Herschel Gordon Lewis
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Exploitation film director Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Herschell Gordon Lewis (15 June 1926, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 26 September 2016, Fort Lauderdale, Florida) was an American filmmaker best known for creating the splatter subgenre of horror films, earning him the title Godfather of Gore. His film career covered a range of exploitation genres including juvenile delinquent films, nudie-cuties such as The Adventures of Lucky Pierre, and adult films, alongside the gore classics Blood Feast (1963), Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964) and The Wizard of Gore (1970). After leaving filmmaking in 1972 he worked in advertising and mail-order, returning to direct Blood Feast 2 in 2002. Note: some sources give his birth year as 1929 rather than 1926.
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American exploitation filmmaker known as the Godfather of Gore, whose career also included nudie-cuties and adult films.
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- Herschel Gordon Lewis seated with a book in a suit and bow tie — TMDB Original source
- Herschel Gordon Lewis as an older man in a maroon shirt, seated — Ravenous Monster Original source
- Herschel Gordon Lewis in a suit and tie before a red curtain — Please Kill Me Original source
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At a glance
- Born
- 15 June 1926, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; died 26 September 2016, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
- Career
- Godfather of Gore; Blood Feast (1963), Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964), The Wizard of Gore (1970); nudie-cuties and adult films; 40+ films; returned with Blood Feast 2 (2002)
- Country
- United States
- Note
- Birth-year conflict: 1926 per Wikipedia vs 1929 per some sources; director, not a performer
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