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Gary Graver

Gary Graver

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Graver, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Zandor and Friends
2020 • Self
Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson
Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson
2019 • Himself (archive footage)
The Other Side of the Wind
The Other Side of the Wind
2018 • Documentary Filmmaker
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018 • Self (archive footage)
Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story
2007 • Himself
Edge of Outside
Edge of Outside
2006 • Self
Invisible Dad
Invisible Dad
1998 • Forger
Operation Cobra
Operation Cobra
1997 • Conspirator

Full filmography

The Other Side of the Wind
The Other Side of the Wind
2018 • Documentary Filmmaker
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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018 • Self (archive footage)
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Operation Cobra
Operation Cobra
1997 • Conspirator
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Invisible Mom
Invisible Mom
1996 • Psych Patient
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Masseuse
Masseuse
1996 • Bob
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Roots of Evil
Roots of Evil
1992 • Vinnie (uncredited)
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Society Affairs
Society Affairs
1982 • Guy on Pay Phone
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Co-Ed Fever
Co-Ed Fever
1980 • waiter (uncredited)
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Garage Girls
Garage Girls
1980 • Man in Beret (uncredited)
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The Ecstasy Girls
The Ecstasy Girls
1979 • Slate Operator
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And When She Was Bad...
And When She Was Bad...
1973 • Fire Engine Rider / Man in Alley (uncredited)
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Horror of the Blood Monsters
Horror of the Blood Monsters
1970 • Earthly Vampire (uncredited)
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The Hard Road
The Hard Road
1970 • Police Sergeant (uncredited)
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The Embracers
The Embracers
1966 • The Boy
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Gary Graver – Biography, Known For & Filmography