[Frameworks] American avant-garde filmmakers and exploitation

[jared ashburn]

OK, wow, this is great! Thank you for your replies--this is quite a list.
Does anyone know if this history has been written about? I thought of David
E. James and Paul Arthur and I looked at the chapter, "Narrating Los
Angeles: Art Films and Independent Features," in James' book on minor
cinemas in LA. He accounts, indirectly, for the point that David Sherman
has made here by discussing exploitation films that exploited the
counterculture and appropriated some styles, concepts, and techniques found
in the New American Cinema and European art cinema. The chapter is useful
for my research but I am looking for other articles that might address the
history of this overlap more explicitly. If you think of something, I am
all ears. Thank you, again, I am most appreciative. -JA

List of American Avant-Garde filmmakers who also worked on low-budget, B
and exploitation feature films in the 1960s and 70s:

*Pat O'Neil *

*Curtis Harrington*

*Nathaniel Dorsky*

*Morgan Fisher*

*Jerry Abrams*

*Peggy Ahwesh*

*Jerome Hiler*

*Betzy Bromberg*

*Hy Hirsh*

On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 10:23 PM Marc Couroux <couroux at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes! Fisher mentions Messiah of Evil, and shows a frame of it in Standard
> Gauge.
> M
>
> On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 5:01 PM Steve Polta <steve.polta at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Off the top of my head:
>>
>> 1) Nathaniel Dorsky: *Revenge of the Cheerleaders* (1976)—he was either
>> director, co-writer, cinematographer or some combination, depending on whom
>> you ask.
>> 2) I've heard that Morgan Fisher was editor on *Messiah of Evil* (1973)
>> although he is not credited (he appears as an actor as well).
>> 3) Bay Area '60s filmmaker (who also did light shows) Jerry Abrams
>> directed an exploitation doc on Bay Area porn culture of the '70s; I can't
>> recall the title.
>> 4) Peggy Ahwesh worked on-set on some George Romero films but I don't
>> know the titles.
>>
>> There are surely lots more…
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 1:19 PM jared ashburn <ashburn.jared at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Does anyone know of any American avant-garde filmmakers who also worked
>>> on low-budget features, B or exploitation films in the late 60s and 70s?
>>> This could be in any area of production or post-production...
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Jared
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