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Doris Wishman

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Doris Wishman

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Born: June 1, 1912
Died: August 10, 2002
From: New York City, New York, USA

Also known as

Louis Silverman · Luigi Manicottale · Anthony Brooks · Dee Ess · Bruce Leatoni · Dawn Whitman · Kenyon Wintel · Melvin Stanley · Doris Silverman · D. Whitman · El Ess · L. Silverman · O.O. Miller · 桃乐丝·维斯曼 · Doris Wisher

Biography

Doris Wishman was an American film director, screenwriter and producer. She is credited with having directed and produced at least thirty feature films during a career spanning over four decades, most notably in the sexploitation film genre. Film critic Joe Bob Briggs described Wishman as "The greatest female exploitation film director in history."

Known for

Bad Girls Go to Hell

Deadly Weapons

Nude on the Moon

Double Agent 73

Diary of a Nudist

Let Me Die a Woman

A Night to Dismember

Hideout in the Sun

Filmography

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2025

An Evening with Rodney Ascher

2020

Doris Wishman Directs A Music Video

2018

Better than Sex! or: How to Make a Wishman Film

Acting (Herself)

A Night to Dismember: The Original Cut

Directing (Director)

2014

After School Massacre

Crew (In Memory Of)

2013

That's Sexploitation!

Acting (Self (archive footage))

2007

Each Time I Kill

Writing (Writer) Directing (Director)

2004

The Halfway House

Production (Location Manager)

2002

Dildo Heaven

Production (Producer) Sound (Music) Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

2001

Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies

Acting (Herself)

Satan Was a Lady

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

1988

The Incredibly Strange Film Show

Acting (Self) 1 EP

1983

A Night to Dismember

Directing (Director) Production (Producer) Editing (Editor) Production (Casting)

1977

Let Me Die a Woman

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer) Production (Producer) Directing (Continuity)

1976

Come with Me My Love

Directing (Director) Production (Producer) Writing (Writer)

1975

Satan Was a Lady

Acting (Terry and Claudia's Thoughts (voice)) Production (Producer) Writing (Story) Directing (Director)

The Immoral Three

Directing (Director) Production (Producer)

1974

Deadly Weapons

Acting (Audience at Burlesque Show (uncredited)) Directing (Director) Production (Producer)

Double Agent 73

Writing (Writer) Directing (Director) Production (Producer)

1972

Keyholes Are for Peeping

Acting (Mrs. Bebble (voice) (uncredited)) Directing (Director) Production (Producer) Writing (Story)

1971

Weirdos and the Oddballs

Production (Executive Producer)

Millie's Homecoming

Production (Executive Producer)

Directing (Director) Production (Producer) Directing (Continuity)

The Amazing Transplant

Directing (Director) Production (Producer) Writing (Screenplay)

1969

Passion Fever

Directing (Director) Crew (Additional Dialogue) Production (Producer)

1968

Too Much Too Often!

Directing (Director) Editing (Editor) Production (Producer) Writing (Story) Writing (Screenplay)

Indecent Desires

Directing (Director) Production (Producer) Writing (Screenplay) Writing (Story)

1967

A Taste of Flesh

Directing (Director) Production (Producer) Editing (Editor) Writing (Story)

1966

My Brother's Wife

Directing (Director) Production (Producer) Writing (Screenplay) Writing (Story)

Another Day, Another Man

Directing (Director) Production (Producer) Editing (Editor) Writing (Story) Writing (Screenplay)

The Hot Month of August

Directing (Director) Production (Producer)

1965

Bad Girls Go to Hell

Directing (Director) Production (Producer) Writing (Story) Writing (Screenplay)