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William Lustig

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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 »

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2012 Maniac (producer)
 
2011 Zombie Lover (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2011 Zombie Wasteland (video short) (executive producer)
 
2011 Children of the Night (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2011 Meet the Boyles (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2011 My Time with Terror (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2011 Tales of Laura Gittleson (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2011 Murders in Perugia (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2010 Anna and the Killer with Caroline Munro (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2010 Dark Notes (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2010 Maniac Men (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2010 The Death Dealer with Tom Savini (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2010 Acting Among the Living Dead (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2009 I'm an Actress! (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2008 Franco De Sade (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2007 Bloody Jess (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
2007 Karate Master (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2007 Sexual Aberrations of Cecilia (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2007 The Producer (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2006 The Pyjama Girl Mystery: A True Story of Murder, Obsession and Lies (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2006 Daughters of Darkness: Locations of Darkness (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2006 Daughters of Darkness: Playing the Victim (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2006 Forbidden Screenplays (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2006 Giornata nera (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2006 Laying Down the Law (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2006 Street Law: Laying Down the Law (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2005 Out of the Shadows (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2005 The Spaghetti West (video documentary) (executive producer)
 
2005 99 Women: Jess' Women (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2005 Being Bubby (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2005 Christ Kid, You're a Weirdo (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2005 Jess' Women (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2005 Jesús in Furs (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2005 Strip Nude for Your Giallo (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2004 Deathdreaming (video short) (executive producer)
 
2004 Tom Savini: The Early Years (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2004 Lloyd Kaufman Goes Hollywood (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2004 Starring the Jolly Rogers (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2004 Desperately Seeking Susan & Richard (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2004 Kicks and Crashes (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2004 Rolling in Rio (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2004 Sadomaniac (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2003 The Godfathers of Mondo (video documentary) (executive producer)
 
2003 Realising 'The Deer Hunter': An Interview with Michael Cimino (video short) (associate producer)
 
2003 Dan O'Bannon: Crafting Fear (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2003 Robert Englund: An Early Work of Horror (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2003 Stan Winston's Dead & Buried EFX (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2003 Return of the Vampyres (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2003 Celluloid Crime of the Century (video documentary short) (associate producer)
 
2003 Capturing the Swell (video documentary short) (associate producer)
 
2003 Savini's EFX (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2003 The Cult Film Legacy of Lynn Lowry (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2003 Two Masters' Eyes (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2003 Alien Arrives on Earth (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2003 Watching the Alien (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2003 Run Man Run: 35 Years Running (video documentary) (executive producer)
 
2003 Absence of Malick (video documentary short) (associate producer)
 
2003 Designing 'Salon Kitty' (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2003 Inside Salon Kitty (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2003 Playing 'The Deer Hunter': An Interview with John Savage (video documentary short) (associate producer)
 
2002 Django, Tell! (video short) (producer)
 
2002 Dirty Books, Dirty Movies: Barney Rosset on Henry Miller (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2002 Songs of Clichy (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2002 Revolver: Calling the Shots (video short) (producer)
 
2002 I Got Nailed in the Toolbox Murders (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2002 Living in Darkness (video documentary) (executive producer)
 
2002 Tales of the Contaminated City (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2002 The Theorem of Delirium (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2002 Death in Venice (video short) (producer)
 
2002 Solamente Bido (video short) (producer)
 
2002 Miracles & Mercies (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2002 Discovering 'Evil Dead' (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2002 Hell Rats of the Living Dead (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2002 Uncut and Run (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2002 Raquel Welch in the Valley of the Dinosaurs (video documentary short) (associate producer)
 
2002 The Devil Thumbs a Ride (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2002 To the Devil... The Death of Hammer (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2001 Shooting Violent City (video) (producer)
 
2001 Strange Days of Short Night (video) (producer)
 
2001 The Wicker Man Enigma (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2001 Suspiria 25th Anniversary (video documentary) (executive producer)
 
2001 The Joe Spinell Story (video documentary) (executive producer)
 
2001 Tales of the Cat (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2001 Beyond the Living Dead (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2001 A Head for Horror: Lamberto Bava on 'Macabre' (video short) (executive producer)
 
