Herschell Gordon Lewis

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1929-06-15

Deathday 2016-09-26 (87 years old)

Place of Birth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As Lewis H. Gordon, Mark Hansen, Marvin Lester, H.G. Lewis, Herschell G. Lewis, Georges Parades, George Parades, Armand Parys, Armand Pays, Francis X. Ploitation, Marvin Lester Schmidt, Sheldon S. Seymour, Sheldon Seymour, Seymour Sheldon, R.L. Smith

Herschell Gordon Lewis

Biography

Herschell Gordon Lewis (June 15, 1926 - September 26, 2016) was an American filmmaker, best known for creating the "splatter" subgenre of horror films.

Known For

Director

2017
BloodMania

as Director

2009
The Uh-oh Show

as Director

1972
1972
1971
1971
Black Love

as Director

1970
The Wizard of Gore

as Director

1970
1969
1969
Linda and Abilene

as Director

1968
1968
1968
How to Make a Doll

as Director

1968
Suburban Roulette

as Director

1968
The Alley Tramp

as Director

1967
Something Weird

as Director

1967
1967
A Taste of Blood

as Director

1967
Blast-Off Girls

as Director

1966
1965
Monster a Go-Go!

as Director

1965
Color Me Blood Red

as Director

1964
Moonshine Mountain

as Director

1964
1963
Blood Feast

as Director

1963
Scum of the Earth!

as Director

1963
Boin-n-g

as Director

1963
1962
1962
Nature's Playmates

as Director

1961
Living Venus

as Director

1959
Carving Magic

as Director

Actor

2017
Killer Campout

as Himself- Voice

2016
Blood Feast

as Professor Lou Herschell

2015
B-Documentary

as Himself

2015
Terror Toons 3

as Himself

2011
2010
Under the Scares

as Himself

2009
Smash Cut

as Fred Sandy / Radio Announcer

2009
Psycho Holocaust

as Radio News Broadcaster (voice)

2007
Book of Lore

as Bingo Record (voice)

2005
Horror Business

as Himself

2004
Chainsaw Sally

as Mr. Gordon

2000
Divine Trash

as Self

1987
Crystalstone

as Antique Dealer

1968
How to Make a Doll

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1968
The Alley Tramp

as Radio Reporter Gene Stallion (voice)

1967
The Gruesome Twosome

as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

1967
A Taste of Blood

as The Limey Seaman / Baron Khron (voice) (as Seymour Sheldon)

1967
Something Weird

as Narrator (voice) (as Sheldon Seymour)

1963
Scum of the Earth!

as Narrator (voice)

1963
Goldilocks and the Three Bares

as Voice Introducing Sonny Seymour (voice)

1963
Blood Feast

as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

1961
Living Venus

as Man on Street (uncredited)

Producer

2010
1972
1972
1971
1971
Black Love

as Producer

1970
The Wizard of Gore

as Producer

1970
1968
1968
1968
The Alley Tramp

as Producer

1968
Suburban Roulette

as Producer

1968
How to Make a Doll

as Producer

1967
Blast-Off Girls

as Producer

1967
A Taste of Blood

as Producer

1967
1965
Monster a Go-Go!

as Producer

1964
Moonshine Mountain

as Producer

1963
Blood Feast

as Producer

1961
Living Venus

as Producer

1960
The Prime Time

as Producer

Writer

2017
BloodMania

as Screenplay

2009
The Uh-oh Show

as Writer

1976
Bridger

as Writer

1970
1968
How to Make a Doll

as Screenplay

1968
The Psychic

as Writer

1967
Blast-Off Girls

as Writer

1965
1964
1963
1963
Blood Feast

as Story

1963
Boin-n-g

as Screenplay

1962
1961
Living Venus

as Screenplay

Camera

1969
The Ecstasies of Women

as Director of Photography

1969
Linda and Abilene

as Director of Photography

1968
The Psychic

as Director of Photography

1966
Magic Land of Mother Goose

as Director of Photography

1965
Color Me Blood Red

as Director of Photography

1964
Moonshine Mountain

as Director of Photography

1964
Two Thousand Maniacs!

as Director of Photography

1963
Blood Feast

as Director of Photography

1963
Scum of the Earth!

as Director of Photography

1963
Bell, Bare and Beautiful

as Director of Photography

1963
Goldilocks and the Three Bares

as Director of Photography

1963
Boin-n-g

as Director of Photography

1962
Daughter of the Sun

as Director of Photography

1962
The Adventures of Lucky Pierre

as Director of Photography

1962
Nature's Playmates

as Director of Photography

Sound

1976
Bridger

as Sound Editor

1972
The Gore Gore Girls

as Original Music Composer

1972
The Year of the Yahoo!

as Original Music Composer

1971
This Stuff'll Kill Ya!

as Original Music Composer

1968
1968
How to Make a Doll

as Sound Effects

1964
Moonshine Mountain

as Original Music Composer

1963
Blood Feast

as Original Music Composer

1963
Boin-n-g

as Original Music Composer

1962
The Adventures of Lucky Pierre

as Original Music Composer

Crew

2018
1972
The Gore Gore Girls

as Makeup Effects

1971
Black Love

as Cinematography

1970
The Wizard of Gore

as Special Effects

1968
Suburban Roulette

as Additional Dialogue

1967
Something Weird

as Cinematography

1965
Monster a Go-Go!

as Additional Dialogue

1963
Blood Feast

as Special Effects

1960
The Prime Time

as Additional Dialogue

Art

1965
Monster a Go-Go!

as Production Design