Russ Meyer

ActorDirectorCinematographerEditorProducer Mar 21 (died age 82) Oakland, California, USA 1947–2025 (78 year career)

4.9 avg rating

Biography

Russell Albion "Russ" Meyer was an American director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, actor and photographer. Meyer is known primarily for writing and directing a series of successful low-budget sexploitation films that featured campy humor, sly satire and large breasted women.

Known For

Film

Patton

Additional Photography

Film

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Director

Film

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

TV Cameraman (uncredited)

Film

Amazon Women on the Moon

Video Salesman (segment "Video Date")

Film

Supervixens

Motel Manager #2 (uncredited)

Film

Up!

Hitchcock (uncredited)

Film

Vixen!

Tourist (uncredited)

Film

Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens

The Director (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (29)

Movies (28)

TURA!

2025

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

2020

as Self

6.8

That's Sexploitation!

2013

as Self (archive footage)

5.8

Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition

2006

as Self (archive footage)

Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation

2004

as Self

Pandora Peaks

2004

as Himself / Narrator

4.4

Shooting War

2000

as himself

5.9

Playboy: The Story of X

1998

as Self - Producer and Director

6.3

Playboy's Voluptuous Vixens II

1998

as Himself

5.3

Liebe ist Geschmackssache

1997

as Thanks

Playboy's Voluptuous Vixens

1997

5.2

Hollywood Rated 'R'

1997

as Self (archive footage)

4.8

The Tip of the Iceberg

1989

Cult People

1989

as Himself

Amazon Women on the Moon

1987

as Video Salesman (segment "Video Date")

5.9

Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens

1979

as The Director (uncredited)

5.3

Up!

1976

as Hitchcock (uncredited)

5.6

Supervixens

1975

as Motel Manager #2 (uncredited)

5.6

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

1970

as TV Cameraman (uncredited)

6.1

Vixen!

1968

as Tourist (uncredited)

5.5

Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers!

as o.A.

Motorpsycho!

as Sheriff

Mudhoney

as o.A.

Skyscrapers and Brassieres

as Himself

Heavenly Bodies

as Fetischist

Wild Gals of the Naked West

Erotica

as Cameraman

The Immoral Mr. Teas

as Audience Member (uncredited)

4.2

Television (1)

The Incredibly Strange Film Show

1988

as Self

10.0

Crew (123)

Movies (123)

Pandora Peaks

2004

Director

4.4

Pandora Peaks

2004

Director of Photography

Pandora Peaks

Editor

Pandora Peaks

Producer

Pandora Peaks

Screenplay

Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens

1979

Director

5.3

Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens

1979

Director of Photography

5.3

Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens

1979

Editor

5.3

Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens

1979

Original Story

5.3

Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens

Producer

Up!

Camera Operator

Up!

Director

Up!

Director of Photography

Up!

Editor

Up!

Original Story

Up!

Producer

Up!

Screenplay

Supervixens

Director

Supervixens

Director of Photography

Supervixens

Editor

Supervixens

Producer

Supervixens

Screenplay

Black Snake

Director

Black Snake

Producer

Black Snake

Screenplay

The Seven Minutes

Director

The Seven Minutes

Producer

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

1970

Director

6.1

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

1970

Producer

6.1

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

1970

Story

6.1

Patton

1970

Additional Photography

7.5

Cherry, Harry & Raquel!

1969

Director

5.5

Cherry, Harry & Raquel!

1969

Director of Photography

5.5

Cherry, Harry & Raquel!

1969

Editor

5.5

Cherry, Harry & Raquel!

Producer

Vixen!

Director

Vixen!

Director of Photography

Vixen!

Editor

Vixen!

Original Story

Vixen!

Producer

Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers!

1968

Director

5.0

Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers!

1968

Director of Photography

5.0

Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers!

1968

Editor

5.0

Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers!

Producer

Common Law Cabin

Director

Common Law Cabin

Editor

Common Law Cabin

Producer

Good Morning... and Goodbye!

1967

Director

5.4

Good Morning... and Goodbye!

1967

Director of Photography

5.4

Good Morning... and Goodbye!

1967

Editor

5.4

Good Morning... and Goodbye!

Producer

Mondo Topless

Director

Mondo Topless

Director of Photography

Mondo Topless

Editor

Mondo Topless

Producer

Mondo Topless

Screenplay

Motorpsycho!

Director

Motorpsycho!

Director of Photography

Motorpsycho!

Editor

Motorpsycho!

Original Story

Motorpsycho!

Producer

Motorpsycho!

Screenplay

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

1965

Director

6.4

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

1965

Editor

6.4

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

1965

Original Story

6.4

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Producer

Mudhoney

Director

Mudhoney

Editor

Mudhoney

Producer

Lorna

Director

Lorna

Director of Photography

Lorna

Editor

Lorna

Producer

Lorna

Story

Fanny Hill

Director

Skyscrapers and Brassieres

1963

Director

4.0

Skyscrapers and Brassieres

1963

Director of Photography

4.0

Skyscrapers and Brassieres

1963

Editor

4.0

Skyscrapers and Brassieres

1963

Producer

4.0

Skyscrapers and Brassieres

Screenplay

Heavenly Bodies

Director

Heavenly Bodies

Director of Photography

Heavenly Bodies

Editor

Heavenly Bodies

Producer

Heavenly Bodies

Screenplay

Europe in the Raw

Cinematography

Europe in the Raw

Director

Europe in the Raw

Editor

Europe in the Raw

Producer

Europe in the Raw

Writer

Wild Gals of the Naked West

1962

Director

3.4

Wild Gals of the Naked West

1962

Director of Photography

3.4

Wild Gals of the Naked West

1962

Editor

3.4

Wild Gals of the Naked West

1962

Producer

3.4

Wild Gals of the Naked West

Screenplay

Erotica

Director

Erotica

Director of Photography

Erotica

Editor

Erotica

Producer

Erotica

Screenplay

The Naked Camera

Director

The Naked Camera

Director of Photography

The Naked Camera

Editor

The Naked Camera

Producer

The Naked Camera

Screenplay

Eve and the Handyman

Director

Eve and the Handyman

Director of Photography

Eve and the Handyman

Editor

Eve and the Handyman

Producer

Eve and the Handyman

Screenplay

This Is My Body

Cinematography

This Is My Body

Director

This Is My Body

Writer

The Immoral Mr. Teas

Director

The Immoral Mr. Teas

Director of Photography

The Immoral Mr. Teas

Editor

The Immoral Mr. Teas

Producer

The Immoral Mr. Teas

Screenplay

The Desperate Women

Director of Photography

The French Peep Show

1954

Director

The French Peep Show

1954

Director of Photography

The French Peep Show

1954

Editor

Afro Mood Burlesque

1947

Director

5.0