Acting credits
27
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
William Lustig
Directing
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Movies: 53Series: 4Crew credits: 35
TMDB ID: 44765
IMDb ID: nm0527350
Known for: Directing
Born: February 1, 1955
Age: 71
Place of birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1974 - 2023
Years active: 50
Average TMDB rating: 6.25
Wikidata: Q1849400
Also known as
Billy Bagg • Bill Lustig
Other jobs
Director (11)Executive Producer (11)Associate Producer (4)Producer (2)Production Manager (2)Thanks (2)Assistant Director (1)Editorial Staff (1)
Biography
William "Bill" Lustig (born February 1, 1955, in The Bronx, New York) is an American film director and producer who has worked primarily in the horror film genre. He is the nephew of former middleweight champion Jake LaMotta. As a film director, Lustig is best known for his low-budget horror films Maniac, Vigilante, Uncle Sam, and the Maniac Cop series. Lustig has also worked as an actor playing small roles in his own films as well as in films by Sam Raimi, most notably as a fake shemp in Army of Darkness and a dockworker in Darkman. As of 2009, Lustig is the CEO of Blue Underground; an entertainment company specializing in the release of obscure films and exploitation films on DVD. He also produced a remake of his film Maniac (2012) and is rumoured to be producing a new upcoming Maniac Cop with Nicolas Winding Refn. In an interview with Vulture in January 2023, Refn, when asked whether the creation of the series was still under discussion, said: "All I can say is, unfortunately, it’s not going to happen."
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Movies
Movie credits linked with William Lustig.
Masters of the Grind
as Self
2023 Movie
7.5
In Search of Darkness: Part III
as Self
2022 Movie
6.2
VHS Revolution
as Self
2017 Movie
7.8
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
as Himself
2015 Movie
Maniac: The Making of Documentary
as Self
2013 Movie
6.0
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
as Self
2013 Movie
6.0
Maniac
Producer
2012 Movie
6.7
American Grindhouse
as Himself
2011 Movie
9.0
13 Scarier Movie Moments
as Self
2009 Movie
Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare
as Self
2009 Movie
5.0
Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
as Self
2009 Movie
Daughters of Darkness: Locations of Darkness
Executive Producer
2006 Movie
5.8
The Spaghetti West
Executive Producer
2005 Movie
6.0
Jesús in Furs
Executive Producer
2005 Movie
6.0
Two Gangsters and an Island
Associate Producer
2003 Movie
7.0
Absence of Malick
Associate Producer
2003 Movie
5.2
A British Horror Film
Associate Producer
2003 Movie
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
Executive Producer
2002 Movie
6.7
Don't Look Now: Looking Back
Associate Producer
2002 Movie
6.8
Conducting Dario Argento's 'Opera'
Director
2001 Movie
6.4
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Executive Producer
2001 Movie
5.1
The Joe Spinell Story
as Self
2001 Movie
6.5
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
as Self
2001 Movie
6.0
The Stepford Life
Executive Producer
2001 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with William Lustig.
