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Jim Wynorski

April 18, 2024

Jim Wynorski is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. Wynorski has been making B-movies and exploitation movies since the early 1980s, and has directed over 150 feature films. His earliest films were released to film theaters, but his later works have predominantly been released through the cable or straight-to-video market. He often works under pseudonyms such as "Jay Andrews," "Arch Stanton," "H.R. Blueberry," "Tom Popatopolis," and "Noble Henry."[citation needed] His adult films often spoof popular horror movies: Cleavagefield, for example, parodies Cloverfield,[1] The Bare Wench Project parodies The Blair Witch Project,[2] and Para-Knockers Activity parodies Paranormal Activity.[3]

Jim Wynorski
Born
Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Film director, producer, screenwriter

In 2009, the documentary Popatopolis, directed by Clay Westervelt and named for one of Wynorski's pseudonyms, chronicled Wynorski during the making of his soft-core horror film, The Witches of Breastwick. The film serves as a partial biography, with clips from many of his previous films and includes interviews with Wynorski, his contemporaries, cast, and crew.

Career edit

Jim Wynorski grew up in Long Island. He flunked out of film school and went to work at the fiction department of DoubleDay Publishing from 1972 to 1977. Wynorski relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the movie industry. He got a job as location manager on the TV show Breaking Away, but was fired during production. Flying back to Los Angeles, he met a fellow passenger who knew Roger Corman and arranged an introduction. Wynorski then went to work for Corman. He did publicity and began writing screenplays.[4]

Wynorski 's first produced screenplay was Forbidden World (1982). He also wrote Sorceress for $1,000 and wrote and produced Screwballs (1983), a Porky's-style comedy.

Directorial debut and Roger Corman edit

Wynorski made his directing debut with The Lost Empire.

His second film, Chopping Mall (1986), was made for Julie Corman, which Wynorski also produced and co-wrote.[5] Julie's husband Corman liked it, and hired Wynorski to make Deathstalker 2 in Argentina, then Big Bad Mama II (1987) with Angie Dickinson, and a remake of Not of this Earth (1988) with Traci Lords. He was creative consultant on Purple People Eater (1988).

Wynorski was given a $7 million budget to make The Return of Swamp Thing (1989) with Louis Jourdan. He then made Transylvania Twist and The Haunting of Morella back to back for Roger Corman.

He also made Sorority House Massacre II (1990) for Julie Corman, on sets left over from existing films. Roger Corman was impressed and got Wynorski to remake it as Sorority House Massacre III: Hard to Die. Corman "taught me all the lessons on how to make a film and how to make it look expensive when you don't have a lot of money," Wynorski says.[6]

He worked on the scripts for Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991), House IV (1992) and Final Embrace (1992) but did not direct them.

He directed 976-Evil II (1992), which was produced by Paul Hertzberg, with whom Wynorski would frequently collaborate.

Fred Olen Ray edit

With his friend Fred Olen Ray he directed, wrote and produced Scream Queen Hot Tub Party (1991), shot in one day. The two friends later collaborated on Dinosaur Island (1994) and co-executive produced Dark Universe (1993) and Biohazard: The Alien Force (1994) together. Ray produced Sorceress (1995) which Wynorski directed, and Wynorski helped produce Bikini Drive-In (1995), Fugitive Rage (1996), Friend of the Family II (1996) and Hybrid (1997) which Ray directed.

Family films edit

Wynorski made Munchie (1992), marking the film debut of Jennifer Love Hewitt; and its sequel, Munchie Strikes Back (1993). Hewitt was not part of the cast in the sequel, but he later directed Little Miss Millions (1993), which starred her. He also executive produced The Skateboard Kid 2.

Erotic thrillers edit

In the early 1990s he specialised in erotic thrillers, starting with Sins of Desire (1993). "I was good and I was fast,” Wynorski said. “They knew the product would be solid... They were easy to make. It didn’t require any action. You could get them done well in 12 days. The trick was making them for low money. There was plenty of competition, so you had to be good and you had to get those big stars naked. Shannon Tweed, Andrew Stevens, Shannon Whirry, Tanya Roberts all started working double time.”[7]

Wynorski 's other erotic thrillers included Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III (1994), Victim of Desire (1995), Body Chemistry IV: Full Exposure (1995) and Virtual Desire (1995). He later directed The Escort III (1999).

