartment in the Bronx. Findlay's Hungarian immigrant parents wanted her to be a pianist.
Aug 16, 2015 · Roberta Findlay talks about her life in film, from the 1960s black and white films with husband Michael Findlay through to her horror films of the late 80s. Oral history, audio, photo, and documentary archives from the golden age of adult film in New York, and beyond
Roberta Findlay (born 1948) is an American film director, cinematographer, producer and actress. She is best known for her work in the exploitation field. She was married to Michael Findlay and they made a number of films together and after his death she continued to make movies.