2001 More Lust, Less Dust (video short) (executive producer)
 
2001 Inside 'Manhunter' (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2001 The 'Manhunter' Look: A Conversation with Dante Spinotti (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2001 A Hollywood Life: Remembering Frances (video short) (executive producer)
 
2001 Clockwatching with Mr. Cleese (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2001 Curse of Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2001 Fulci of the Apocalypse (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2001 Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2001 The Joys of Emmanuelle, Parts 1-3 (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2000 Deep Red 25th Anniversary (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2000 Inferno 20th Anniversary (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2000 The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1999 The Men Behind the Army (video documentary short) (executive producer)
 
1999 'Halloween' Unmasked 2000 (video documentary) (executive producer)
 
1983 Vigilante (producer)
 
1980 Maniac (producer)
 
1978 Hot Honey (producer - as Billy Bagg)
 
1977 The Violation of Claudia (producer - as Billy Bagg)
 
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2001 Conducting Dario Argento's 'Opera' (video documentary short)
 
1996 Uncle Sam (video)
 
1995 The Expert (uncredited)
 
1993 Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
 
1990 Maniac Cop 2
 
1989 Relentless
 
1989 Hit List
 
1988 Maniac Cop
 
1983 Vigilante
 
1980 Maniac
 
1978 Hot Honey (as Billy Bagg)
 
1977 The Violation of Claudia (as Billy Bagg)
 
Show ShowActor (9 titles)
2011 Dark Dreamers (TV series) (completed)
– William Lustig
 
1992 Army of Darkness
Fake Shemp
 
1992 Trepanator (video)
Man with nightmares
 
1990 Darkman
Dockworker #4
 
1989 Relentless
Cop #2
 
1988 Cameron's Closet
Ice Cream Eater (uncredited)
 
1988 Maniac Cop
Motel Manager
 
1983 Vigilante
1st Man Exiting Courtroom Elevator (uncredited)
 
1980 Maniac
Al - Hotel Manager (uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
1989 Tripwire (story)
 
1978 Hot Honey (written by / as Billy Bagg)
 
1977 The Violation of Claudia (story / as Billy Bagg)
 
1977 Sylvia (assistant director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProduction Manager (1 title)
1977 Sylvia (production manager - uncredited)
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
1977 The Violation of Claudia (as Billy Bagg)
 
Show ShowStunts (1 title)
1976 The Zebra Force (stunts - uncredited)
 
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1974 Death Wish (apprentice editor - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (10 titles)
2013 The Outsider - Il Cinema Di Antonio Margheriti (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2008 Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2007 Halloween: Faces of Fear (documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2003 'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest (TV documentary) (acknowledgment)
 
2000 Hellbound: Hellraiser II - Lost in the Labyrinth (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2000 Hellraiser: Resurrection (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
1997 The Necro Files (thanks)
 
1994 Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (TV documentary) (acknowledgment)
 
1992 We're Talkin' Serious Money (special thanks)
 
1990 Far Out Man (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (18 titles)
2014 42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street (post-production)
Himself
 
???? Into the Dark: Exploring the Horror Film (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2013 The Outsider - Il Cinema Di Antonio Margheriti (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 This Week in Horror (TV series)
Himself
– Mannequin Menace (2011) … Himself
 
2011 La Magnifique Obsession de Joe Sarno (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 American Grindhouse (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 13 Scarier Movie Moments (TV documentary)
 
2009 Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 Direct Your Own Damn Movie! (video documentary)
Himself (as Bill Lustig)
 
2005 Make Your Own Damn Movie! (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The 100 Scariest Movie Moments (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Cinemaker (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The Joe Spinell Story (video documentary)
Himself (as Bill Lustig)
 
2000 Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Fear, Panic & Censorship (TV documentary)
 
2000 Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Les deniers du culte (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

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Directed hardcore porn films in the 1970s under the name Billy Bagg, including the successful "Violation of Claudia". See more »

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Alternate Names:

Billy Bagg | Bill Lustig

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Personal Quote:

"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... See more »

Trivia:

Nephew of boxer Jake LaMotta. See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius