Jack Hill
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Jack Hill is an U.S.
United States
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 film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

, noted for his work in the exploitation film
Exploitation film
Exploitation film is a type of film that is promoted by "exploiting" often lurid subject matter. The term "exploitation" is common in film marketing, used for all types of films to mean promotion or advertising. These films then need something to exploit, such as a big star, special effects, sex,...

 genre. Despite this, several of Hill's later films have been characterized as feminist works.

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.
Jack Hill (born January 28, 1933) is an U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

, noted for his work in the exploitation film
Exploitation film
Exploitation film is a type of film that is promoted by "exploiting" often lurid subject matter. The term "exploitation" is common in film marketing, used for all types of films to mean promotion or advertising. These films then need something to exploit, such as a big star, special effects, sex,...

 genre. Despite this, several of Hill's later films have been characterized as feminist works.A Top Ten of Feminist-Minded FilmsFoxy Brown

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.
Jack Hill (born January 28, 1933) is an U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

, noted for his work in the exploitation film
Exploitation film
Exploitation film is a type of film that is promoted by "exploiting" often lurid subject matter. The term "exploitation" is common in film marketing, used for all types of films to mean promotion or advertising. These films then need something to exploit, such as a big star, special effects, sex,...

 genre. Despite this, several of Hill's later films have been characterized as feminist works.A Top Ten of Feminist-Minded FilmsFoxy Brown

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.http://www.newenglandballproject.com/p2070.htm#i18976http://www.lowcut.dk/007_lc/movies/01.htmhttp://cityplanning.lacity.org/staffrpt/CHC/1-24-08/CHC-2007-5437.pdf

Filmography

  • Sorceress
    Sorceress (film)
    Sorceress is a 1982 film directed by Jack Hill. It stars Leigh Harris and Lynette Harris.-Cast:*Leigh Harris as Mira*Lynette Harris as Mara*Bob Nelson as Erlick*David Millbern as Pando*Bruno Rey as Valdar...

     (1982) (as Brian Stuart)
  • Switchblade Sisters
    Switchblade Sisters
    Switchblade Sisters is a 1975 action and exploitation film detailing the lives of high school-aged female gang members. It was directed by Jack Hill and stars Joanne Nail, Robbie Lee and Monica Gayle. A personal favorite of Quentin Tarantino, the film was re-released in 1996 under Tarantino's...

     (1975)
  • The Swinging Cheerleaders
    The Swinging Cheerleaders
    The Swinging Cheerleaders is a 1974 comedy-drama film written and directed by Jack Hill . The film was also released under the titles Locker Room Girls and H.O.T.S...

     (1974)
  • Foxy Brown
    Foxy Brown (1974 film)
    Foxy Brown is a 1974 blaxploitation film written and directed by Jack Hill. It stars Pam Grier as the title character, described by one character as "a whole lot of woman" who showcases unrelenting black sexiness while battling the villains.- Plot :...

     (1974)
  • Coffy
    Coffy
    - Track listing :# "Coffy Is The Color" - 3:03Vocals – Dee Dee Bridgewater, Roy Ayers, Wayne Garfield# "Priscilla's Theme" - 3:58# "King George" - 3:00Vocals – Roy Ayers# "Aragon" - 2:55# "Coffy Sauna" - 2:16# "King's Last Ride" - 1:10# "Coffy Baby" - 2:26...

     (1973)
  • The Big Bird Cage
    The Big Bird Cage
    The Big Bird Cage is a 1972 exploitation film of the "women in prison" subgenre. It serves as a non-sequel follow-up to the 1971 film The Big Doll House...

     (1972)
  • The Big Doll House
    The Big Doll House
    The Big Doll House is a 1971 women in prison film starring Pam Grier, Judy Brown, Roberta Collins, Brooke Mills, and Pat Woodell. The film follows six female inmates throughout daily life in a gritty, unidentified supra-tropical prison...

     (1971)
  • The Fear Chamber
    The Fear Chamber
    The Fear Chamber is a 1968 film directed by Jack Hill. It stars Boris Karloff and Julissa.The Fear Chamber is one of four low-budget Mexican horror films Karloff made in a package deal with Mexican producer Luis Vergara. The others are The Snake People, The Incredible Invasion, andHouse of Evil...

     (1971) (US scenes)
  • The Incredible Invasion
    The Incredible Invasion
    The Incredible Invasion is a 1971 film directed by Jack Hill. It stars Boris Karloff and Enrique Guzmán.The Incredible Invasion is one of four low-budget Mexican horror films Karloff made in a package deal with Mexican producer Luis Vergara. The others are The Snake People, The Fear Chamber, and...

     (1971) (US scenes)
  • The Snake People
    Isle of the Snake People
    Isle of the Snake People is a 1971 film directed by Juan Ibáñez and starring Boris Karloff and Julissa. The film was produced by Ibanez for Azteca Films. The film was released as La muerte viviente in the United States as a Spanish language film. It was later released for television and dubbed over...

     (1971) (US scenes)
  • House of Evil
    House of Evil
    House of Evil is a 1968 horror film directed by Jack Hill. It stars Boris Karloff and Julissa.House of Evil is one of four low-budget Mexican horror films Karloff made in a package deal with Mexican producer Luis Vergara. The others are The Snake People, The Incredible Invasion, and The Fear Chamber...

     (1971) (US scenes)
  • Ich, ein Groupie (1970) (uncredited)
  • The Winner
    Pit Stop
    Pit Stop is a 1969 film directed by Jack Hill. It stars Brian Donlevy and Richard Davalos.-Cast:*Brian Donlevy as Grant Willard*Richard Davalos as Rick Bowman*Ellen Burstyn as Ellen McLeod*Sid Haig as Hawk Sidney*Beverly Washburn as Jolene...

     (1969)
  • Spider Baby
    Spider Baby
    Spider Baby is a 1964 black comedy horror film, written and directed by Jack Hill. It stars Lon Chaney, Jr. as Bruno, the chauffeur and caretaker of three orphaned siblings who suffer from "Merrye Syndrome", which causes them to mentally, socially, and physically regress backwards down the...

     (aka The Maddest Story Ever Told) (1968)
  • Blood Bath
    Blood Bath
    Blood Bath is a 1966 horror film directed by Jack Hill and Stephanie Rothman. William Campbell stars as an artist with vampiric tendencies who kills beautiful women and dumps their bodies into a vat of boiling wax in his studio...

     (aka Track of the Vampire) (1966)
  • Mondo Keyhole
    Mondo Keyhole
    Mondo Keyhole is a 1966 film directed by Jack Hill. It stars Nick Moriarty and Julissa.-Cast:*Nick Moriarty as Howard Thorne*Adele Rein as Vicky*Cathy Crowfoot as The Crow*Carol Baughman as Carol*Christopher Winters as Vampire...

     (1966)
  • The Raw Ones (1965)
  • The Terror
    The Terror (1963 film)
    The Terror is an American horror film produced by Roger Corman, and famous for being filmed on leftover film sets from other AIP productions, including The Haunted Palace...

     (1963)
  • The Bellboy and the Playgirls
    The Bellboy and the Playgirls
    The Bellboy and the Playgirls is an American-German 1962 film by Francis Ford Coppola, Fritz Umgelter, and Jack Hill....

  • The Wasp Woman
    The Wasp Woman
    The Wasp Woman is a science fiction film produced and directed by Roger Corman which was completed in 1959...

     (1960) (uncredited)
  • The Host (1960)

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