Fred Olen Ray

Fred Olen Ray

Birthday: Sep 10, 1954
Birthplace: Wellston, Ohio, USA

Bio: The remarkable thing about those who work the B-quickie end of the movie business is how much they love films, how much they love to work, and how much they're willing to give up to create their ribbons of dreams. Director/screenwriter/makeup artist Fred Olen Ray hocked virtually everything he owned to make The Alien Dead (1978). Never mind that, as a graduate of… More Bio: The remarkable thing about those who work the B-quickie end of the movie business is how much they love films, how much they love to work, and how much they're willing to give up to create their ribbons of dreams. Director/screenwriter/makeup artist Fred Olen Ray hocked virtually everything he owned to make The Alien Dead (1978). Never mind that, as a graduate of the Brown University School of Engineering, Ray could have named his own salary in practically any job in his field: Celluloid was in his blood, and there it would remain from 1978 to the present. Often shooting four or more films per year, Ray occasionally turns up something that transcends the exploitation film genre and his miserly budgets; if you look at them objectively, films like Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988) and Beverly Hills Vamp (1989) are heaps better than most of the dreck clogging up the video stores' R-rated shelves. If nothing else, few other bottom-barrel filmmakers outside of Fred Olen Ray can boast an acting talent pool that has included the likes of Lawrence Tierney, Buster Crabbe, John Philip Law, Jan Michael Vincent, P.J. Soles, Britt Ekland, Martine Beswick, Julie Newmar, David Carradine, and Martin Landau. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Filmography

Bad Blood: The Hatfields and McCoys (2012)
- Director, Screenwriter
Super Shark (2011)
- Director
Turbulent Skies (2010)
- Director
American Bandits: Frank and Jesse James (2010)
- Director
Nuclear Hurricane (2010)
- Director
American Grindhouse (2009)
- Actor
- 86%
Silent Venom (2009)
- Director
Polar Opposites (2008)
- Director
Solar Flare (2008)
- Director
Tarzeena: Jiggle in the Jungle (2008)
- Director
Bikini Royale (2008)
- Director
An Accidental Christmas (2007)
- Director
Lair (2007)
- Director
Bikini Girls from the Lost Planet (2006)
- Director
Ghost In A Teeny Bikini (2006)
- Director
Glass Trap (2004)
- Director
Tomb of the Werewolf (2004)
- Director
Haunting Desires (2004)
- Director
The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful (2004)
- Director
Final Examination (2003)
- Director
Teenage Cavegirl (2003)
- Director
13 Erotic Ghosts (2002)
- Director
Southern Discomfort - Wrestling on the Indie Circu (2002)
- Director
Curse of the Erotic Tiki (2001)
- Actor
Venomous (2001)
- Director, Actor
Kept (2001)
- Director
Black Horizon (2001)
- Director
Curse of The Erotic Tiki (2001)
- Actor
Venomous (2001)
- Director
Air Rage (2000)
- Director
Critical Mass (2000)
- Director
Mach 2 (2000)
- Director
Submerged (2000)
- Director
Southern Discomfort (2000)
- Director
Active Stealth (Shadow Force) (1999)
- Director
Invisible Mom 2 (1999)
- Director
Fugitive Mind (1999)
- Director
Mom, Can I Keep Her? (1999)
- Producer, Director
Scandal - On the Other Side (1999)
- Director
Capitol Conspiracy, The (1998)
- Director
Dear Santa (1998)
- Director
Counter Measures (1998)
- Director
Invisible Mom (1998)
- Actor, Director
Little Miss Magic (1997)
- Director
The Shooter (1997)
- Director
Operation Cobra (1997)
- Director
Invisible Dad (1997)
- Director
Hybrid (1997)
- Director
Deadly Shooter (1997)
- Director
Invisible Mom (1997)
- Producer, Director
Biohazard (1996)
- Director
100 Years of Horror (1996)
- Himself
Fugitive Rage (1996)
- Director
Night Shade (1996)
- Director
Vampire Vixens from Venus (1995)
- Man in Lot
Attack of the 60-Foot Centerfold (1995)
- Director
Cyberzone (1995)
- Producer, Actor, Director
Inner Sanctum 2 (1994)
- Director, Officer Scott
Sorceress (1994)
- Bill Carson
Bikini Drive-In (1994)
- Director
Possessed by the Night (1994)
- Waiter, Director
Dinosaur Island (1993)
- Director
Witch Academy (Little Devils) (1993)
- Director
Mind Twister (1993)
- Photographer, Director
Wizards of the Demon Sword (1992)
- Director
Evil Toons (1992)
- Director
- 29%
Munchie (1992)
- Guy at Piano
Chiller Theatre (1992)
- Actor
Inner Sanctum (1991)
- Director
Haunting Fear (1991)
- Director
Scream Queen Hot Tub Party (Hollywood Scream Queen Hot Tub Party) (1991)
- Director
Wizards of the Demon Sword (1991)
- Director
Naked Obsession (1991)
- Announcer
Bad Girls From Mars (1990)
- Director
Spirits (1990)
- Director
Alienator (1989)
- Director
Beverly Hills Vamp (1988)
- Director
Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988)
- Director
Warlords (1988)
- Director
Terminal Force (1988)
- Director
Evil Spawn (Alien Within) (Alive by Night) (Deadly Sting) (Metamorphosis) (1987)
- Producer, Director
Commando Squad (1987)
- Director
The Phantom Empire (1987)
- Director
Cyclone (1987)
- Director
Deep Space (1987)
- Director
Star Slammer: The Escape (1987)
- Mouse Robot, Director
Armed Response (1986)
- Director, Soldier, Producer
Tomb (1986)
- Director
Biohazard (1985)
- Director, Screenwriter
Scalps (1983)
- Director
Alien Dead (It Fell from the Sky) (Swamp of the Blood Leeches) (1980)
- Screenwriter, Director
Demented Death Farm Massacre (Honey Britches) (1971)
- Director
Bikini Airways (1900)
- Director
The Legend of William Tell
- Director
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