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Gary Graver
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BirthplacePortland, Oregon, USA
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Gary Graver

Actor · Director · Writer· Portland, Oregon, USA

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.

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Filmography

55 credits across 4 departments.

YearTitleRoleType
2007Fall Guy: The John Stewart StoryHimselfFilm
2006Edge of OutsideSelfFilm
2005Murder on the Yellow Brick RoadLine ProducerFilm
1998Invisible DadForgerFilm
1998Masseuse 3DirectorFilm
1998Bikini Traffic SchoolDirectorFilm
1998Black Widow EscortDirectorFilm
1997Operation CobraConspiratorFilm
1997Sexual RouletteDirectorFilm
1996Invisible MomPsych PatientFilm
1993Working with Orson WellesHimselfFilm
1993Angel EyesDirectorFilm
1993Working with Orson WellesDirectorFilm
1993Angel EyesWriterFilm
1992Roots of EvilVinnie (uncredited)Film
1992Roots of EvilDirectorFilm
1992Dark DreamsDirectorFilm
1992Drivin' Miss Daisy Crazy AgainDirectorFilm
1991Evil SpiritsDirectorFilm
1990Bad Girls from MarsCamera GuyFilm
1990Crossing the LineDirectorFilm
1989Nerds of a FeatherDirectorFilm
1987Moon in ScorpioDirectorFilm
1987Party CampDirectorFilm
1987Doll FaceDirectorFilm
1987Doll FaceWriterFilm
1986Black LavaDirectorFilm
1986Peeping TomDirectorFilm
1986Irresistible IIDirectorFilm
1985Soaking WetDirectorFilm
1985ArousedDirectorFilm
1985Soaking WetWriterFilm
1982Trick or TreatsDirectorFilm
1982Trick or TreatsProducerFilm
1981Texas LightningDirectorFilm
1981Texas LightningWriterFilm
1980The AtticDirectorFilm
1976Up!Production AssistantFilm
19753 A.M.DirectorFilm
19753 A.M.ProducerFilm
1974Girls for RentBillyFilm
1973The Hard RoadPolice Sergeant (uncredited)Film
1973F for FakeSelfFilm
1973The Dirty DollsCharlieFilm
1973The Hard RoadDirectorFilm
1973Midnight IntrudersDirectorFilm
1971Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 GunsTim HarrisFilm
1971Erika's Hot SummerDirectorFilm
1971Erika's Hot SummerWriterFilm
1971Erika's Hot SummerProducerFilm
1970Horror of the Blood MonstersEarthly Vampire (uncredited)Film
1969Wild, Free & HungryDaveFilm
1969The Mighty GorgaBillFilm
1969Wild, Free & HungryProducerFilm
1968The KillDirectorFilm

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