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Doris Wishman (June 1, 1912 – August 10, 2002) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. She is credited with having directed and produced at least 30 feature films during a career spanning over four decades, most notably in the sexploitation film genre.
Aug 21, 2002 · Wishman, whose final movie, “Each Time I Kill,” is expected to be released later this year, died Aug. 10 in a Miami hospital of complications from lymphoma. Refusing to divulge her age, she...
Dec 10, 2023 · Doris Wishman’s work was the epitome of edgy filmmaking. Her films were daring, controversial, and boundary-pushing. But she was also a pioneer for women in the industry, a self-made woman who blazed her own trail, and that is what makes her a true legend of cult cinema.
Aug 19, 2002 · Doris Wishman, a prolific independent director of truly tasteless movies -- from nudist camp romps to the cult classic ''Bad Girls Go to Hell'' -- died on Aug. 10 in Miami.
Sep 14, 2021 · Not quite five feet tall but a giant of no-budget ingenuity and brain-boggling cinematographic invention, Bronx-born Doris Wishman was in her mid-forties by the time she directed her first feature, beginning her filmmaking career after the sudden death of her husband in 1958—and once she’d started making movies, she made ones ...
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Nov 1, 2022 · THE FILMS OF DORIS WISHMAN: THE DAYLIGHT YEARSPre-order the Blu-ray box set: https://bit.ly/3NrdGBxStreet date: 11/29/22No one will ever make movies like Dor...
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Oct 4, 2002 · Doris Wishman, the most prolific woman filmmaker of all time, died on August 10, 2002 in Miami, after a long battle with cancer (lymphoma). She was still making production notes and joking that she was writing the screenplay for another film within days of her passing. “After I die I will be making movies in hell!” Wishman quipped several ...
