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Gary Graver

Gary Graver

Known for: Camera

Born 20/07/1938
Died 2006-11-16
Place of birth Portland, Oregon, USA

Gary Foss Graver (July 20, 1938 – November 16, 2006) was an American film director, editor, screenwriter and cinematographer. He was a prolific filmmaker, working in various roles on over 300 films, but is best known as Orson Welles' final cinematographer, working over a period of six years on Welles' epic film The Other Side of the Wind which was released in 2018, 48 years after it was started. Graver began his career in the late 1960s as a cinematographer and editor of various B-movies, including several films by Roger Corman, before providing additional camerawork on John Cassavetes's A Woman Under the Influence (1974). He continued to serve as the cinematographer of numerous horror films from the late 1970s and through the 1980s, including The Toolbox Murders (1978), Trick or Treats (1982), which he also wrote, edited, and directed; Mortuary (1983), They're Playing with Fire (1984), and Twisted Nightmare (1988). Under the pseudonym of Robert McCallum, Graver was also a prolific director of adult films, working as a cinematographer and director on 135 features. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Graver, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Masseuse Film ★ 4,2

Masseuse

Bob

1996

Operation Cobra Film ★ 4,8

Operation Cobra

Conspirator

1997

F for Fake Film ★ 7,4

F for Fake

Self

1973

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead Film ★ 7,1

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

Self (archive footage)

2018

The Other Side of the Wind Film ★ 6,7

The Other Side of the Wind

Documentary Filmmaker

2018

Girls for Rent Film ★ 4,8

Girls for Rent

Billy

1974

Bad Girls from Mars Film ★ 3,8

Bad Girls from Mars

Camera Guy

1990

The Embracers Film ★ 8,0

The Embracers

The Boy

1966

The Mighty Gorga Film ★ 3,7

The Mighty Gorga

Bill

1969

Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson Film ★ 6,8

Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson

Himself (archive footage)

2019

The Dirty Dolls Film ★ 5,3

The Dirty Dolls

Charlie

1973

Edge of Outside Film ★ 5,8

Edge of Outside

Self

2006

Invisible Mom Film ★ 5,0

Invisible Mom

Psych Patient

1996

Working with Orson Welles Film ★ 5,8

Working with Orson Welles

Himself

1993

Invisible Dad Film ★ 4,1

Invisible Dad

Forger

1998

Horror of the Blood Monsters Film ★ 3,3

Horror of the Blood Monsters

Earthly Vampire (uncredited)

1970

Rosabella - La storia italiana di Orson Welles Film ★ 6,5

Rosabella - La storia italiana di Orson Welles

1993

And When She Was Bad... Film ★ 3,3

And When She Was Bad...

Fire Engine Rider / Man in Alley (uncredited)

1973

Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns Film ★ 6,7

Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns

Tim Harris

1971

Wild, Free & Hungry Film ★ 4,3

Wild, Free & Hungry

Dave

1969

Orson Welles' Magic Show Film ★ 7,3

Orson Welles' Magic Show

Self

1985

Film ★ 8,0

Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story

Himself

2007

Roots of Evil Film ★ 3,8

Roots of Evil

Vinnie (uncredited)

1992

Shock Cinema: Volume Two Film ★ 5,0

Shock Cinema: Volume Two

Self

1991

The Hard Road Film ★ 5,2

The Hard Road

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

1973

Film

Zandor and Friends

Self

2020

Co-Ed Fever Film ★ 7,0

Co-Ed Fever

waiter (uncredited)

1980

Garage Girls Film ★ 6,5

Garage Girls

Man in Beret (uncredited)

1980

Society Affairs Film ★ 8,3

Society Affairs

Guy on Pay Phone

1982

The Ecstasy Girls Film ★ 5,7

The Ecstasy Girls

Slate Operator

1979