Russ Meyer
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American film director and photographer (1922–2004)
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- The fat lady sings
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- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1973-12-24
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From BBC Obit - "Meyer - nicknamed King Leer - produced, directed, wrote, edited and shot over 20 films, including the 1965 cult hit Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! His trademarks were violence and busty women, though by modern standards his films featured little graphic sex. His biggest success was 1970's Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, which Meyer co-wrote with film critic Roger Ebert. Born in Oakland, California in March 1922, Russell Albion Meyer got his start in film when his mother, a
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
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- Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony
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- Model-based Analysis of ChIP-Seq (MACS)
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- Raman Spectrum of Graphene and Graphene Layers
· 2006 · cited 13,736x
- Prejudice, social stress, and mental health in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations: Conceptual issues and research evidence.
· 2003 · cited 11,156x
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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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- Image
- Russ Meyer by Roger Ebert.jpg
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- Russell Albion Meyer
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- Russ Meyer
- date of birth
- 1922-03-21
- date of death
- 2004-09-18
- start of work period
- 1947-00-00
- end of work period
- 2001-00-00
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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