Gary Foss Graver (July 20, 1938 – November 16, 2006) was an American film director, editor, screenwriter and cinematographer. He was a prolific filmmaker, working in various roles on over 300 films, but is best known as Orson Welles' final cinematographer, working over a period of six years on Welles' epic film The Other Side of the Wind which was released in 2018, 48 years after it was started.
Graver began his career in the late 1960s as a cinematographer and editor of various B-movies, including several films by Roger Corman, before providing additional camerawork on John Cassavetes's A Woman Under the Influence (1974). He continued to serve as the cinematographer of numerous horror films from the late 1970s and through the 1980s, including The Toolbox Murders (1978), Trick or Treats (1982), which he also wrote, edited, and directed; Mortuary (1983), They're Playing with Fire (1984), and Twisted Nightmare (1988).
Under the pseudonym of Robert McCallum, Graver was also a prolific director of adult films, working as a cinematographer and director on 135 features.
The roles that explain the career.
55 credits across 4 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story | Himself | Film |
| 2006 | Edge of Outside | Self | Film |
| 2005 | Murder on the Yellow Brick Road | Line Producer | Film |
| 1998 | Invisible Dad | Forger | Film |
| 1998 | Masseuse 3 | Director | Film |
| 1998 | Bikini Traffic School | Director | Film |
| 1998 | Black Widow Escort | Director | Film |
| 1997 | Operation Cobra | Conspirator | Film |
| 1997 | Sexual Roulette | Director | Film |
| 1996 | Invisible Mom | Psych Patient | Film |
| 1993 | Working with Orson Welles | Himself | Film |
| 1993 | Angel Eyes | Director | Film |
| 1993 | Working with Orson Welles | Director | Film |
| 1993 | Angel Eyes | Writer | Film |
| 1992 | Roots of Evil | Vinnie (uncredited) | Film |
| 1992 | Roots of Evil | Director | Film |
| 1992 | Dark Dreams | Director | Film |
| 1992 | Drivin' Miss Daisy Crazy Again | Director | Film |
| 1991 | Evil Spirits | Director | Film |
| 1990 | Bad Girls from Mars | Camera Guy | Film |
| 1990 | Crossing the Line | Director | Film |
| 1989 | Nerds of a Feather | Director | Film |
| 1987 | Moon in Scorpio | Director | Film |
| 1987 | Party Camp | Director | Film |
| 1987 | Doll Face | Director | Film |
| 1987 | Doll Face | Writer | Film |
| 1986 | Black Lava | Director | Film |
| 1986 | Peeping Tom | Director | Film |
| 1986 | Irresistible II | Director | Film |
| 1985 | Soaking Wet | Director | Film |
| 1985 | Aroused | Director | Film |
| 1985 | Soaking Wet | Writer | Film |
| 1982 | Trick or Treats | Director | Film |
| 1982 | Trick or Treats | Producer | Film |
| 1981 | Texas Lightning | Director | Film |
| 1981 | Texas Lightning | Writer | Film |
| 1980 | The Attic | Director | Film |
| 1976 | Up! | Production Assistant | Film |
| 1975 | 3 A.M. | Director | Film |
| 1975 | 3 A.M. | Producer | Film |
| 1974 | Girls for Rent | Billy | Film |
| 1973 | The Hard Road | Police Sergeant (uncredited) | Film |
| 1973 | F for Fake | Self | Film |
| 1973 | The Dirty Dolls | Charlie | Film |
| 1973 | The Hard Road | Director | Film |
| 1973 | Midnight Intruders | Director | Film |
| 1971 | Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns | Tim Harris | Film |
| 1971 | Erika's Hot Summer | Director | Film |
| 1971 | Erika's Hot Summer | Writer | Film |
| 1971 | Erika's Hot Summer | Producer | Film |
| 1970 | Horror of the Blood Monsters | Earthly Vampire (uncredited) | Film |
| 1969 | Wild, Free & Hungry | Dave | Film |
| 1969 | The Mighty Gorga | Bill | Film |
| 1969 | Wild, Free & Hungry | Producer | Film |
| 1968 | The Kill | Director | Film |
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