In 1998 Wynorski appeared in a documentary Some Nudity Required where he said he got into film "for the money and the chicks" and said "breasts are the cheapest special effect in the business".[8]

Roger Corman Presents edit

Wynorski made two films for Corman's Showtime series, Roger Corman Presents: a remake of The Wasp Woman (1995) and Vampirella (1996). Vampirella was an unhappy experience for him - in 2013 he said that film and Victim of Desire were the only films he regretted making in his career.[9]

Sunset Films edit

Wynorski established his own production company, Sunset Films, which he ran with Andrew Stevens. It was a division of Cinetel Films.[10][11] Sunset's films included Midnight Tease and its sequel; Vice Girls (1997); Sorceress II: The Temptress (1997).

He directed some of Sunset's films including Hard Bounty (1995), Demolition High (1996), Against the Law (1997), Storm Trooper (1998), Desert Thunder (1999).

He did not direct the sequel to Demolition High, Demolition University (1997), but produced and co-wrote it.

Action movies edit

These were action movies, as were The Pandora Project (1998), Stealth Fighter (1999), Final Voyage (1999), Militia (2000), Rangers (2000), Extreme Limits (2000) and Ablaze (2001).

He produced some films he did not direct such as Fugitive Mind (1999); Sonic Impact (2000); Active Stealth (2000), Submerged (2000), Kept (2001), Air Rage (2001), Critical Mass (2001), Venomous (2001), all directed by Ray; Storm Catcher (2000); Jill Rips (2000) with Dolph Lundgren; Intrepid (2000), with James Coburn.

He often worked with producer and actor Andrew Stevens, who called in Wynorski to shoot additional scenes for Agent Red (2000).

Thy Neighbor's Wife (2001) was a thriller. Gale Force (2002), Lost Treasure (2003, with Stephen Baldwin) and Treasure Hunt (2003) were action films. Bad Bizness (2003) was Wynorski 's first film with a predominantly black cast.

Later action films he helped produce included Blue Demon (2004) and Sub Zero.

The Bare Wench Project and parody films edit

In 2000 Wynorski made The Bare Wench Project, a sex parody of The Blair Witch Project. It was popular and led to several sequels. Wynorski made several other erotic parody movies, including Busty Cops (2004) and its several sequels, The Witches of Breastwick (2005) and its sequel, Alabama Jones and the Busty Crusade (2005), The Da Vinci Coed (2007), The Breastford Wives (2007), House on Hooter Hill (2007), The Devil Wears Nada (2009), Cleavagefield (2009), Para-Knockers Activity (2009), and The Hills Have Thighs (2010).

Creature films edit

In 2001 Wynorski returned to Roger Corman with Raptor (2001). He later made a series of "creature" films. For Corman he did some uncredited work on Wolfhound (2002). He made Project Viper (2002) for the Sci Fi Channel.

He later made Curse of the Komodo (2004) and its sequel, Komodo vs. Cobra (2005), Gargoyle: Wings of Darkness (2004), Cry of the Winged Serpent (2007), Dinocroc vs. Supergator (2010), Camel Spiders (2010), and CobraGator (2016).

Horror films edit

He returned to slasher movies with Cheerleader Massacre (2003). The Thing Below (2003) was horror.

Lust Connection (2005) was a return to erotic thrillers.

Return to family films edit

In recent years, Wynorski has returned to the family film genre, making Nessie & Me (2016), which is in a shared universe with DinoCroc, Supergator, Dinocroc vs. Supergator, and Piranhaconda, due to the lead character referencing said films' title monsters, and Monster Cruise, from which many characters returned for Nessie & Me. He also directed A Doggone Christmas (2016), which spawned a sequel A Doggone Hollywood (2017).

