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Doris Wishman | |
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 Wishman on a film set, c. 1960s | |
| Born | June 1, 1912 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | August 10, 2002 (aged 90) |
| Alma mater | Hunter College |
| Occupation(s) | Director, producer, writer |
| Years active | 1959–2002 |
| Spouse | Jack Abrams (d. 1958) |
Doris Wishman (June 1, 1912 – August 10, 2002) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. She is credited with having directed and produced at least 30 feature films during a career spanning over four decades, most notably in the sexploitation film genre.
A native of New York City, Wishman began her film career as a hobby after the death of her husband in 1958. She made her feature debut with Hideout in the Sun (1960), and went on to direct numerous nudist and sexploitation films, such as Gentlemen Prefer Nature Girls (1963), Behind the Nudist Curtain (1963), and Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965). In the 1970s, she made her first foray into directing pornographic films.
In 1979, Wishman filmed her first and only feature horror film, A Night to Dismember, which she spent several years editing after multiple reels were destroyed during post-production.[1] She made a further three films in the early 2000s before dying in 2002, aged 90.
- ^ Bowen, Mihael (1997). "Embodiment and the Realisation: The Many Film-Bodies of Doris Wishman". Wide Angle. 19: 64–90. doi:10.1353/wan.1997.0008. S2CID 167384493 – via Project MUSE.