David E. Durston is an American screenwriter

Screenwriter

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 and film director

Film director

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 best known for directing the Charles Manson

Charles Manson

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-inspired cult classic drive-in

Drive-in

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 horror

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

 exploitation

Exploitation

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 film, I Drink Your Blood

I Drink Your Blood

I Drink Your Blood is a cult horror film originally released in 1970. The film was written and directed by David E. Durston, produced by Jerry Gross, and starred Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury and Lynn Lowry ....

, which was released in 1970.

Career

Durston wrote and directed for the famous television series, Playhouse 90

Playhouse 90

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 during the 1950s. In 1964, he co-directed the film Susuz Yaz

Susuz Yaz

Dry Summer is a 1964 black-and-white Turkish drama film, co-produced, co-written and directed by Metin Erksan based on a novel by Necati Cumalı, featuring Erol Taş as a tobacco farmer, who selfishly dams a river to irrigate his own property and ruin his competitors. It is also available in an...

with Metin Erksan

Metin Erksan

Metin Erksan is a Turkish film director and art historian.- Biography :...

. At the 14th Berlin International Film Festival

14th Berlin International Film Festival

The 14th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 26 to July 7, 1964.-Jury:* Anthony Mann * Hermann Schwerin* Lucas Demare* Jacques Doniol-Valcroze* Yorgos Javellas* Richard Todd* Takashi Hamama* Gerd Ressing...

 it won the Golden Bear

Golden Bear

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 award.

Filmography

As film director:

• Susuz Yaz
  Susuz Yaz
  Dry Summer is a 1964 black-and-white Turkish drama film, co-produced, co-written and directed by Metin Erksan based on a novel by Necati Cumalı, featuring Erol Taş as a tobacco farmer, who selfishly dams a river to irrigate his own property and ruin his competitors. It is also available in an...
  
  (1964)
• The Love Statue (1966)
• I Drink Your Blood
  I Drink Your Blood
  I Drink Your Blood is a cult horror film originally released in 1970. The film was written and directed by David E. Durston, produced by Jerry Gross, and starred Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury and Lynn Lowry ....
  
  (1970)
• Blue Sextet (1972)
• Stigma
  Stigma (film)
  Stigma is a 1972 American drama film. It was produced by Charles Moss, while David E. Durston was both the writer and the director. Prominent themes in the film include racism and sexually transmitted disease....
  
  (1972)
• Boynapped! (1975) (as Spencer Logan)
• Manhold (1978)

As screenwriter:

• I Drink Your Blood
  I Drink Your Blood
  I Drink Your Blood is a cult horror film originally released in 1970. The film was written and directed by David E. Durston, produced by Jerry Gross, and starred Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury and Lynn Lowry ....
  
  (1970)
• Stigma (1972)
• Blue Sextet (1972)
• Boynapped! (1975) (as Spencer Logan)

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