William Lustig was born on February 1, 1955 in Bronx, New York. During his teenage years, Lustig avidly watched a huge volume of lowdown trashy exploitation fare at numerous 42nd Street grind house theaters in Manhattan and also worked as a movie theater usher in Fort Lee, New Jersey. After graduating from high school, he took a few film classes at New York University...See full bio »
"When I was in New York and I had my office on Broadway, before Federal Express and fax machines there used to be things called messengers and they used to come up to my office and see the posters for "Maniac" and "Vigilante." That was my audience. They used to go crazy over those movies. So that's what I always say to myself -- that's my audience...
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After procuring several films for Anchor Bay and producing the DVD packages for them, Lustig began his own company in 2002 with the intent of releasing really cool films that may not reach a huge market, but should be treated like gems despite this. Blue Underground has lived up to its mission statement by releasing rare, offbeat and foreign language films.
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