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Jack Hill (born January 28, 1933) is an American film director in the exploitation film genre. Several of Hill's later films have been characterized as feminist works.
Jack Hill, sometimes referred to as a legendary cult film director, grew up around films - his father was a set designer for Warner Bros. since 1925 and later for Walt Disney Studios, where he eventually designed Disneyland's Cinderella's Castle.
- January 1, 1
- 2 min
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Jack Hill is a cult-film director who worked with Roger Corman and Francis Ford Coppola. He made exploitation films such as The Big Doll House, Coffy and Foxy Brown, which are now hailed as classics by Quentin Tarantino.
- January 28, 1933
Spider Baby: or, the Maddest Story Ever Told is a 1967 American comedy horror film, written and directed by Jack Hill. It stars Lon Chaney Jr. as Bruno, the chauffeur and caretaker of three orphaned siblings who suffer from "Merrye Syndrome", a genetic condition starting in early puberty that causes them to regress mentally, socially and ...
Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told: Directed by Jack Hill. With Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Quinn K. Redeker, Beverly Washburn. A caretaker devotes himself to three demented siblings after their father's death.
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- Comedy, Horror
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- 1967-12-24
Jack Hill (born January 28, 1933) is an U.S. film director, noted for his work in the exploitation film genre. Hill was born in Los Angeles. His mother, Mildred (née Pannill), was a music teacher and his father, Roland Everett Hill, worked as a set builder for film studios and was an architect.
Jan 20, 2009 · Jack Hill stands as one of the great B-movie directors and influenced an aspiring filmmaker named Quentin Tarantino. The director who gave the world Coffy, Foxy Brown, Spider Baby, Switchblade Sisters and other exploitation classics broke gender and racial barriers in his low-budget work.
- Calum Waddell
