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Jack Hill (born January 28, 1933) is an American film director in the exploitation film genre. Several of Hill's later films have been characterized as feminist works.
Jack Hill is a filmmaker who worked on low budget exploitation films, such as Coffy, Foxy Brown, and The Big Doll House. He was a classmate of Francis Ford Coppola and a colleague of Roger Corman.
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Jan 7, 2022 · Jack Hill was a radical filmmaker who worked under Roger Corman and made low-budget movies with sex, violence, and political messages. He pioneered blaxploitation films with Pam Grier, and depicted feminist uprisings, Black solidarity, and working class struggles.
Nov 2, 2014 · A profile of the exploitation filmmaker who created the female action heroine, launched Pam Grier's career and influenced Quentin Tarantino. Learn about his collaborations with Roger Corman, Ellen Burstyn and Coppola.
- Calum Waddell
Jack Hill (born 1933) is known for his work in the exploitation film genre, such as Coffy, Foxy Brown, and Spider Baby. He also worked as a writer, editor, producer, and actor in various films and TV shows.
Jack Hill (born January 28, 1933) is an U.S. film director, noted for his work in the exploitation film genre. Hill was born in Los Angeles. His mother, Mildred (née Pannill), was a music teacher and his father, Roland Everett Hill, worked as a set builder for film studios and was an architect.
Jan 20, 2009 · Jack Hill stands as one of the great B-movie directors and influenced an aspiring filmmaker named Quentin Tarantino. The director who gave the world Coffy, Foxy Brown, Spider Baby, Switchblade Sisters and other exploitation classics broke gender and racial barriers in his low-budget work.
- Calum Waddell