Filmography edit

References edit

  1. ^ Foy, Scott (February 15, 2008). "B-Movie Overload: Beasts, Bugs, Breasts & Boll". DreadCentral. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
  2. ^ "The Top 10 'Blair Witch Project' Parodies". Fearnet. July 16, 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
  3. ^ Foy, Scott (October 26, 2009). "Para-Knockers Activity Prepares to Go Hump in the Night". DreadCentral. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
  4. ^ McCarty, John (2016). The Sleaze Merchants: Adventures in Exploitation Filmmaking from the '50s to the '90s. Crossroad Press.
  5. ^ "Interview with director Jim Wynorski". Film Monthly. October 15, 2014.
  6. ^ [1] [dead link]
  7. ^ Liebenson, Donald (March 20, 2017). ""The Sexpendables": How Basic Instinct Birthed a Schlocky, Sexy Cottage Industry". Vanity Fair.
  8. ^ [2] [dead link]
  9. ^ "Rex Sikes Movie Beat chats with director Jim Wynorski". Blogtalkradio.com (Podcast). 2013.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Bring on the Killbots: An Interview with Steve Mitchell". Mondo Digital.
  11. ^ "Sunset Films International". Hollywood Network.
  12. ^ Foy, Scott (July 4, 2010). "Three Weeks and Counting Until Dinocroc vs. Supergator". DreadCentral. Retrieved November 22, 2013.

