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Russ Meyer
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American film director and photographer (1922–2004)
Film & TV
Oakland, California, USA
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.
Known for
- TURA! — Self (archive footage)2025
- Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness — Self2020
- Bra Wars – Hollywood’s Affair With The Bra — Self2014
- That's Sexploitation! — Self (archive footage)2013
- Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition — Self (archive footage)2006
- Pandora Peaks — Himself / Narrator2004
- Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation — Self2004
- Shooting War — himself2000
- Playboy: The Story of X — Self - Producer and Director1998
- Playboy's Voluptuous Vixens II — Himself1998
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Key facts
- Born
- Russell Albion Meyer , ( 1922-03-21 ) March 21, 1922, San Leandro , California , U.S.
- Died
- September 18, 2004 (2004-09-18) (aged 82), Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Occupations
- Film director producer screenwriter cinematographer editor distributor
- Years active
- 1947–2001
- Spouses
- Betty Valdovinos ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1949 – 1950 ) Eve Meyer ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1952 – 1966 ) Edy Williams ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1970 – 1975 )
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch
- Army
- Rank
- Technician Third Grade
- Unit
- 166th Signal Photo Company
- Conflicts
- World War II
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Meyer
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oakland
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Edy Williams
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- Documenta 5
- Genre
- sexploitation film
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Image
- Russ Meyer by Roger Ebert.jpg
- Work location
- United States
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- birth name
- Russell Albion Meyer
- Commons category
- Russ Meyer
- date of birth
- 1922-03-21
- date of death
- 2004-09-18
- medical condition
- Alzheimer's disease
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1947-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Russ Meyer
- writing language
- English language
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- end of work period
- 2001-00-00
- partner in business or sport
- Pandora Peaks
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Encyclopedic overview
Russell Albion Meyer (March 21, 1922 – September 18, 2004) was an American filmmaker. He was primarily known for writing and directing a successful series of sexploitation films featuring campy humor, sly satire and large-breasted women, which have attracted a considerable cult following. His best-known works include Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965), Vixen! (1968), Supervixens (1975), Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979), and the film he considered to be his definitive work, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970).
Early years
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