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Paul Hunt

Paul Hunt

Directing

Biography

Paul Hunt began making films in 1965 under the pseudonym H.P. Edwards. His first film was The Psychedelics (1966), followed by Blow the Man Down (1968), "Jefferson Hotel" (1966), "Sweet Smoke" (1967) and 60+ others. He was also the cinematographer and editor on most of them. His company, Canyon Films, became one of the largest distributors of underground films in America (future director Lewis Teague was at that time running the Cinematèque in Hollywood where Hunt's films debuted). Under his pseudonym Hunt worked for directors such as Bethel Buckalew, William Rotsler, Gary Graver, Manuel Conde, Lee Frost and others as a cinematographer, gaffer, sound recordist and editor. The first film produced in his own name was Surfari (1967), a surfing docudrama starring Ricky Grigg. He also has headed up Pacific International Pictures Inc., Filmmakers International Releasing Inc. and still heads United Filmmakers Inc. In 1970 he began working with Orson Welles on The Other Side of the Wind (2018) and continued to work with him on all his films (F for Fake (1973), The Magic Show (1983)) until Welles' death in 1985. During that time he served as Welles' production manager, gaffer, sound recordist, actor and editor. He was also the director of photography in India (produced by Ismail Merchant) and The Netherlands (produced by himself) on Mata Hari (1985), directed by David Carradine, starring Calista Carradine, Bruce Carradine and Nikolai van der Heyde (the Dutch director).

Known For

Death Race 2000
6.1

In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped with deadly weapons. Frankenstein, the mysterious returning champion, has become America's hero, but this time he has a passenger from the underground resistance.

Death Race 2000

1975
Demon Wind
4.9

The strange and brutal deaths of Cory’s grandparents has haunted him for years. Determined to discover the truth, he has returned to the desolate region where they lived, along with a group of friends, to try and uncover the mystery. Ignoring warnings from the locals that the area is cursed, Cory and his friends soon realize that the legend is true, as the Demon Wind, possesses and destroys them, one by one, turning them into monsters from hell.

Demon Wind

1990
The Other Side of the Wind
6.7

At a media-swamped party to celebrate his seventieth birthday and screen his avant-garde film-in-progress, a legendary but jaded Hollywood director is faced both with voracious fans and unsettling questions about what became of his lead actor.

The Other Side of the Wind

2018
Merlin
6.2

A modern-day retelling of the Arthurian legend with the Lady of the Lake as a reporter and Pendragon as an evil businessman. Merlin's immortal apprentice is trying to protect a powerful sword forged by Merin from the clutches of Pendragon.

Merlin

1992
Deathsport
4.0

1000 years into the future, after the Great Neutron Wars, the world is divided into desert wastelands and isolated city-states. Notorious "Desert Ranger" Kaz is forced to fight in the DeathSport, dueling on futuristic motorcycle "Death Machines". With the help of renegade vixen Deneer, Kaz must face his past and fight to save himself and his people.

Deathsport

1978
Twisted Nightmare
4.6

A group of teenagers win a trip to a summer camp they had attended as children. However, soon after they get there they begin to disappear one by one. The survivors suspect that the disappearances may be connected to the death of a handicapped child at the camp years before.

Twisted Nightmare

1987
The Clones
4.6

A scientist discovers a plot to clone other scientists so the government can control the weather.

The Clones

1973
MetaJets
N/A

The year is 2067 and fans all over the globe follow the ARC, a futuristic NASCAR in the clouds! Four of the world's best pilots are in a continuous race for first place on the track. Off the track is a different story. There they become an elite flying team known as the Metasquadron. Under the command of Captain Strong, the Metasquadron transform their lightening fast race jets into battle-ready fliers. The pilots work together to protect people globally from harm, usually at the hands of the evil General Raven and his Black Cloud organization.

MetaJets

2009
You and Me
7.3

A young boy and a biker become friends on the road.

You and Me

1975
The Toy Box
4.4

When Ralph persuades his girlfriend, Donna, to participate in a bizarre party, she discovers the guests are to perform erotic plays in the presence of a corpse - Ralph's millionaire uncle. The players are promised gifts from the "toy box." Ralph and Donna await their turn, when the mansion's doors lock at midnight; and it's not long before they discover the players are being murdered by...the dead uncle?

The Toy Box

1971
Playing with Fire
6.0

Gary Coleman stars as a teenage arsonist. The authorities, friends, and neighbors warn his absentee parents until it is too late.

Playing with Fire

1985
Erika's Hot Summer
4.6

Sleazeball photographer Steve is busy taking pictures of beautiful young women, bedding them, and then dumping them. One day he meets the woman of his dreams on the beach: Erika. Once he's frolicked on the beach and taken her to bed, the other women in his life become unsatisfactory, and he suffers a playboy's crisis. One of his other women proves to be a bit more persistent than he expects.

Erika's Hot Summer

1971
The Scavengers
4.3

Renegade Confederate soldiers take over a frontier town, but after they molest a young black woman, a group of ex-slaves arm themselves and counter-attack.

The Scavengers

1969
Lila
4.1

A topless dancer attracts, seduces, then murders the men she sleeps with. She does it with a twist, however; she kills them with garden tools.

Lila

1968
Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns
6.7

A Mexican bandit and his gang are offered a pardon and a cash reward if he will cross the border into America and bring back a gang of murderous gold thieves who robbed the local church and killed the priest and the Head Federales' wife and children.

Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns

1971
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8.0

A once-popular singer gives a candid interview, revealing the sordid details of her rags-to-riches-to-rags odyssey in the tawdry entertainment world.

Woman in the Rain

1976
The Great Gundown
5.0

Mario, weary of killing for pay, leaves his gang to return home to his wife and son who assumed him long dead. Now he is hunted by both sides of the law and shunned by his wife.

The Great Gundown

1977
The Harem Bunch
3.5

Three beautiful Israeli spies go undercover and infiltrate a terrorist training camp, but are discovered, captured and interrogated (in various stages of nudity).

The Harem Bunch

1969
Nymphs Anonymous
5.1

Horny Hollywood Hills housewives are in a Federation of self-proclaimed nymphomaniacs. Their club offers satisfaction to women with extraordinary appetites and demands. A husband finds out, decides to kill the guys who work for the Federation, but ends up having to service all the wanton women.

Nymphs Anonymous

1968
Wild, Free & Hungry
4.3

A carnival owner gets mixed up with gangsters and a speedboat racer. He soon finds himself in danger of losing his business, his wife and all his money.

Wild, Free & Hungry

1969