External links edit

  • Jim Wynorski at IMDb
  • Interview with Jim Wynorski on (re)Search my Trash

April 18, 2024
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Jim Wynorski is an American screenwriter director and producer Wynorski has been making B movies and exploitation movies since the early 1980s and has directed over 150 feature films His earliest films were released to film theaters but his later works have predominantly been released through the cable or straight to video market He often works under pseudonyms such as Jay Andrews Arch Stanton H R Blueberry Tom Popatopolis and Noble Henry citation needed His adult films often spoof popular horror movies Cleavagefield for example parodies Cloverfield 1 The Bare Wench Project parodies The Blair Witch Project 2 and Para Knockers Activity parodies Paranormal Activity 3 Jim WynorskiBornGlen Cove Long Island New York U S NationalityAmericanOccupation s Film director producer screenwriterIn 2009 the documentary Popatopolis directed by Clay Westervelt and named for one of Wynorski s pseudonyms chronicled Wynorski during the making of his soft core horror film The Witches of Breastwick The film serves as a partial biography with clips from many of his previous films and includes interviews with Wynorski his contemporaries cast and crew Contents 1 Career 1 1 Directorial debut and Roger Corman 1 2 Fred Olen Ray 1 3 Family films 1 4 Erotic thrillers 1 5 Roger Corman Presents 1 6 Sunset Films 1 7 Action movies 1 8 The Bare Wench Project and parody films 1 9 Creature films 1 10 Horror films 1 11 Return to family films 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External linksCareer editJim Wynorski grew up in Long Island He flunked out of film school and went to work at the fiction department of DoubleDay Publishing from 1972 to 1977 Wynorski relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the movie industry He got a job as location manager on the TV show Breaking Away but was fired during production Flying back to Los Angeles he met a fellow passenger who knew Roger Corman and arranged an introduction Wynorski then went to work for Corman He did publicity and began writing screenplays 4 Wynorski s first produced screenplay was Forbidden World 1982 He also wrote Sorceress for 1 000 and wrote and produced Screwballs 1983 a Porky s style comedy Directorial debut and Roger Corman edit Wynorski made his directing debut with The Lost Empire His second film Chopping Mall 1986 was made for Julie Corman which Wynorski also produced and co wrote 5 Julie s husband Corman liked it and hired Wynorski to make Deathstalker 2 in Argentina then Big Bad Mama II 1987 with Angie Dickinson and a remake of Not of this Earth 1988 with Traci Lords He was creative consultant on Purple People Eater 1988 Wynorski was given a 7 million budget to make The Return of Swamp Thing 1989 with Louis Jourdan He then made Transylvania Twist and The Haunting of Morella back to back for Roger Corman He also made Sorority House Massacre II 1990 for Julie Corman on sets left over from existing films Roger Corman was impressed and got Wynorski to remake it as Sorority House Massacre III Hard to Die Corman taught me all the lessons on how to make a film and how to make it look expensive when you don t have a lot of money Wynorski says 6 He worked on the scripts for Beastmaster 2 Through the Portal of Time 1991 House IV 1992 and Final Embrace 1992 but did not direct them He directed 976 Evil II 1992 which was produced by Paul Hertzberg with whom Wynorski would frequently collaborate Fred Olen Ray edit With his friend Fred Olen Ray he directed wrote and produced Scream Queen Hot Tub Party 1991 shot in one day The two friends later collaborated on Dinosaur Island 1994 and co executive produced Dark Universe 1993 and Biohazard The Alien Force 1994 together Ray produced Sorceress 1995 which Wynorski directed and Wynorski helped produce Bikini Drive In 1995 Fugitive Rage 1996 Friend of the Family II 1996 and Hybrid 1997 which Ray directed Family films edit Wynorski made Munchie 1992 marking the film debut of Jennifer Love Hewitt and its sequel Munchie Strikes Back 1993 Hewitt was not part of the cast in the sequel but he later directed Little Miss Millions 1993 which starred her He also executive produced The Skateboard Kid 2 Erotic thrillers edit In the early 1990s he specialised in erotic thrillers starting with Sins of Desire 1993 I was good and I was fast Wynorski said They knew the product would be solid They were easy to make It didn t require any action You could get them done well in 12 days The trick was making them for low money There was plenty of competition so you had to be good and you had to get those big stars naked Shannon Tweed Andrew Stevens Shannon Whirry Tanya Roberts all started working double time 7 Wynorski s other erotic thrillers included Point of Seduction Body Chemistry III 1994 Victim of Desire 1995 Body Chemistry IV Full Exposure 1995 and Virtual Desire 