Lee Frost rates highly as one of the best, most talented and versatile filmmakers in the annals of exploitation cinema. Frost was born on August 14, 1935, in Globe, Arizona. He grew up in Glendale, California, and Oahu, Hawaii. He eventually wound up in Hollywood, where he started his career making TV commercials for the studio Telepics. Frost made...
[on John Alderman] Johnny was a good guy. He was just a wonderful, cooperative, sweet fellow. He did a lot of work for a lot of good people -- he was a stock player for Dave Friedman [David F. Friedman], I know.
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I never went to film school or anything like that.
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[on why he stopped making movies in the mid-1990's] Let me explain the world to you. It's changed. We're not the same people we used to be, and it's not the same industry it used to be. We were making little movies, grinding them out, and putting them on the screen. Well, you can't put them on the screen anymore, so there's no reason to make little movies anymore. Where are you going to play them? I could've made porno movies, but I didn't want to do that. So I just stopped -- as did most of us.
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I wasn't interested in what people thought of the films, I was just looking for another project -- "Let's get another script, let's shoot again." If we made any money on it, fine. If we didn't, fine. I was never into the business end of it.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Private Obsession
1995
Video
'Sweet Dreams, Suzan'
1980
as Leoni Valentino
Sweet Captive
1979
as Leoni Valentino
The Boob Tube Strikes Again!
1977
Dixie Dynamite
1976
The Black Gestapo
1975
A Climax of Blue Power
1975
as F.C. Perl
Poor Cecily
1974
as F.C. Perl
Policewomen
1974
Slaves in Cages: 'Slaver i bure'
1972
as Carl Borch
Two for the Money
1972
as Robert Lee
The Thing with Two Heads
1972
Surftide Female Factory
1971
Zero in and Scream
1971
as Les Emerson
Chrome and Hot Leather
1971
Chain Gang Women
1971
Ride Hard, Ride Wild
1970
as Elov Peterssons
The Captives
1970
as Carl Borch
Witchcraft '70
1970
Documentary additional sequences, uncredited
Love Camp 7
1969
as R.L. Frost
The Scavengers
1969
as R.L. Frost
The Pick-Up
1968
as R.L. Frost
Hot Spur
1968
as R.L. Frost
The Animal
1968
as R.L. Frost
The Forbidden
1966
Documentary US version
Mondo Bizarro
1966
uncredited
Mondo Freudo
1966
Documentary as R.L. Frost
Love Is a Four Letter Word
1966
as R.L. Frost
The Defilers
1965
as R.L. Frost
Hollywood's World of Flesh
1963
Documentary as R.L. Frost
Surftide 77
1962
as R.L. Frost
House on Bare Mountain
1962
as R.L. Frost
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Private Obsession
1995
Video
Dixie Dynamite
1976
written by
Race with the Devil
1975
written by
The Black Gestapo
1975
screenplay / story
Policewomen
1974
written by
Two for the Money
1972
as Robert Lee
The Thing with Two Heads
1972
screenplay / story
Surftide Female Factory
1971
Chain Gang Women
1971
screenplay and original story
The Pick-Up
1968
original story - as R.L. Frost / screenplay - as R.L. Frost
Hot Spur
1968
screenplay - as R.L. Frost
Mondo Bizarro
1966
narrative written by - as David Kayne / original idea - as R.L. Frost
Surftide 77
1962
screenplay - as R. L. Frost
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Private Obsession
1995
Video
Jerry Turner
Dixie Dynamite
1976
Pathologist
The Black Gestapo
1975
Vincent
Policewomen
1974
Catalina Attendant
Sweet Jesus, Preacherman
1973
1st Policeman
Garden of the Dead
1972
McGee
The Thing with Two Heads
1972
Sergeant Hacker
Chrome and Hot Leather
1971
Motorcycle Salesman (uncredited)
Love Camp 7
1969
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
The Scavengers
1969
Lt. Kincaid
Mondo Bizarro
1966
Crew Member in Blue Cap (uncredited)
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dixie Dynamite
1976
photographed by
Zero in and Scream
1971
photographed by
Chrome and Hot Leather
1971
photographed by
Chain Gang Women
1971
Love Camp 7
1969
as R.L. Frost, photographed by
The Pick-Up
1968
as R.L. Frost, photographed by
Hot Spur
1968
director of photography
The Forbidden
1966
Documentary uncredited
Love Is a Four Letter Word
1966
as R.L. Frost
The Defilers
1965
as R.L. Frost
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hell Riders
1984
executive producer
Race with the Devil
1975
producer - uncredited
A Climax of Blue Power
1975
producer - as F.C. Perl
Poor Cecily
1974
producer - as F.C. Perl
Two for the Money
1972
producer
The Animal
1968
producer - as R.L. Frost
Mondo Freudo
1966
Documentary producer - as R.L. Frost
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Last Man on the Moon
2014
Documentary lyrics: "Signs" / music: "Signs"
Private Obsession
1995
Video lyrics: "HOW MANY WAYS DO I LOVE YOU?" / music: "FEMINAZI MARCH", "STARS FELL ON TIJUANA", "HOW MANY WAYS DO I LOVE YOU?"
The Scavengers
1969
music: "The Scavengers" / writer: "The Scavengers"
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Private Obsession
1995
Video
Chain Gang Women
1971
Mondo Freudo
1966
Documentary as R.L. Frost
The Defilers
1965
as R.L. Frost
Il mondo di notte numero 3
1964
Documentary editor: US release - as R.L. Frost
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bad Guys
1986
key grip
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
1984
key grip
The Dark
1979
camera operator: second unit
Witchcraft '70
1970
Documentary cinematographer: additional sequences - as R.L. Frost
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Chrome and Hot Leather
1971
presenter
Ride Hard, Ride Wild
1970
presenter - as Elov Peterssons
One Million AC/DC
1969
historical consultant - as R.L. Frost
Le concerto de la peur
1963
additional scenes - re-issue version, uncredited
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mondo Freudo
1966
Documentary director: camera unit 3 - as David Kane
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