Legendary cult movie director Jack Hill also known as brian Stuart. The notorious director/writer/producer / cinematographer/ actor of many cult movies released throughout the 60's 70's and 80's. He has been refered to on many occasions as the man whom initited the women-in-prison genre of the 70's, whose movies helped the blaxplotation genre and also the man who discovered such talents as Pam Grier, Sid Haig and Switchblade Sisters Star Robbie Lee

Through his 30 year career, unlike most cult film, Hill's Movies were commecially sucessful on there intial release, despite been majorly snubbed by critics of there time. But all thats changed in recentyears, will all of Hill's movies been re-released on a DVD collection at the end of 2001, Which has been helped along with Quentin Tarantino's enthusiasitic support, the director who admits Hill's Movies inspired his own work. Nowadays Critic's described Hill's movies using the phrases "Post Modern","Ahead of there time" and feminist Manifesto".

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Before 1960- Career in music as
    performer and recording artist.
1960- Directed and edited the
    movie the "Wasp Woman",
    Under the name Brian Stuart
1961- Cinematographer on
    "Tonight for Sure"
1960-62- Worked as a free lance
    cameraman, Film Editor, Sound
    recordist and Screen writer.
1962- Directed "Playgirls and The
    Bellboy"
1963-64- Wrote/Directed/Edited
    additional scenes for the theatrical
    features for Roger Corman's
    organization. Credits 2nd unit
    writer/direction on "Dimentia 13"
    (a UK Movie). Co wrote "The
    Terror".Produced/co wrote/directed
    on"Blood Bath".
1965- Cameraman, Writer and
    director of documentory films
    for independent companies.
1965- Directed "Patriot In Terror"
1966- Cinematographer for "The
    Raw Ones"
1966- Cinematographer/Editor/
    Director for "Mondo Keyhole"
1967- Wrote/Directed/Produced/
    Edited "Pitstop" theatrical
    feature
1968- Wrote/Directed most of "Ich,
    Ein Groupie",Swiss German
    production
1968- Wrote screenplays and
    directed Boris Karloff's scenes for
    four theatricial features staring
    Karloff for Mexican Company. "
    House Of Evil", "Isle Of Snake
    People", "The Fear Chamber"
    and "The Incredible Invasion"
1969-70- Created Ad campains
    and trailers for feature films for
    new world pictures.
1970- Directed/Re-wrote "The
    Big Doll House", a major hit and
    one of the most profitable
    independent feature films ever
    made
1971- Wrote/Directed "The Big
    Bird Cage, New World". Now
    considered a cult classic
1971- Wrote "The Woman Hunt"
    (Film Script)
1972- Wrote/directed "Coffy",
    starring Pam Grier, A Major Hit.
    Number 12 grosser on the
    annual variety chart.
1973- Wrote/Directed "Foxy
    Brown", another hit feature
    starring Pam Grier. Now
    considered a cult classic.
1974- Directed/Re-wrote "The
    Swinging Cheerleaders",Centaur
    releasing, A Major Low Budget Hit.
1975- Co Produced/Co Wrote/
    Directed "Switchblade Sisters" with
    John Prizer & F.X.Maier. Centaur
    releasing, Re-released theatically
    in June 96 by Miramax/Rolling
    Thunder.
1978- Co wrote screen play for
    "City on Fire"
1978- Wrote screen play for "The
    Bees"
1979- Wrote the whole original
    story for "Death Ship", Avco
    -Embassy
    Release
1981- Wrote/produced/directed "
    Sorceress" Under the name Brian
    Stuart.
1996- Acted in "100 years of
    Horror" Episode- Aristocrats of
    evil, as himself
1996- Acted in "100 years of
    Horror" Episode-The Frankenstein
    Family, as himself
1998- Appearance in "E! Mysteries
    and Scandals" Episode The
    Chaneys, as himself

TRIVIA
After working with Jack Nicholson in
    "The Terror" 1963, He classed
    Jack as a terrible Actor, But
    when Hill Saw him in "The Little
    Shop Of Horrors", He soon re-
    thought his opinion.

                      Jack Hill's Biography®

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