1995 He later directed The Escort III 1999 In 1998 Wynorski appeared in a documentary Some Nudity Required where he said he got into film for the money and the chicks and said breasts are the cheapest special effect in the business 8 Roger Corman Presents edit Wynorski made two films for Corman s Showtime series Roger Corman Presents a remake of The Wasp Woman 1995 and Vampirella 1996 Vampirella was an unhappy experience for him in 2013 he said that film and Victim of Desire were the only films he regretted making in his career 9 Sunset Films edit Wynorski established his own production company Sunset Films which he ran with Andrew Stevens It was a division of Cinetel Films 10 11 Sunset s films included Midnight Tease and its sequel Vice Girls 1997 Sorceress II The Temptress 1997 He directed some of Sunset s films including Hard Bounty 1995 Demolition High 1996 Against the Law 1997 Storm Trooper 1998 Desert Thunder 1999 He did not direct the sequel to Demolition High Demolition University 1997 but produced and co wrote it Action movies edit These were action movies as were The Pandora Project 1998 Stealth Fighter 1999 Final Voyage 1999 Militia 2000 Rangers 2000 Extreme Limits 2000 and Ablaze 2001 He produced some films he did not direct such as Fugitive Mind 1999 Sonic Impact 2000 Active Stealth 2000 Submerged 2000 Kept 2001 Air Rage 2001 Critical Mass 2001 Venomous 2001 all directed by Ray Storm Catcher 2000 Jill Rips 2000 with Dolph Lundgren Intrepid 2000 with James Coburn He often worked with producer and actor Andrew Stevens who called in Wynorski to shoot additional scenes for Agent Red 2000 Thy Neighbor s Wife 2001 was a thriller Gale Force 2002 Lost Treasure 2003 with Stephen Baldwin and Treasure Hunt 2003 were action films Bad Bizness 2003 was Wynorski s first film with a predominantly black cast Later action films he helped produce included Blue Demon 2004 and Sub Zero The Bare Wench Project and parody films edit In 2000 Wynorski made The Bare Wench Project a sex parody of The Blair Witch Project It was popular and led to several sequels Wynorski made several other erotic parody movies including Busty Cops 2004 and its several sequels The Witches of Breastwick 2005 and its sequel Alabama Jones and the Busty Crusade 2005 The Da Vinci Coed 2007 The Breastford Wives 2007 House on Hooter Hill 2007 The Devil Wears Nada 2009 Cleavagefield 2009 Para Knockers Activity 2009 and The Hills Have Thighs 2010 Creature films edit In 2001 Wynorski returned to Roger Corman with Raptor 2001 He later made a series of creature films For Corman he did some uncredited work on Wolfhound 2002 He made Project Viper 2002 for the Sci Fi Channel He later made Curse of the Komodo 2004 and its sequel Komodo vs Cobra 2005 Gargoyle Wings of Darkness 2004 Cry of the Winged Serpent 2007 Dinocroc vs Supergator 2010 Camel Spiders 2010 and CobraGator 2016 Horror films edit He returned to slasher movies with Cheerleader Massacre 2003 The Thing Below 2003 was horror Lust Connection 2005 was a return to erotic thrillers Return to family films edit In recent years Wynorski has returned to the family film genre making Nessie amp Me 2016 which is in a shared universe with DinoCroc Supergator Dinocroc vs Supergator and Piranhaconda due to the lead character referencing said films title monsters and Monster Cruise from which many characters returned for Nessie amp Me He also directed A Doggone Christmas 2016 which spawned a sequel A Doggone Hollywood 2017 Filmography editForbidden World 1982 writer Sorceress 1982 writer Screwballs 1983 writer The Lost Empire 1984 director writer producer Loose Screws 1985 a k a Screwballs II writer Chopping Mall 1986 director writer Deathstalker II 1987 director writer Big Bad Mama II 1987 director writer Not of This Earth 1988 director writer producer The Return of Swamp Thing 1989 director Think Big 1989 story Transylvania Twist 1989 director writer The Haunting of Morella 1990 director writer uncredited Sorority House Massacre II 1990 director as Arch Stanton Hard to Die 1990 director as Arch Stanton producer Beastmaster 2 Through the Portal of Time 1991 writer 976 Evil 2 The Astral Factor 1991 director Scream Queen Hot Tub Party 1991 director writer producer as Arch Stanton Munchie 1992 director writer Final Embrace 1992 writer House IV 1992 story Sins of Desire 1993 director story Little Miss Millions 1993 a k a Home for Christmas director writer Dark Universe 1993 co executive producer Biohazard The Alien Force 1994 executive producer Munchie Strikes Back 1994 director writer Dinosaur Island 1994 director producer Point of Seduction Body Chemistry III 1994 director Ghoulies IV 1994 director The Skateboard Kid 2 1995 executive producer Sorceress 1995 director Victim of Desire 1995 director Midnight Tease II 1995 executive producer Bikini Drive In 1995 executive producer Body Chemistry IV Full Exposure 1995 director The Wasp Woman 1995 director Hard Bounty 1995 director producer Virtual Desire 