Stephanie Rothman
Encyclopedia
Stephanie Rothman is a film director
, producer
and screenwriter
, known for her low-budget independent exploitation films made in the 1960s and 1970s. She was the first female to be awarded the Directors Guild of America
fellowship. Her commercially successful film The Student Nurses broke ground in the exploitation film genre as it featured women in leading roles. Her next film, The Velvet Vampire
has become a cult hit.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, known for her low-budget independent exploitation films made in the 1960s and 1970s. She was the first female to be awarded the Directors Guild of America
Directors Guild of America
Directors Guild of America is an entertainment labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry...
fellowship. Her commercially successful film The Student Nurses broke ground in the exploitation film genre as it featured women in leading roles. Her next film, The Velvet Vampire
The Velvet Vampire
The Velvet Vampire, also known as Cemetery Girls, is an American vampire movie from 1971, directed by Stephanie Rothman, starring Celeste Yarnall, Michael Blodgett and Sherry Miles. It has become a cult film.-Plot:...
has become a cult hit.
Director filmography
- Blood BathBlood BathBlood Bath is a 1966 horror film directed by Jack Hill and Stephanie Rothman. William Campbell stars as an artist with vampiric tendencies who kills beautiful women and dumps their bodies into a vat of boiling wax in his studio...
(1966) - It's a Bikini WorldIt's a Bikini WorldIt's a Bikini World is an American musical comedy film released in 1967 starring Tommy Kirk, Deborah Walley and Bobby "Boris" Pickett of "Monster Mash" fame. The film features cameos by the music groups The Gentrys, The Animals, Pat & Lolly Vegas, The Castaways and R&B girl group The Toys...
(1967) - The Student Nurses (1970)
- The Velvet VampireThe Velvet VampireThe Velvet Vampire, also known as Cemetery Girls, is an American vampire movie from 1971, directed by Stephanie Rothman, starring Celeste Yarnall, Michael Blodgett and Sherry Miles. It has become a cult film.-Plot:...
(1971) - Group MarriageGroup marriageGroup marriage, also known as multi-lateral marriage, is a form of polyamory in which more than two persons form a family unit, with all the members of the group marriage being considered to be married to all the other members of the group marriage, and all members of the marriage share parental...
(1973) - Terminal IslandTerminal IslandTerminal Island is an island located in Los Angeles County, California between Los Angeles Harbor and Long Beach Harbor. Originally a mudflat known to the Spanish as Isla Raza de Buena Gente, and later called Rattlesnake Island, it has officially been Terminal Island since 1918...
(1973) - The Working GirlsThe Working GirlsThe Working Girls is a 1974 American drama film directed by Stephanie Rothman and starring Sarah Kennedy, Laurie Rose and Cassandra Peterson...
(1974)