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Jim Wynorski
Jim Wynorski (born August 14, 1950) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer.
Wynorski has been making B-movies and exploitation movies since the early 1980s, and has directed over 150 feature films. His earliest films were released to movie theaters, but his later works have predominantly been released to cable or the straight-to-video market. He often works under pseudonyms such as "Jay Andrews," "Arch Stanton," "H.R. Blueberry," "Tom Popatopolis," and "Noble Henry." His movies often spoof horror films: Cleavagefield, for example, parodies Cloverfield, The Bare Wench Project parodies The Blair Witch Project, and Para-Knockers Activity parodies Paranormal Activity. A character in the film The Final Destination is named after him.
In 2009, the documentary Popatopolis, directed by Clay Westervelt and named for one of Wynorski's pseudonyms, chronicled Wynorski during the making of his soft-core horror film, The Witches of Breastwick. The film serves as a partial biography, with clips from many of his previous films and includes interviews with Wynorski, his contemporaries, cast, and crew.
In 2016, he directed Nessie & Me, the character Jack O’Grady directly references Wynorski's earlier films Dinocroc vs. Supergator and Piranhaconda when he encounters Nessie at the start of the film, hinting that Nessie & Me is canon to those film series, as well as Monster Cruise, with many characters from it appearing in Nessie & Me as well.
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As director
DinoGator
Murderbot
Bigfoot or Bust
Giantess Battle Attack!
Attack of the 50 Foot Camgirl
Legend of the Naked Ghost
A Doggone Hollywood
Sexy Nurses
Nessie & Me
A Doggone Christmas
Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre
Scared Topless
Shark Babes
Water Wars
Sexipede!
Pleasure Spa
Hypnotika
Piranhaconda
Gila!
Camel Spiders
Sexy Wives Sindrome
Busty Coeds vs. Lusty Cheerleaders
Sexy Wives Sinsations
Dinocroc vs. Supergator
Busty Cops Go Hawaiian
Busty Cops and the Jewel of Denial
The Hills Have Thighs
Monster Cruise
Fire from Below
Vampire In Vegas
As actor
We Kill for Love
Masters of the Grind
You're Melting!
Giantess Battle Attack!
Bigfoot or Bust
Attack of the 50 Foot Camgirl
Direct to Video: Straight to Video Horror of the 90s
A Doggone Hollywood
Lizard Man
Corman's World
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
Dinocroc vs. Supergator
Popatopolis
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
Lost in the Woods
The Devil Wears Nada
Brain Dead
Komodo vs. Cobra
Gargoyle: Wings of Darkness
Treasure Hunt
Lost Treasure
Cheerleader Massacre
Ablaze
Raptor
Some Nudity Required
Desert Thunder
Sorceress II: The Temptress
Alien Escape
Against the Law
Passion and Romance: Ocean of Dreams