1995 director producer Demolition High 1996 director Friend of the Family II 1996 producer The Assault 1996 director producer Fugitive Rage 1996 writer Vampirella 1996 director producer Hybrid 1997 producer Vice Girls 1997 producer Sorceress II The Temptress 1997 executive producer Demolition University 1997 producer Against the Law 1997 director The Pandora Project 1998 director writer Storm Trooper 1998 director Desert Thunder 1999 director producer Final Voyage 1999 director as Jay Andrews producer writer as Noble Henry The Escort III 1999 director as Tom Popatopolous Sonic Impact 1999 producer Storm Catcher 1999 producer Active Stealth 1999 producer Fugitive Mind 1999 executive producer Agent Red 2000 director uncredited reshoots producer Rangers 2000 director producer The Bare Wench Project 2000 director writer producer Crash Point Zero fr 2000 a k a Extreme Limits director Jill Rips 2000 producer Intrepid 2000 producer Submerged 2000 producer Ablaze 2001 director Kept 2001 producer Air Rage 2001 producer Thy Neighbor s Wife 2001 a k a Poison director story The Bare Wench Project 2 Scared Topless 2001 director writer producer Raptor 2001 director writer Critical Mass 2001 producer Venomous 2001 producer Gale Force 2002 director producer Wolfhound 2002 director some scenes uncredited The Bare Wench Project 3 Nymphs of Mystery Mountain 2002 director writer producer Lost Treasure 2003 director Bare Wench Project Uncensored 2003 director Bad Bizness 2003 director Treasure Hunt 2003 director writer Project Viper 2002 director Cheerleader Massacre 2003 director The Thing Below 2004 director producer Curse of the Komodo 2004 director Gargoyle Wings of Darkness 2004 director writer producer Blue Demon 2004 producer Deep Evil 2004 producer Alabama Jones and the Busty Crusade 2005 director Lust Connection 2005 director writer producer Crash Landing 2005 director writer Busty Cops 2005 director producer Sub Zero 2005 director The Witches of Breastwick 2005 director writer producer The Witches of Breastwick 2 2005 director producer Komodo vs Cobra 2005 director writer Bare Wench The Final Chapter 2005 director writer producer Busty Cops 2 2006 director A I Assault 2006 director writer The Da Vinci Coed 2007 director writer producer Cry of the Winged Serpent 2007 director The Breastford Wives 2007 director writer House on Hooter Hill 2007 director writer Bone Eater 2008 director writer The Lusty Busty Babe a que 2008 director The Devil Wears Nada 2009 director writer Cleavagefield 2009 director producer Strip for Action 2009 director uncredited Vampire in Vegas 2009 director Fire from Below 2009 director writer producer Lost in the Woods 2009 director producer Para Knockers Activity 2009 director Dinocroc vs Supergator 2010 director writer 12 Monster Cruise 2010 director writer The Hills Have Thighs 2010 director writer as Salvadore Ross Busty Cops and the Jewel of Denial 2010 director writer Harold Blueberry Busty Cops Go Hawaiian 2010 director writer Harold Blueberry Camel Spiders 2011 director writer producer as Jay Andrews Busty Coeds vs Lusty Cheerleaders 2010 director as Sam Pepperman Piranhaconda 2012 director Gila 2012 director Sexy Wives Sindrome 2013 director writer Pleasure Spa 2013 director Hypnotika 2013 director Lucky Bastard 2014 producer Sexipede 2014 director as Sam Pepperman writer Sexually Bugged 2014 director Water Wars 2014 director Shark Babes 2015 director Sharkansas Women s Prison Massacre 2015 director writer Scared Topless 2015 director writer Nessie amp Me 2016 director writer A Doggone Christmas 2016 director writer Legend of the Naked Ghost 2017 director writer A Doggone Hollywood 2017 director writer CobraGator 2018 directorReferences edit Foy Scott February 15 2008 B Movie Overload Beasts Bugs Breasts amp Boll DreadCentral Retrieved November 22 2013 The Top 10 Blair Witch Project Parodies Fearnet July 16 2009 Retrieved November 22 2013 Foy Scott October 26 2009 Para Knockers Activity Prepares to Go Hump in the Night DreadCentral Retrieved November 22 2013 McCarty John 2016 The Sleaze Merchants Adventures in Exploitation Filmmaking from the 50s to the 90s Crossroad Press Interview with director Jim Wynorski Film Monthly October 15 2014 1 dead link Liebenson Donald March 20 2017 The Sexpendables How Basic Instinct Birthed a Schlocky Sexy Cottage Industry Vanity Fair 2 dead link Rex Sikes Movie Beat chats with director Jim Wynorski Blogtalkradio com Podcast 2013 permanent dead link Bring on the Killbots An Interview with Steve Mitchell Mondo Digital Sunset Films International Hollywood Network Foy Scott July 4 2010 Three Weeks and Counting Until Dinocroc vs Supergator DreadCentral Retrieved November 22 2013 External links editJim Wynorski at IMDb Interview with Jim Wynorski on re Search my Trash Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jim Wynorski amp oldid 1218546618, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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